A free faculty that was set as much as assist deprived college students get into a few of the high universities has gotten extra college students into Oxbridge than Eton.
College students at Harris Westminster Sixth Type acquired 57 affords from Cambridge and Oxford, whereas pupils at Eton acquired 51 this 12 months.
The varsity, which was based a decade in the past, runs courses on Saturdays and is open from 9.30am to six.30pm in the course of the week.
Final 12 months the free faculty, which is positioned in London, achieved the identical variety of affords as Eton, which was round 48.
Eton School prices college students nearly £50,000 a 12 months to attend and oldsters additionally need to shell out one other £400 for the registration payment and an additional £3,200 for the acceptance payment.
Eton School (pictured) prices college students nearly £50,000 a 12 months to attend
James Handscombe, govt principal of Harris Westminster, mentioned the pupils had acquired affords to review topics reminiscent of classics, English, historical past of artwork, legislation and chemistry
College students at Harris Westminster Sixth Type (pictured) acquired 57 affords from Cambridge and Oxford
Nevertheless, £500 of that is refunded when the scholar leaves the school, ‘topic to settlement of his ultimate invoice’.
Its well-known alumni embody the king in ready Prince William, Prince Harry, former Prime Ministers David Cameron and Boris Johnson and Dominic West, who performed King Charles in The Crown.
The state sixth type was established in partnership with Westminster College, which prices its college students day charges of £37,500 a 12 months and boarding charges of just about £50,000.
Nigella Lawson, AA Milne and Sir Peter Ustinov are a few of Westminster College’s most notable alma mater.
Westminster College acquired 96 affords from Oxbridge this 12 months, the best in a decade.
James Handscombe, govt principal of Harris Westminster, mentioned the pupils had acquired affords to review topics reminiscent of classics, English, historical past of artwork, legislation, chemistry, structure and Chinese language research.
He additionally studied at Oxford and Harvard himself earlier than deciding to coach as a instructor and have become precept of the free faculty in 2014.
He instructed The Times: ‘I believe over time the colleges have gotten higher at doing this. They’ve seen what it’s good to search for in an effort to choose college students with potential who have not had non-public training all through their lives.’
Mr Handscombe made headlines last year as he introduced a ban on pupils utilizing the titles ‘sir’ or ‘miss’ to handle lecturers, branding it ‘cultural misogyny’.
Prince William attended Eton School. Pictured: William in 2000 at Highgrove
College students at Harris Westminster Sixth Type acquired 57 affords from Cambridge and Oxford, whereas pupils at Eton (pictured) acquired 51 this 12 months
Former Prime Minister David Cameron additionally attended Eton School
He shared an meeting that he had given to college students, during which he requested them to make use of full names when talking to lecturers.
The meeting was titled: ‘no extra sir, no extra miss’.
Final summer season, one-fifth of A-Ranges taken on the faculty, which has round 300 pupils in yearly, had been graded at A*.
And 1 / 4 of pupils achieved not less than A*AA.
This comes amid stress for Cambridge and Oxford to simply accept extra college students from state faculties.
State faculty pupils made up 72.9 per cent of Cambridge’s residence pupil consumption in 2022, which is up from the earlier 12 months.
Nevertheless, Oxford’s quantity has stayed at 68.1 per cent.
