Wellington College – Record Oxbridge success as 24 pupils win places

03 Mar 2015

Twenty four Wellingtonians have reason to celebrate at the start of 2015 having received offers from Oxford and Cambridge.

Amongst them are our Heads of College, Emily Curtis and Nicky Maxwell, who will continue to see lots of each other as they have both won places at Brasenose College, Oxford.

Will Wilson, who balanced his application with his duties as Deputy Head of College and his captaincy of the 1st XV rugby team, has also won a place at Keble College, Oxford to read History.

Barbora Bute, one of the first pupils to come to Wellington College under the Prince Albert Foundation scheme, has been accepted to read English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford – a wonderful achievement both for her and the scheme.

Gaining entry to these two institutions is now harder than ever before as more than six students apply for every one of the 3,000 places that are available, so warmest congratulations to them all.

As ever, some highly talented and intelligent Wellingtonians narrowly missed out but, with over 600 university offers already received, including a number at leading US Colleges, 2015 looks like being a vintage year for our departing Upper Sixth.