School celebrates excellent 'Oxbridge' results (From Gazette)

School celebrates excellent 'Oxbridge' results

4:04pm Friday 3rd February 2012 in Local News

A GRAMMAR school is celebrating its second highest number of students accepted into Oxford and Cambridge universities.

Colchester Royal Grammar School, in Lexden Road, saw 34 pupils receive offers from the Oxbridge colleges.

They have all received letters of acceptance following a rigorous selection process. It compares with last year’s record figure of 41 offers.

Headteacher Ken Jenkinson said: “The competition seems to get fiercer every year and the students deserve every credit in coming through a demanding selection process.”

Oxford University has issued 11 offers to pupils and Cambridge has accepted 23 students. Subjects range from music to medicine.

Evie Hampson, who received an offer to study economics at Cambridge’s Murray Edwards College, said: “I was delighted and relieved to have received an offer.

“It was a tough process. I am grateful to my teachers for their preparation and support.”

Offers from Oxford University (Name, home town, university college, subject) Tom Bailey, Colchester, New College, Economics.

Gabriel Bambridge, Ipswich, Magdalen College, Medicine.

James Bowstead, Colchester, St Peter’s College, Music.

Tom Byham, Sudbury, Queens College, French and Russian.

Tom Lear, Colchester, Worcester College, Computing.

Jemima Paine, Braintree, Merton College, French and English.

Caroline Rogers, Woodbridge, St Hilda’s College, English.

Pravina Rudra, Colchester, Pembroke College, PPE.

Joe Skornia, Colchester, Magdalen College, Chemistry.

Freya Tomley, Ipswich, St Edmund’s Hall College, Economics & Management.

Tom Wait, Sudbury, Brasenose College, History.

Offers from Cambridge (Name, home town, university college, subject:

Euan Arnold, Colchester, Gonville and Caius College, Engineering.

Rosemary Bickerton, Colchester, Trinity College, French and German.

Frank Bloomfield, Ipswich, Sidney Sussex College, Mathematics.

Tom Carbonero, Tiptree, St John’s College, Veterinary Medicine.

Nixon Chan, Hong Kong, Fitzwilliam College, Natural Sciences.

Chris Cheyney, Sudbury, Christ’s College, Economics.

Anton Dennis, Colchester, Emmanuel College, Medicine.

Evie Hampson, Tollesbury, Murray Edwards College, Economics.

Dan Hannah, Ipswich, St Catherine’s College, Economics.

Abbey Hornett, Colchester, St Catherine’s College, Classics.

Percy Lam, Hong Kong, Pembroke College, Engineering.

Jason Leung, Hong Kong, Fitzwilliam College, Economics.

Guy Linch, Colchester, Homerton College, Economics.

Joe Rich, Colchester, St John’s College, English.

Ben Ridley-Johnson, Colchester, Queens’ College, History.

Edward Sherlock, Ipswich, Jesus College, Natural Sciences.

Joe Spencer, Dubai, Pembroke College, History.

Ciara Stewart, Colchester, Murray Edwards College, History.

Kam Ting Tsoi, Hong Kong, Churchill College, Natural Sciences.

Tom Watkins, Braintree, Queens’ College, History.

Jeffery Yim, Hong Kong, Churchill College, Mathematics.

Joshua Swanwick, Chelmsford, Churchill College, Medicine.

Michael Wan, Hong Kong, Girton College, Mathematics.