Yarm students heading to Oxford and Cambridge in 2026

Eight Sixth Form students from Yarm School have been offered places at Oxford and Cambridge universities.

Five students have received offers from the University of Cambridge. Francesca Dwarakanath and Abdelrahman Ellidir have both received offers to read medicine while Liv Gosney will study Law. Robert Qin has secured an offer to read natural sciences and Patrick Winters will read computer science.

Three students secured offers from Oxford University, Elsa Williams, Adam Elliott and Charlie Leggett to read medicine, history and physics, respectively.

Adding to this success, former pupil, Cecily Deering, has also been offered a place to study history at Cambridge. This brings the total number of Yarm students offered Oxbridge places this year to nine.

Beyond their academic achievements, the students have made a wide-ranging contribution to school life through music, sport, debating and volunteering. Their involvement includes performing in school and community ensembles, playing rugby at both school and club level, and participating in debating and MedSoc, Yarm’s student-led society supporting those interested in medicine. Many have also volunteered and played active roles in drama and charitable initiatives. Alongside this, several students compete in Maths, Biology and Chemistry Olympiads and computational thinking competitions, while others are involved in swimming, orchestral music and the production of an award-winning school political podcast.

Yarm has a strong track record of pupils gaining places at Oxford, Cambridge and Russell Group universities, as well as being accepted onto competitive medical, dentistry or veterinary (MDV) courses. In recent years, the school has also had students accepted on to an increasing variety of courses, achieving success in humanities, languages, engineering, art, drama and other creative subjects.

Huw Williams, Headmaster at Yarm, said: “I am extremely proud of our students and delighted that their commitment and passion for their subjects have been recognised with offers from Oxford and Cambridge. They have excelled academically while fully embracing our wide range of extracurricular activities.

“Our tailored careers programme helps students choose the right pathway, leading to diverse and successful university and competitive degree apprenticeship applications. Preparation for Oxford, Cambridge and MDV courses is rigorous, and we are proud to offer bespoke programmes to support these pathways.’”