Pictured alumnae: Natalia, Nicola, Sarah and Tor.

After a pandemic-laden 18 month wait, the team at Maths Circle were absolutely delighted and honoured to formally receive their Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation from the HM Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire, Helen Nellis, at a wonderful celebration hosted at Bedford Heights.

Used at BGS, Maths Circle created Times Tables Rock Stars a gamified app solution to engage children with learning of times tables and increase their confidence and proficiency in maths and NumBots an app to engage children in the learning of addition, subtraction and number bonds to improve basic numeracy skills. The team are passionate about making maths fun and aim to give every child the opportunity to leave school saying they were “good at maths”.

The small but growing company is co-owned by alumna, Nicola Reddy (née Oakley, BHS 1999) and over 1/5^th of her team are alumnae: Sarah Parrish (BGS 2014), Tor Caldwell (BGS 2015) and Natalia Baker (née Reddy, DAHS 2001). Nicola, commenting on their recent success:

"We were so thrilled to finally be able to celebrate our Queen's Award achievement together as a team and in the presence of HM Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire Helen Nellis, Deputy Lieutenants and the High Sheriff of Bedfordshire alongside many of our incredible supporters. The event was a really proud moment for the Maths Circle team, giving us all the chance to reflect on the educational impact that our maths learning platforms have had so far on 10 million pupils worldwide."