Students awarded places at top colleges

TWO GCSE students from Outwood Academy Riverside have secured sought-after places at prestigious schools for their post-16 studies.

- By ABIGAIL NICHOLSON

Abdul Bazina, head boy at the academy, will attend Eton College on a full scholarship as a recipient of the Orwell Award.

Named after George Orwell, who was himself a recipient of a scholar-ship at Eton, the award is aimed at state school boys and offers a life-changing opportunity for those with academic potential. Applicants are means-tested, alongside considerations of other criteria such as being in receipt of Pupil Premium funding, being the first in the family with the potential to go to university, being a Looked After Child or having refugee status.

The school has many notable alumni including, Princes William and Harry, former prime ministers David Cameron and Boris Johnson, and Hollywood actors Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddleston. The scholarship will provide full boarding for Abdul, while he studies for his A-levels in maths, further maths, biology, chemistry and physics.