This TVLP competition ran in September 2020 to celebrate the best GCSE art work created in the previous academic year.

Thanks to the support and assistance of our wonderful school art departments, we had over 100 student entries from five of our schools: Beechwood School, Eton College, Holyport College, St Joseph’s Catholic High School, and St Mary’s School Ascot.

“We the judges were very impressed with the very high standard of the work entered in the competition both on a technical level and in terms of the originality and creativity displayed. We certainly felt that self-portraiture made up a very strong component of this group of entries”.

OVERALL WINNER: Milly Handel, St Mary’s School Ascot.

This winning entry, created by Milly Handel, a student at St Mary's School Ascot, is a plaster and screen print.

"Happily for the judges we were unanimous in our choice of the overall winner."

"The winner has a real presence, excellent composition and it immediately stood out for its originality. It successfully combines its abstract and representational qualities with a level of sophistication unusual in such a young artist."
Competition judges, Jo and Nick.
In conjunction with The National Gallery.

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We would like to thank our judges, gained in conjunction with The National Gallery, who had the difficult task of choosing a winner. Their assistance and expertise is greatly appreciated.

We would also like to thank The Sculpture Park in Surrey for providing the prize for the winning student (1 x family ticket worth £30). They are the world’s largest all year sculpture exhibition with 300 artists showcasing 650 sculptures.

We would also like to thank The Curve and Slough Libraries for supporting this competition by exhibiting some of the student art work on The Curve’s website.

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Slough & Windsor Express, 30th October 2020