Rainie has just started the first year of her degree at Warwick University after shining in her A levels at Monmouth, achieving A*s in Maths, Further Maths and Physics and an A in Chemistry.

“Coming to study at Monmouth School for Girls really changed my life,” said Rainie, from Cheng Du in China.

“When I started in Year 8, my English wasn’t very good.

“I was very shy but the atmosphere at school was very welcoming and friendly.

“Everybody helped me and I expanded my English.”

Rainie took up lacrosse and represented the school, reached grade 8 on the piano, and worked as a volunteer at a charity shop in Monmouth

Rainie won a host of gold certificates for the annual UKMT Maths Challenge and scooped the British Physics Olympiad (Physics Challenge) Silver Award when she was in Year 11.

She took part in a Maths summer school at Imperial College between Years 12 and 13.

The teenager enjoyed her LAMDA classes, played tennis and was a Maths prefect.

She is now reading a degree in MORSE (Maths, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics).

Rainie said: “The school made me much more independent and self-motivated both through life in the boarding house and the style of teaching. I particularly enjoyed the healthy work-life balance at Monmouth.”

She added: “I have made wonderful friends at Monmouth, too, that I know I will have for the rest of my life.”