Higher education
fromwww.bbc.com
10 hours agoState school sees 62 pupils with Oxbridge offers
A selective London sixth form secured Oxbridge offers for over a quarter of its students, many from low-income or disadvantaged backgrounds.
More than 60 students at a state school in one of London's most deprives boroughs have been offered places at Oxford and Cambridge universities. The stunning achievement marks a record success for the London Academy of Excellence, known as the Eton of the East End, which made sixth place in this year's Sunday Times league tables. Students at the selective academy in Stratford, Newham, received 23 offers from Oxford and 39 from Cambridge. An additional four students have secured places on Cambridge foundation courses.