THIS year 16 pupils attending Haberdashers' Monmouth Schools have been offered places at either Oxford or Cambridge, following recent examinations and interviews.
On average over 10% of the Sixth Form win places at either Oxford or Cambridge, furthering the strong links that Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls and Monmouth School have with the universities.
Students offered places at Oxford are: Rachel Bosanquet (whose home is in Monmouth) to read Geography at St Hilda's; Anna Hart (Newport) to read Spanish at St Peter's; Rhiannon Jones (Fish-guard) to read Physics at Oriel College; Iona Millais (Kilpeck) to read Medicine at Brasenose; Lauren Newcomb (Whitchurch) to read Medicine at Trinity College; Suzannah Shute (Usk) to read English at St Catherine's; Sophie Slaney (Brecon) to read History and German; Victoria Smith (Caerleon) to read Music at St Hilda's; Alistair Chetwynd (Gilwern) to read English at Balliol; James Selwyn (Llangynidr) to read Portuguese and Linguistics at St Peter's; Simon Yau (Hong Kong) to read Chemistry at St Edmund's Hall; Bill Zhang (Beijing) to read Mathematics and Computation at Exeter.
Students offered places at Cambridge are: Julia Keppe (Brecon) to read Economics at Girton College; Angharad Vickery (Crickhowell) to read Education at Homerton; Ruwan Weerakkody (Newport) to read Medicine at Gonville and Caius; Graham Wrightson (Penalt) to read Classics at Fitzwilliam.