The wombat lives across the seas,
Among the far Antipodes.

He may exist on nuts and berries,
Or then again, on missionaries;

His distant habitat precludes
Conclusive knowledge of his moods.

But I would not engage the wombat
In any form of mortal combat.

The Wombat by Ogden Nash

Edward Welbourne's schooldays

From age five (1968) to seven, I went to the village infants' school in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire; from there I moved to Stoneygate school in Leicester which I left, aged 12, with a scholarship to Shrewsbury school. At Shrewsbury, I obtained eleven O levels (taken at age 15 to 16), four A levels and two S levels (A&S at age 18) before taking the scholarship exams to Cambridge, in which I won a scholarship to Trinity College.

Details of the various GCSE O, A and S level exams, all from the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examining Board, are:

A (and S):

• Physics: A (1)
• Mathematics: A (1)
• Further Mathematics: A
• Chemistry: A

Which is to say, top marks.

O:

A grades in:

Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, English Language and French.

B grade in:

History

C grades in:

Latin, Religious Studies, Biology, English Literature.

Written by Eddy.
This page is part of my curriculum vitae.