Y11 student, Morgan has accepted a place at Harrow School, London

We are absolutely delighted to share with you that Y11 student, Morgan has succeeded in getting a fully-funded place at Harrow in London to study his A-Levels! 

Please read Morgan’s account of how he has achieved this astonishing success:

My journey to Harrow has been an eventful and difficult one but I can definitely say it’s been an experience that I will always remember and that has ultimately changed my life.

It started with a lunch-time meeting with Mr Dumican, myself and 20 of my peers.  A lady from Harrow wanted to talk to us about an opportunity to apply for a place at Harrow to study A-levels.  I was very excited but I didn’t quite understand the scale of what was being put forward.

Then, after doing some research I realised that it was the chance of a lifetime! So, after going to a couple more meetings to get some extra details and making sure I was interested, I applied to put myself forward as a candidate and officially started the process.

It was certainly a challenge and one that required a lot of dedication and hard work but after giving up a large proportion of my summer holidays I was ready for the first two tests. I was nervous for them, but went into them as I would any other test, answered as many of the questions as I could and after they were both complete, waited to hear a response.

When I was told I had passed the first stage, I was ecstatic and also ready for the next period of hard work.

After this, I spent around a month and a half learning a new GCSE (music production) and researching a topic that isn’t specifically done at GCSE (theology and philosophy). It was a really exhausting time and a time that required a lot of sacrifice, but I knew overall it would be worth it, whether I got into the school in the end or not.

Then the day came where I would spend a day at Harrow completing another two tests but also going through three interviews and spending time around fellow candidates and the boys who attend the school currently. It was a mesmerising day both for the fact that I got to see the school functioning how it would in a normal day and that I got to be a part of the school for one day, interacting with the boys and the teachers which is something only very few people will ever be able to do.

I was less stressed for the day at the school than I was for the tests I get at St Edmund Arrowsmith!

This turned out to be a good thing as it meant I could just be myself throughout the day.  From this point there was nothing more that I could do. The whole process was complete and I just had to wait to find out whether I had been accepted or not. 

I was told I would find out early to mid-December so you can imagine my shock when being told on 1^st December 2024 at 9am that I had been accepted into the school!