--- title: "Year 12 Colin Pond Award Winners" url: "https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2019-10-29-year-12-colin-pond-award-winners" school: "Riverside Secondary School" --- [Click here to apply for Riverside 6th Form](https://riversideschool.applicaa.com/year12) # Year 12 Colin Pond Award Winners ![Image of Year 12 Colin Pond Award Winners](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/news/123.jpg) 29 October 2019 A member of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council from 1998 to 2001, Colin Pond was a longstanding member of the Labour Party and an active trade unionist who contributed enormously to the borough’s community. His work was governed by two main interests: education for young people on the one hand and, on the other, the town twinning arrangements between Witten and Barking and Dagenham. Before his death in 2001, after a two-year battle against cancer, Colin bequeathed his savings to a Trust Fund with the express aim of “helping young people in Barking and Dagenham and Witten to finance their continuing studies”. Since its inception, the Colin Pond Trust has helped countless young people, both here and in Witten, to continue their studies at post-16 and fulfil their aspirations. The five highest performing year 12 students at GCSE each received a scholarship of £500 to help with their studies. The students were: Farzana Noor Rebecca Conforti Laetitia Joymungul Grace Maku Hephzibah Olaleye Congratulations girls!![](https://riverside-secondary.com/images/123a.jpg) [ Riverside School put their culture hats on](https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2019-10-09-riverside-school-put-their-culture-hats-on) [Year 7 Parents Evening on Thursday 31st October 2019 from 4pm till 6pm ](https://riverside-secondary.com/news/2019-10-30-year-7-parents-evening-on-thursday-31st-october-2019-from-4pm-till-6pm) ![Riverside Secondary School](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/logo/Logo_Footer.png) ### Riverside Secondary School Renwick Road Barking IG11 0FU 0203 946 5888 ### Social Media - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/riverside_campus/) [![Partnership Learning](https://files.schudio.com/riverside-secondary-school/images/logo/AAAPartnership-Learning_white.png)](https://partnershiplearning.com) © Copyright 2026 Riverside Secondary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://riverside-secondary.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)