[mjwalshe]

Probaly not they wouldnt get 5 good GSCES which have to include english so school would be put in special needs and the head and 80% of the staff woudl be fired.

And a "technical" school getting anyone into oxbridge mm that will be the day.

[tomjen3]

Does Oxbridge really matter, anymore? I mean for those of us who aren't planing on becoming the next PM.

Similarly I am sure Eton (which seems to be one of the most popular ways into Oxbridge) provides a very good education, but I am also certain that it is almost impossible to pay that much for most people.

[mjwalshe]

Its does for a lot of jobs I am afraid and places like Google do seem to like elite universities.

Also Ox-bridge along with Bath, Imperial and Queens (British telecoms Belfast engineering Center used to get the pick of those) do have a rep as being the best universities for CS.

Eatons where the thickos go :-) Years ago when Mum had had a stiff Gin she commented if we had stayed in Birmingham she would have tried to get my grandfather to pull strings to get me into King Edwards (Tolkien's Old school) which along with The Oratory (Tony Blairs school) are considered the top 2 schools.