Pictured are the successful candidates from Monmouth School and Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls who have received offers from Oxford and Cambridge. The Schools were pleased not only with the number of offers but also with the wide range of subjects in which their pupils gained offers in what has become a highly competitive process. The successful pupils were:. Sophie Bowler (from Chepstow) to read Modern and Medieval Languages (French and Spanish) at St Catherine's, Cambridge; Sarah Hale (from Caerphilly) to read Modern and Medieval Languages (French and Spanish) at Girton, Cambridge (2009); Charlotte Macdonald (from Lydney) to read Biochemistry at Corpus Christi, Oxford; Bethan Mackey (from Lydney) to read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Trinity, Oxford; Matthew Andrew (from Lydney) to read Physics at Wadham, Oxford; Andrew Hayman (from Newport) to read Music (with Choral Award) at Magdalen, Oxford; William Hughes (from Monmouth) to read Natural Sciences at Trinity, Cambridge; Calum Kinloch (from Monmouth) to read History at Pembroke, Cambridge; Alex Luk (from Hong Kong) to read Mathematics and Statistics at St. Hugh's, Oxford; Nick Roberts (from Chepstow) to read Medicine at Brasenose, Oxford; Marc Robins (from Ross on Wye) to read Engineering at Oxford (Open offer); Damien Sykes (from Abergavenny) to read Modern and Medieval Languages at Pembroke, Cambridge.