A London school based in East Ham has achieved record A-level results with more than 100 (out of around 200) students achieving straight A or A* grades. Brampton Manor Academy will also send 20 students to Oxford or Cambridge, all from ethnic minority backgrounds. The final tally saw 99% of students achieve at A*-C. The Continue reading…
British independent schools feature heavily in the top positions of global IB Diploma league tables, particularly dominated by the so-called superselective London day schools, along with a small number of high performing boarding schools, but there are a few exceptions, notably from Asia and the Middle East. It is a shame that the majority of Continue reading…
The universities of Oxford and Cambridge have received ample criticism about their admissions policies in recent years. In particular, journalists and campaigners alike point out that about 40% of Oxbridge places are offered to private school applicants, despite the fact that private schools only educate 7% of pupils in the country. This statistic is repeated Continue reading…
There’s a new number 1 in the A-Level league tables, and it is not an expensive private school or a grammar school. It is the King’s College Maths School in Lambeth, London. A highly selective Sixth Form college founded by Highgate School’s former Head of Maths Dan Abramson, it was set up to emulate specialist Continue reading…
The Henrietta Barnett School is London’s most sought after and most oversubscribed grammar school. Admissions is fiercely competitive. More than 2,000 girls sit the first round entrance test in verbal and non-verbal reasoning in September. Only the top 300 are called back for a second round test in Maths and English. Only 93 Year 7 places Continue reading…