Eton College has signed an agreement with an academy trust to open three selective state sixth form colleges for young people who live in deprived northern areas. The landmark agreement, which was signed this month, has seen the 581-year-old independent boarding school form a partnership with Star Academies to open three highly selective sixth … Read more
As Mayor of London, Boris Johnson breezed one day into Downing Street to talk to David Cameron about his budget settlement for City Hall. He wanted a bumper payday for Londoners. But Cameron, the Prime Minister for four years, was not well disposed to his fellow Old Etonian. He believed, with some justification, that the … Read more
Eton College has been accused of ‘greed and hypocrisy’ over controversial plans to sell off land it owns in the countryside to make way for 3,000 homes. The £48,000-a-year boarding school owns a large swathe of unspoilt countryside in East Chiltington, on the edge of the South Downs National Park in East Sussex. But a … Read more
Eton College has been accused of ‘greed and hypocrisy’ over controversial plans to sell off land it owns in the countryside to make way for 3,000 homes. The £48,000-a-year boarding school owns a large swathe of unspoilt countryside in East Chiltington, on the edge of the South Downs National Park in East Sussex. But a … Read more
The state school in east London that gets more Oxbridge offers than ETON… as deputy head of the top private school writes to parents to defend its performance Brampton Manor, an academy in Newham, announced that 55 of its pupils had received conditional offers By comparison, the esteemed public school Eton College, which Boris Johnson … Read more
State school in east London gets more Oxbridge offers than ETON… as deputy head of the top private school writes to parents to defend its performance Brampton Manor, in Newham, announced 55 pupils received Oxbridge offers By comparison, Eton College, which Boris Johnson attended, secured 48 offers Eton sent a letter to parents explaining its … Read more
It’s been the year from hell for Eton – the school that famously hates attention – and now I can reveal things have got so bad they have drafted in a top City PR firm to rebuild its image. Brunswick Group – famous for high-profile crisis management and eye-watering prices – has been appointed to … Read more
Eton College loses HALF its Oxbridge offers as top universities try to boost intake from state schools Oxford and Cambridge universities have reduced Eton intake from 99 to 48 The universities have boosted their intake of state school-educated students An Etonian parent said the school has ‘taken its eye off the ball’ with admissions By … Read more
Eton College loses HALF its Oxbridge offers as top universities try to boost intake from state schools Oxford and Cambridge universities have reduced Eton intake from 99 to 48 The universities have boosted their intake of state school-educated students An Etonian parent said the school has ‘taken its eye off the ball’ with admissions By … Read more
The teacher sacked from Eton over an anti-feminist video could now face a lifetime classroom ban after the school reported him to the teaching authority. Will Knowland, 35, was removed from his role at the prestigious Berkshire school after posting a lecture on Youtube challenging so-called modern feminist views about ‘toxic masculinity’. The lecture, in … Read more