Three London students from Newham Collegiate Sixth Form (NCS) in London’s East End have won places at Ivy League universities and £1million in scholarships between them.
The school runs an Ivy League programme aimed at helping pupils score top marks in the US college admissions test.
The three teenagers who will study at Harvard and Princeton from this autumn, are Feyisara Adeyemi, 17, Harmanpreet Garcha, 18, and Tasneen Hossain, 18; all from low-income families, which means the cost of their four-year education and accommodation will be funded entirely by the universities, at a cost of around £350,000 each.
Feyisara, who is from Poplar in east London and will study computer science at Princeton, said: “I was really pleased to be offered a place. My family are really excited for me. I’m going to miss them but it’s an incredible opportunity for me. East London and Princeton are very different places but I am confident I will adapt and have a great time.”
Anita Lomax, Principal of NCS, said: “We push the boundaries and expectations of our students. They now believe these types of opportunities are available to them.”
It comes after as another London school that works with “brilliant” children from deprived backgrounds is set to send more pupils to America.
Pupils at London Academy of Excellence in Stratford will be able to access scholarships to US universities through the World Leading Schools Association, which the school has just joined.
Headteacher Alex Crossman said the opportunity to go to elite US universities, which are increasingly attractive to high-performing British students, is “life-changing”.
