As a college we would like to congratulate our students who have received offers to study at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge for the next academic year.
All the students who applied to these prestigious universities had to undergo a rigorous and challenging application process including submission of their application form for the early October deadline, preparing for and sitting admissions assessments and undertaking at least two virtual academic interviews in early December with academic tutors from their chosen courses. Then followed a nervous wait until January to find out the outcome.
Olivia Wytcherley, Assistant Principal, said “we are incredibly proud of the resilience and determination shown by the students who applied to Oxford and Cambridge this year. Making it to the interview stage is a real achievement and a fantastic opportunity to engage in academic discussion with prominent academics in their chosen field. The students prepared well, often collaborating with each other and teachers, to practise problem solving and critical analysis skills. Our teachers are always on hand to provide additional support through enrichment, offering academic competitions or putting students through their paces in a mock interview. We have now established a strong tradition in successfully preparing students to study at top universities.”
This year nine students have received offers: six offers from Oxford and three offers from Cambridge. The students holding offers for Oxford are hoping to study subjects including Engineering (3), Mathematics, Classics and French with beginner’s Russian. Two students have received offers from Trinity College, which, as our link college, have provided comprehensive support to all our applicants. In addition, we have two students holding offers for Natural Sciences at Cambridge alongside one of our students from last year who has received an unconditional offer for English Literature.
Twins Lauren and Grace Hinton, ex Sacred Heart students, have both received offers from Oxford to read Engineering, following in their father’s footsteps:
Lauren said “Thank you to all my teachers for helping me with the application process, especially in writing my personal statement”
Adam Tilling, ex Laurence Jackson student, has received an offer to read Mathematics at St Anne’s College Oxford, after completing both A level Maths and Further Maths in his first year at college:
Adam said “College has really helped me to be able to learn as much as I can whilst I am here and I am very grateful for the support you receive from all the people at Prior”.
Kaitlyn Easter-Bell, ex Sacred Heart, is the first student in the college’s recent history to receive an offer to read Classics at Trinity College Oxford:
Bradley Sills and Arthur Leaper, ex Outwood Bydales, have both received offers to read Natural Sciences at Cambridge:
Francis Nozedar, ex Sacred Heart student has been offered a place at Wadham College, Oxford to study French and Beginners Russian.
Francis said “’Studying at prior has really developed me academically and as a person”
Thomas Ewan Cornwall ex Stokesley School student has received an unconditional offer to study English Literature at Cambridge
Principal Asma Shaffi said “We are having tremendous success in securing offers from Oxford and Cambridge universities. Prior Pursglove College has a long-standing history in sending students to Oxbridge to read from Science and Mathematics to Classics, Languages and Social Sciences. But recently we have seen a very positive increase in these numbers and of female students undertaking engineering and mathematics. We are incredibly proud of our students, and I have enormous respect and gratitude towards their previous schools and parents. These students really help to show their peers that such success is a reality in our area and strong work ethic pays credible dividends.”