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Education Secretary rejects push for Oxbridge to increase state admissions

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has pushed back against the idea elite universities like Oxford and Cambridge should “tilt the system” to accept more pupils from state schools. Cambridge University vice-chancellor Professor Stephen Toope recently ...

14 May 2022 at 03:25

Eton College tells parents fees likely to rise by 20% over Labour’s VAT plan

Eton College will raise fees by 20% as a result of the Government’s removal of the VAT exemption on independent schools, it said in a letter to parents. The £52,749-a-year private boys’ school said fees will “likely” increase in January, meaning ...

30 Aug 2024 at 21:51

Caitlyn Scott-Lee’s father questions if autism fully considered by inquest

The father of a private school pupil who killed herself has questioned whether her autism was “appropriately considered” by an inquest as part of the context of her death. Caitlyn Scott-Lee, 16, was found dead at Wycombe Abbey school in ...

01 May 2024 at 15:23

Eton to open selective sixth forms in ‘cold spots’ as part of levelling up

Eton College will open three selective sixth form free schools in education “cold spots” identified by the Levelling Up paper, it was announced on Thursday. The schools will be opened in Dudley, Middlesbrough and Oldham, areas included ...

10 Mar 2022 at 20:55

Harry opens up about cocaine use and losing virginity to older woman behind pub

The Duke of Sussex has opened up about his use of cocaine and losing his virginity to an older woman in a field behind a pub in his new bombshell memoir. In his book Spare, Harry said he had “taken cocaine” during a shooting weekend ...

05 Jan 2023 at 22:34

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Chefs on the best way to eat strawberries as Wimbledon nears

With Wimbledon beginning on July 3, strawberries and cream are well and truly on the menu. And while the sweet summer berries are delicious on their own, what if you want to cook them up into something new this year? This is how ...

29 Jun 2023 at 08:00

Sir Nicholas Coleridge appointed as provost of Eton College

The chair of the V&A Museum Sir Nicholas Coleridge has been appointed as the provost of Eton College. Sir Nicholas, who spent decades in leadership roles at Conde Nast media group, will succeed Lord Waldegrave to become the ...

02 Oct 2023 at 14:36

Eton to give £1m extra to selective sixth forms in education ‘cold spots’

Eton College has said it will give each of the three selective sixth forms it is planning to open in areas of disadvantage an additional £1 million per year on top of current funding levels. The private school will open ...

25 Mar 2022 at 14:55

No one could have known private school pupil would take her own life – inquest

No one could have known a private school pupil was going to take her own life, an inquest has heard. Caitlyn Scott-Lee, 16, was found dead at Wycombe Abbey school in Buckinghamshire on April 21 last year, the day ...

01 May 2024 at 14:33

Eton given green light to open selective sixth forms in education ‘cold spots’

One of the most prestigious private schools in the country has been given the green light to open free selective sixth form colleges in disadvantaged areas. Eton College, a boarding school near Windsor in ...

22 Aug 2023 at 06:39

Labour MP: VAT charge on private schools could make elitist system more elitist

The amount of VAT imposed on private schools should be based on turnover, to prevent smaller schools getting “caught in this trap”, a Labour MP has said. Rupa Huq raised concerns the Government’s policy ...

03 Mar 2025 at 19:49

Jamie Oliver threatens Johnson with ‘Eton Mess’ protest over anti-obesity U-turn

Jamie Oliver has threatened to stage an “Eton Mess” protest over the Government’s U-turn on its anti-obesity strategy, telling Boris Johnson he has “36 hours” to correct his “mistake”. The celebrity ...

17 May 2022 at 13:25

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