Eton College To Enter State Partnership
Eton College will enter into a partnership with local state schools. Eton plans to be involved in a four-year partnership with local schools including Langleywood, St Joseph’s Catholic High School, Beechwood School, Windsor Boys’ School and Heston Community School.
The BBC reports that the schools involved in this partnership will focus on gifted pupils trying to improve standards in maths, science and languages.
The partnerships are intended to improve provision for the most able pupils and to increase the numbers applying to university. The latest partnerships, involving 145 state and 37 independent schools, mark a widening of efforts to build bridges between the sectors – and to allow state pupils to access specialist facilities and teaching.
Schools Minister Andrew Adonis is quoted describing this next phase of partnerships as a “new era for independent/state schools partnerships. They have been a success to date, helping provide thousands of children with academic and pastoral opportunities.”
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