MGS pupils have, once again, been highly successful in gaining offers from Oxford and Cambridge, placing MGS in a very select group of top academic schools nationally.
This year, 27 pupils received offers for a wide range of courses at Oxford and Cambridge. These included multiple offers in Modern Languages, Engineering, Architecture, Economics and Management and the natural sciences, and no fewer than seven offers to study Medicine at these two prestigious universities.
This continues a strong tradition of success for MGS, which includes 33 Oxbridge offers last year. Some 100 Old Mancunians are currently studying at Oxford and Cambridge.
Twin brothers Lawrence and Zak Hopkins, of Hale, both received offers from the University of Cambridge; Lawrence was offered a place at St Catharine's to read Geography and brother Zak a place at Downing College to study Veterinary Medicine.
School Captain David Swarbrick, of Stockport, who has received an offer to study Engineering at Churchill College, Cambridge, said: "It's been a whirlwind of emotions. As there are so many applications for so few places, I feel extremely lucky to have received an offer. I would particularly like to thank my subject teachers and form tutor. They have been really supportive of my application to university.
"I am especially grateful to the teachers who have guided my learning off syllabus into more interesting topics. I think the greater depth of the work I have done has made me better prepared for the different learning experience of university."
High Master, Dr Martin Boulton, said: "I would like to congratulate our boys. Competition for places at Oxford and Cambridge has never been more intense. I am delighted that their hard work has been rewarded."
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