After the GAPA presentation came the annual prize giving ceremony where pupils were awarded for determination, musicality, progress, potential, performance and perseverance amongst others. The prestigious David Wall Boys Ballet Scholarship was awarded to Bailey Johnson and the Head Girl shield was handed to Isabel Summers by outgoing Head Girl Aimee Thomas. The Gielgudian awards were then presented, which are reserved for those who have graduated from GAPA into leading vocational colleges of further education in the performing arts. This years pupils included Aimee Thomas (Laine Theatre Arts), Jasmine Cook (Brit School), Jasmine Barraclough (Legat) and Charlotte Walker (London Studio Centre). Principal Suzanne Gielgud proudly announced that previous Gielgudians have been offered a further years training at Central School of Ballet (Gabrielle Van Asselt), Rambert School (Carina Howard), Bird College (Matt Hill and James Furnell), Urdang (Matt Wells and Reagan Muir) and London Studio Centre (Phil Bashford). She then congratulated Jasper Ryan Cater for being their first Gielgudian to secure a place at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Photo of Dame Beryl Grey, Suzanne Gielgud and Aimee Thomas by © EG Photography