A high-achieving East London state school in one of the capital’s poorest boroughs broke its own record today after 150 students achieved straight A* grades at A-level.

Brampton Manor Academy had 349 pupils get either an A* or A in all their subjects, and 50 of them will now be going to Oxford or Cambridge universities. Over 90 per cent of the cohort are heading to one of the 24 leading Russell Group institutions.

The school in Newham now sends more students to Oxbridge than Eton College, with more than 400 going in the 12 years since it opened its sixth form in 2012.

And Brampton Manor is now the world’s top school for Oxbridge entry, having sent 85 pupils to the prestigious universities in 2022, up from 57 in 2021 and 53 in 2020.

Many of the high achievers at the school are from ethnic minority backgrounds, in receipt of free school meals or will be their family’s first to attend university.