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Chinese Ambassador offers scholarship to Kingham Hill

The applause could be heard all over the school as the Chinese Ambassador announced that she was offering a special scholarship for one Kingham Hill pupil to study for a year in China.

Ambassador Fu Ying’s announcement came as a surprise at the end of a question and answer session with sixth formers that she shared with David Cameron. There already appears to be a great deal of excitement among pupils, many of whom would seriously consider such an opportunity.

The Chinese Ambassador was spending the day observing David Cameron carrying out his usual Friday round of constituency work. As MP for Witney, David Cameron had responded to an invitation by the school to officially open two new day houses.

David Cameron and the Ambassador were shown around the new day houses by representatives of the growing number of day pupils now attending the school. The increase in numbers follows the appointment of Headmaster, Nick Seward, who joined Kingham Hill from league table-topping Magdalen College School, Oxford, in September 2008. The day houses, along with the introduction of school transport and a move away from Saturday school, has provoked a real spike in interest. A new academic society, to challenge and nurture the very brightest pupils, has also played its part.

Headmaster, Nick Seward, was very pleased with the occasion: “It was a tremendous honour to play host to David Cameron and the Chinese Ambassador. It has further opened the eyes of our pupils to the world of domestic politics and the shift of economic and political power towards the East. Kingham Hill is changing and growing and occasions like this are very inspirational.”