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Meet the three East End winners of £1m Ivy League scholarships – The Times
“Three girls from deprived backgrounds have won places at Ivy League universities and £1 million in scholarships between them.”
Newham pupils to be offered classical education – The Guardian
“Pupils at a leading state sixth-form college in one of London’s most deprived boroughs are to be offered a classical education like the ancient Greeks to help them win scholarships to Ivy League universities and into top jobs.”
Top state sixth form adopts Ancient Greece’s methods to get more pupils into US universities – Telegraph
“Lessons based on ‘classical trivium’ of grammar, logic and rhetoric will ‘allow pupils to develop deep, analytical thinking skills’”
Leaving the UK for the first time – The Times
A featured student story in The Times’ A-Level Results day coverage about our student who’s off to study at America’s Ivy League
Economist – Social Mobility Film
We’re privileged to feature in The Economist’s recent investigation on social mobility. You can watch their full film on YouTube
Why pay £25k to go private when our state pupils reach Oxbridge? – The Times Saturday Interview
“As part of the school’s ‘holistic’ approach, students are prepared for interviews, taught how to dress smartly in a work setting and even shown how to navigate a formal dinner.”
Ivy League success in 2020 – BBC London News
“From east London to the east coast of America, these four students have received offers from what have been ranked as three of the best universities in the world. The sixth formers have won scholarships worth one million pounds.”
Leagues Ahead – The Times
“Thanks to schools like Newham Collegiate … able pupils in London are no longer prisoners of their disadvantage.”
Four students at east London sixth form are awarded £1m in scholarships to US Ivy league universities – Daily Mail
“All the support is offered to students for free, in contrast to an agency in the UK who are charging richer families up to £20,000 per pupil to guide families through the American application process.”
East End students inspired by NHS heroes win places to study at Oxbridge – Evening Standard
“52 pupils at Newham Collegiate Sixth Form in East Ham have been offered places at leading universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, to study medicine in September.”