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Oakwood five thrive to get places at Oxbridge


FIVEstudents fromOakwoodPark Grammar School have been of- fered places at Oxford and Cam- bridge this year. The school claims the achieve-


ment of the five sixth formers is par- ticularly remarkable considering the record number of applications na- tionally this year to the two eliteuni- versities. UCAS reported that there was a


7% rise in applications from Eng- land this year. The risewas partly caused by the


reduction in the number of AS ex- aminations taken at the end of year 12,whichwere traditionally used as an indicator of students' chances for success in their application. Cambridge introduced pre-


admission testing to respond to the removal ofAS levels. Oakwood Park’s five successful


students (pictured right) had to take a test, submit written work and at- tend interviews at the colleges to which they had applied – and have now been offered their places, de-


pendent on their final A-Level grades this summer. The two students with places at


OxfordUniversity areBrunoRobin- sonwho has a place to studyMaths


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atWadham College and Alexander Wainwright, who has a place to study Engineering at St Catherine's College. Cambridge offered a place to


study English to Ailsa Burnham at DowningCollege, aplace forLawto Isabelle Pymat SelwynCollege and a place to Oli Sampson for History and Politics atHomerton College. A spokesman for OPGS said: “I


am delighted for the students who are fantastic young people. “Our staff have enjoyed giving


themmock interviews andmarking their practice tests. “It is testimony to the strength of


our Sixth Form that we have so many different subjects represented in these offers.” Kent education specialist Peter


Read said: “Most grammar schools would normally produce two or three students who would go to Oxbridge. “The school is to be congratulated


for nurturing its brightest pupils.” More education news, page 8


INVICTA Grammar School has dropped proposals to give first preference to pupils fromits own academy primaries. Head teacher JulieDerrick (pic-


tured) has revised its admissions policy so that pupils fromtheVal- ley Invicta Academies Trust (VIAT) are not favoured. In a letter home to parents,Mrs


Derrick satates: “Following feed- back and our desire to meet the needs of our local community,we have revised our admissions pol- icy. Please note we have removed the inclusion of a priority for chil- dren attending a trust primary school ahead of other children.” VIAT runs Aylesford, East Bor-


ough, Kings Hill, Leybourne Chase andHolborough Lakes pri- maries.


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