Eton College has signed an unprecedented agreement with an academy trust to open three highly selective state sixth-forms in deprived northern areas, The Times can reveal thetimes.co.uk/article/eton-t…
The sixth forms, opening under the free schools programme, will aim to fast-track teenagers from poor homes to top universities such as Oxford and Cambridge.
It is the first time a prestigious private school has forged such a partnership with an academy trust.
The 581-year-old institution has formed a partnership with Star Academies, which runs 30 schools in some of the poorest parts of the country and started as a small chain of Muslim schools.
Sir Hamid Patel, its chief executive, was knighted this month for services to education.
Sir Hamid Patel, its chief executive, was knighted this month for services to education.
Patel and Simon Henderson, Eton’s head master, say they will blend Eton’s educational philosophy and rigorous curriculum with the ethos and approach of Star Academies, whose schools are frequently named among the best in the country for pupil progress.
Giving more children the kind of education Etonians enjoy will encourage whole communities to set their sights higher, those behind the project believe thetimes.co.uk/article/eton-s…
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The precise locations of the three schools has not yet been determined, but all will be in deprived parts of the north or West Midlands and open from 2024 
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