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Ogden Scholarship could mean a free place at the Cathedral School
Hereford Cathedral School has been awarded a sizeable Scholarship for a 16 year-old state school pupil entering sixth form education in September 2004. The Scholarship has been given to the school from a fund set up by the multi-millionaire businessman Peter Ogden, co-founder of Computacenter.The Scholarship, which is means tested, is intended for the talented children of less affluent families, to allow them to be sent to fee paying schools. It could be worth a free place, plus equipment, travel and uniform allowances, for the successful candidate. Candidates should expect to achieve at least 5 grade A results at GCSE. They should intend to take two pure science or maths subjects at A level, and read for a science related or maths degree.
The Headmaster, Howard Tomlinson, is delighted that the Cathedral School
is one of only 30 schools nationally to have been given an Ogden Scholarship.
Interested parents should contact the Admissions Secretary at the Cathedral
School (01432 363506) for details about the award.
Peter Ogden was brought up in Rochdale, Lancashire, and went to Rochdale
Grammar School. From there he read for a degree in Physics, and a PhD
in Particle Physics, at Durham University, then went into Investment Banking
via an MBA at Harvard Business School.
