{"id":18405,"date":"2026-07-17T15:08:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northbridgehouse.com\/senior-canonbury\/?post_type=school_news&#038;p=18405"},"modified":"2026-08-12T15:37:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:37:56","slug":"year-9-student-celebrates-second-place-in-national-isa-essay-writing-competition","status":"publish","type":"school_news","link":"https:\/\/www.northbridgehouse.com\/senior-canonbury\/school-news\/year-9-student-celebrates-second-place-in-national-isa-essay-writing-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 9 Student Celebrates Second Place in National ISA Essay Writing Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Congratulations to Saranya, Year 9, who has achieved an outstanding second-place finish in the National ISA Arts Essay Writing Competition.<\/p>\n<p>We are delighted to celebrate the success of Saranya, whose creative writing was recognised nationally in the Year 9-11 category of the Independent Schools Association (ISA) Arts Essay Competition.<\/p>\n<p>The competition provides students from ISA member schools with an opportunity to showcase their writing, with entries judged on originality and creativity, style and presentation, use of language, and form and structure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isaschools.org.uk\/static\/5e6b4e35-d5a6-4dbb-89231910fa865f6a\/Y9-11-Winners-Essays.pdf?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio&amp;fbclid=PAcGRvZgJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA85MzY2MTk3NDMzOTI0NTkAAafExUQYFt4jMtJxi_eGS49qXcmomOZHmnaGLDK9SMNXKn4Fq38n45vYKYkA7g_aem_NEXWVWL4bkam4RyyfeeoEA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Saranya&#8217;s full essay here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saranya took the initiative to enter the competition herself, demonstrating the confidence and independent spirit that we encourage in all our students at North Bridge House Canonbury.<\/p>\n<p>Her achievement is particularly impressive given the strength of the competition. She was awarded second place nationally, alongside students from schools across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Saranya was also recognised for her achievement at our end-of-year awards ceremony, where she was congratulated by our Head Students and the wider school community.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations Saranya on this fantastic achievement! We look forward to seeing where your writing takes you next.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in discovering more about life at North Bridge House Canonbury?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northbridgehouse.com\/senior-canonbury\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Explore NBH Canonbury Senior School and Sixth Form<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Saranya, Year 9, who has achieved an outstanding second-place finish in the National ISA Arts Essay Writing Competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":457,"featured_media":18406,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"news-category":[],"news-tag":[],"class_list":["post-18405","school_news","type-school_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Year 9 Student Celebrates Second Place in National ISA Essay Writing Competition - 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