The world famous Eton College, along with Star Academies and Oldham Council, will create a new sixth form college and recruit young people from disadvantaged communities to pursue of places at the best universities
The new Eton Star College in Oldham will ‘remove barriers’ for youngsters previously unlikely to have the opportunity of a university education, the borough’s council leader has said. Earlier this week, the government gave approval for the remarkable expansion of the elite boarding school Eton to open a sixth form college for 480 students in the centre of Oldham.
She, said: “It’s not about having the brightest students in terms of GCSE results. We already have a very good sixth form provision in Oldham.“It’s about giving chances to those young people who are less likely to have opportunity but do have the potential to do well – they will have access to excellent education. A focus will be on recruiting numbers of children who are on free school meals, maybe looked-after children and from post codes and backgrounds which aren’t perhaps the most affluent.
It has traditionally been where the royalty and the world’s most privileged families have spent their formative years. Coun Shah was asked how that elitist image of Eton sat with her socialist views. I know he has an understanding of what’s important to the people of Oldham. He and Star Academies have demonstrated their commitment. Both are the best in their field.
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