On Thursday, Mr Metcalfe accompanied four Upper Sixth students to Saffron Walden to take part in an Economics Competition and hear from guest speaker Graham Stock, economist at RBC BlueBay Asset Management. Mr Stock, a specialist in emerging markets, delivered an engaging presentation on both global economic trends and his career journey.

The competition questions, written by Geoff Riley (former Head of Economics at Eton College and co-founder of tutor2u), provided a rigorous challenge. While the team narrowly missed a place in the semi-finals, there was notable success for James H, who secured third place overall in the Macroeconomics section.

The pupils thoroughly enjoyed the day, valuing the chance to test their knowledge and learn from leading figures in the field. Presentation materials from Mr Stock will be shared with Upper Sixth economists in the coming weeks.

Mr Metcalfe commented that he is already looking forward to taking a new team to next year’s event.