Upper Sixth students at Tonbridge School have earned offers from some of the UK’s top universities.
Eighteen pupils at the school have been offered places to study at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Subjects they will be reading include Architecture, Economics, Engineering, English Language and Literature, Maths, Maths and Computer Science, Modern Languages, Natural Sciences, Oriental Studies, PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) and Physics, which means that many of the school’s departments have played a key part in this success.
The total is made up of nine offers from the University of Cambridge, and nine offers from Oxford. Tonbridge students have received no less than 162 Oxbridge offers since 2015.
Each year, Tonbridge leavers also take up places at other elite universities, such as Imperial College, London School of Economics, University College London, Edinburgh, St Andrews, Durham, Bath, Bristol, Manchester, York, Warwick, Leeds and Exeter.
Last year, Tonbridge leavers had 100 per cent success rates with applications to Warwick, Manchester and York universities, and success rates of over 90 per cent for Exeter, Bristol, Nottingham, Bath and Birmingham.
As in previous years, some students will be securing places on world-leading degree courses in less traditional subjects, which will give them a head start in their chosen careers. These sought-after courses for 2020 include Real Estate, Aerospace Engineering, Earth Sciences, Sports Management, Marine Biology and Marine Zoology.
James Priory, Headmaster, said: “Securing a place at a leading university, in a highly competitive field, is a fine achievement, requiring hard work and dedication. I look forward to following our students’ progress at university and in their subsequent careers, and I am extremely grateful for the contribution they continue to make to the intellectual, pastoral and co-curricular life of the school.”
A proportion of leavers also choose to study abroad and progress to leading universities around the world, particularly in the USA. Recent destinations have included Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania, New York University, Rice University, the United States Air Force Academy, the University of Toronto and Hong Kong University.
The 2019-20 university offer season still has several months to run, which means that the total number of places won by Tonbridge boys at leading institutions will rise further in the coming months.
Places on the following courses were won by Tonbridgians for entry to Oxford or Cambridge in 2020 or 2021:
English Language and Literature (Merton College)
Mathematics and Computer Science (University College)
Modern Languages (Lincoln College)
Modern Languages (St Hilda’s College)
Modern Languages (St Hugh’s College)
Oriental Studies (St John’s College)
PPE (Lady Margaret Hall)
Physics (St Peter’s College)
Physics (University College)
Architecture (Clare College)
Economics (Queens’ College)
Engineering (St Catharine’s College)
Engineering (St John’s College)
Engineering (Trinity Hall)
Mathematics (Queens’ College)
Natural Sciences (Gonville & Caius College)
Natural Sciences (Robinson College)
Natural Sciences (Trinity Hall)