Curriculum Vitae
Key Achievements -
  • 4 A*s at A level
  • Deputy Head Girl
  • Organising my own concert
  • Grade 8 piano with Merit
  • Creating my own website
A levels -
Mathematics A*
Further Maths A*
Chemistry A*
Physics A*
GCSEs -
Mathematics 9
English Language 7
English Literature 8
Further Maths A*
Statistics A*
Chemistry A*
Biology A*
Physics A*
PSRE A*
German A*
History A
Music A*
ABRSM Grades -
Piano Merit
Current Subjects of Study -
MSci Physics with Innovation Complete in 2023
School Achievements +
  • Gold Award in the 2018 UKMT Maths Challenge
  • Distinction in the Maths Olympiad for Girls 2018
  • Sigma Aldrich Chemistry Prize 2016 for exceptional mock exam results
  • Gold Hart Award for work in the community
  • Head Teacher’s Commendation for 500 credits
  • Gold tie for academic achievement
  • Green tie for achievement in creative arts
  • Winning the in-school Poetry by Heart competition and representing the school in the county competition.
  • Completing a Problem Solving Matters course at Oxford University
  • Having a leading position on the Sixth Form Committee
  • Being elected as Head Girl at my primary school
Experience +
Sales and Marketing +
Simkins Deckchairs

I have played a huge role in helping to establish a small family business, Simkins Deckchairs. I have been involved in every part of the enterprise: researching, designing, building, marketing and selling deckchairs to local garden centres. I have also been in charge of designing and programming the website as well as all the content.

New Chocolate Product

I have designed and researched a new and innovative chocolate product: The Celebration Balloon. The product was tailored towards Thorntons, but the design and concept is entirely original and as part of my proposal to Thorntons, I produced sample packaging and promotional material using Adobe Photoshop.

Hospitality +

Over the summer I have worked at several agricultural shows in a burger van and as a packer in a food factory.

I volunteered as a library assistant for 5 years at Gillingham School and this has given me plenty of experience working behind a counter.

Work with Children and Vulnerable Adults +

In 2016 I was involved in the year 11 mentoring program. I was responsible for year 7 students whom their tutors believed would benefit from the guidance of older students.

I have assisted in lower school lessons, working with individuals and groups who were identified to particularly struggle with maths.

During my upper years at Gillingham School, I was a leader of the Student Library Committee. This involved managing a committee of 20-30 younger students and helping them to organise charity events.

I attended Bramley House Care Home on a weekly basis to assist and act as a companion for the residents.

Technology +

I have designed and programmed my own website from scratch: www.EdenSimkins.co.uk and I am currently developing the website for our small family business. To this end I have developed an understanding of the programming languages HTML, CSS and C# including CSS Grid.

Since completing my A levels I have dived into robotics. I have built a smart car using a Raspberry Pi and have made an Android app to control it in Android Studio. During this project I have been learning the programming languages Kotlin and Python.

Public Speaking +

I have been a Lay Deacon at my local church since the age of 12. In this role I am required to lead one or two services a month and to read the gospel to the congregation. This experience is invaluable and has made addressing large audiences almost effortless.

In my role as Deputy Head Girl and as a leader of the Student Library Committee, I have often put myself forward for public speaking opportunities including at the lower school prize giving.

In February 2019 I was one of the two principle speakers in a presentation to the Gillingham Town Council highlighting the lack of student parking in the Gillingham and how we might combat this problem

Public Performance

I have performed in public on numerous occasions in school concerts, on the school music tour to Tuscany, in a local opera ‘The Veteran’s Dream’, in the production of ‘Magna Cantata’ at Salisbury Cathedral and as a member of a church choir. Recently, my brother and I gave a Concert in church to raise money for choir funds. It was very well attended and we raised a staggering £550.

Education +
From 2004 to 2012

St Gregory’s Church of England Primary School,

New Street, Marnhull, Sturminster Newton

Dorset, DT10 1PZ
From 2012 to 2017

Gillingham Secondary School,

Hardings Lane, Gillingham

Dorset, SP8 4QP
From 2017 to 2019

Gillingham Sixth Form,

Hardings Lane, Gillingham

Dorset, SP8 4QP
From 2019

University of Bristol

Bristol

BS8 1TH
Interests +

I thoroughly enjoy many different types of sports, such as swimming, tennis, badminton and table tennis, cycling through the countryside and also cooking and solving maths puzzles.

Music is something else that I take huge amounts of pleasure from and I play piano and sing as often as possible.

I also love reading. Recently I have been glued to Alan Sugar's autobiography, "What You See is What You Get".

References +
Mrs M Marshall (Tutor) Miss A Weeks
Gillingham School Octopus Personnel
Hardings Lane 8 Newbury Court
Gillingham Gillingham
Dorset Dorset
SP8 4QP SP8 4QX
01747 822222 01747 825568