Every year the London Oratory School, a boys’ academy which takes girls at sixth form, has 1,000 applicants from across London for the 160 places available. Places are so coveted, in fact, that one hopeful parent urged us not to run this article lest the publicity raised the competition. It hardly needs mentioning that the Oratory is one of the best-known schools in London, famed for giving a top-class education for free to Catholics lucky enough to get a place. But how is it that the school, a comprehensive, always does so well?
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every year the london oratory school, a boys’ academy which takes girls at sixth form, has 1,000 applicants from across london for the 160 p...
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