{"id":12070,"date":"2026-07-18T13:11:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T12:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aberconwy.conwy.sch.uk\/?p=12070"},"modified":"2026-07-18T13:11:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T12:11:25","slug":"invitation-to-the-prestigious-parallel-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aberconwy.conwy.sch.uk\/en_gb\/2026\/07\/18\/invitation-to-the-prestigious-parallel-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Invitation to the Prestigious Parallel Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following their outstanding performances in the UKMT Junior Maths Challenge and Junior Kangaroo,\u00a0Ben and Henry\u00a0have been personally invited by\u00a0Dr Simon Singh MBE\u00a0to interview for a place in the\u00a0Parallel Academy\u00a0\u2013 an elite national programme that nurtures some of the UK&#8217;s most talented young mathematicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Academy was founded by bestselling maths and science author Dr Simon Singh with the aim of developing the next generation of mathematicians, scientists and engineers through small-group tutorials, challenging problem-solving and mathematical enrichment beyond the school curriculum. A huge honour!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-ub-image size-large\" id=\"ub-image-\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aberconwy.conwy.sch.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Ben-and-Henry-Maths-Parallel-Academy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1\" style=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entry to the Parallel Academy is highly competitive. Only the most promising young mathematicians are invited to interview, with successful applicants taking part in a long-term programme designed to develop exceptional mathematical thinking and prepare students for future success in STEM subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This invitation is a remarkable achievement for both Ben and Henry and reflects their exceptional talent, curiosity and dedication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everyone at Ysgol Aberconwy is incredibly proud of their success and wishes them the very best of luck in their interviews!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben and Henry\u00a0have been personally invited by\u00a0Dr Simon Singh MBE\u00a0to interview for a place in the\u00a0Parallel Academy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Victor Langdonlewis","author_link":"https:\/\/www.aberconwy.conwy.sch.uk\/en_gb\/author\/victor\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aberconwy.conwy.sch.uk\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aberconwy.conwy.sch.uk\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aberconwy.conwy.sch.uk\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aberconwy.conwy.sch.uk\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aberconwy.conwy.sch.uk\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.aberconwy.conwy.sch.uk\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12072,"href":"https:\/\/www.aberconwy.conwy.sch.uk\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12070\/revisions\/12072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aberconwy.conwy.sch.uk\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aberconwy.conwy.sch.uk\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aberconwy.conwy.sch.uk\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}