A group of students in Year 8 girls were recently invited to take part in the CyberFirst Girls competition organised by the UK government.

During the event, the students were introduced to the field, working in groups to solve a variety of challenges in areas such as cryptography, logic/coding, networking and cyber security.

Computer Science Teacher Mr Gourlay said ‘The aim of the event is to encourage more girls to go into the cyber security profession and choose STEM subjects at GCSE. As a technical school we feel it is really important to show our students the wide variety of technical based careers that exist.

‘The girls performed exceptionally well, solving challenges that included content normally found at A-level and undergraduate level. We are very proud of them all.’