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PETERBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL girls win Oxbridge places

Two pupils in Year 13 at Peterborough High School have been offered places on highly competitive courses at Oxford and Cambridge.

Head Girl, Nehaal Bajwa, will need three A’s at A Level to take up her place at Balliol College, Oxford to read Philosophy, Politics and Economics and Emily Craven requires the same grades to read Veterinary Medicine at New Hall College, Cambridge.

Both girls heard about their offers at the beginning of term after they had completed extensive applications and excelled during rigorous selection interviews conducted by admission tutors.

Nehaal and Emily are both studying four subjects at A Level and are now hoping that the hard work they are putting in during their final year at school will mean that the grade requirements are a formality.

Both girls are thrilled to be on their way to the top university courses in their chose fields. For Nehaal, “This course at Balliol was my first choice and I hope it gives me a good foundation for a career in politics”. Emily said “I have always been focused on becoming a vet and it’s wonderful to think that I’ll be amongst the best students and tutors. The pressure is now on to get the grades but going to Cambridge is the best possible incentive”.

Headmistress, Sarah Dixon, is thrilled that the girls have realised their ambitions in extremely competitive areas: “The girls will be going to the best universities in the world, so it is a magnificent achievement and I congratulate them and the University Application Team in school. It is very motivating for all our students to see this sort of success”.