THREE Wellington School pupils are among the top Biologists in the country.

The sixth-formers competed in the British Biology Olympiad, run by the Royal Society for Biology, and achieved great results.

Will Langdon achieved a gold medal – one of only 6.6% of students in the UK to do so; George Ruell achieved a silver medal and Alex Piper a highly commended.

The British Biology Olympiad challenges and stimulates students with an interest in biology to expand and extend their talents. In offering a wider syllabus than A-level, it allows students to demonstrate their knowledge and to be suitably rewarded and publicly recognised by the award of certificates.

The top winning students are offered the opportunity of attending an award ceremony in London. The top students reaching gold medal standard can go on to the second round and from this, 16 progress to the final of the British Biology Olympiad.

Four finalists will be selected to represent the UK at the 2016 final in Vietnam.