Three Lower Sixth boys, George, Zakary and Matthew, travelled to Warwick University's Chemistry department to participate in the RSC's Chemical Analysts competition. The boys spent 6 hours carrying out a number of investigations in which they analysed various soft drinks such as Coca Cola, Sprite and Irn-Bru using modern chemistry techniques such as titration and spectrophotometry. The students were provided with a graduate from the University who taught them necessary skills, outside of the A Level syllabus, to carry out the experiments.

After a long day of laboratory work the boys were marked on their accuracy and precision and came in fourth place out of a very strong field of scientists.