Former Hornchurch High School student among 41 pupils from same school offered an Oxbridge place
Dorcas Shodeinde has received an offer to study law at St Catherine's College, Oxford. Picture: Sam Dobin - Credit: Sam Dobin
A former Hornchurch High School pupils is one of 41 students from the same school that has been offered a place at an Oxbridge university.
A remarkable amount of teenagers from Brampton Manor Academy in Newham have been offered a place at one of the prestigious institutions.
Among the pupils hoping to get the grades to take up an Oxbridge place is former Hornchurch High pupul Dorcas Shodeinde, who received an offer to study law at St Catherine’s College, Oxford.
She has been in care since she was 14 but has not let that hold her back.
She said: “When I was put in care all I knew was that statistically care leavers don’t do very well.
“I was determined that my future would be different.
“Brampton made me believe I was good enough to go to Oxford, and I can’t believe I’ve now got an offer to study there!”
Most Read
- 1 Previous 15% pay cut overridden for some top Havering politicians in restructure
- 2 Plans submitted for 'new housing development' in Hornchurch
- 3 Primark confirms 'incident' involving baby in Romford store
- 4 Romford sexual abuse victim feels 'truly alone' after paedophile given suspended sentence
- 5 Application to build eight five-bed chalet bungalows in Havering-atte-Bower
- 6 Man murdered two armed teenage boys who had been chasing him, court told
- 7 Free giveaway: Bereaved Hornchurch man to distribute new invention created while wife was terminally ill
- 8 Census 2021: What has changed in your borough since 2011?
- 9 'Increased demand' to blame for overflowing Hornchurch bins, supermarket says
- 10 Jailed: Hornchurch man found with weapons in Dagenham
The school tweeted out congratulations to its former pupil and said: “We are extremely proud of ex-Hornchurch High Student Dorcas Shodeinde, who was one of 41 students at Brampton Manor to have secured an offer to study at either Oxford or Cambridge”
