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21 February 2020

On February 5th, six students from Years 10-13 went to Manchester Grammar to take part in the North West round of the Oxford Schools debating competition.

By Jimmy Sergi, Year 11 Student. 
The competition, run by Oxford University Union, allows school students to learn British parliamentary style debating, the format of typical university debating. Our three teams, comprised of Jimmy, David, Isabella, Matthew, Archie and Izza, under the guidance of Ms. Grey and Miss Smith. We arrived eagerly, excited to hear what topics we would debating. The first debate was about the legalisation of drugs, followed by a debate about setting a minimum percentage of media having to come from the local area. Our three teams each came up with unique ideas to tackle these subjects.  At the end of the day, the final results were announced. David and Jimmy were able to finish in first place on the day, while Isabella and Matthew also managed to qualify for the final round! Our finalists are now preparing for finals day in March, thoroughly excited to being given the opportunity to go to Oxford University, and debate schools from across the country and the world.