CLS SIX Interviews

My parents are first generation immigrants from the Caribbean, and I am one of seven siblings. With my background, awareness of private schooling, and environments such as the City of London, even as iconic as London Bridge, were places we did not know personally. From 2004, I attended the St…

My dad was a boiler-fitter and my mum was a book-keeper and we lived on a council estate, off the Essex Road in Islington. I don’t know where they got the idea of sending me to City, but I do remember going to the old school for the interview. It…

For me, the road to CLS began with my mum’s desire that my brother and I would have better educational possibilities than she’d had. Luckily for us, she heard about City through a colleague who had been there and knew there was a bursary scheme. I worked hard for the…

Getting into City of London School was a huge turning point in my life. Maybe I would have done well at a local state school too, but I don’t think I would have been as challenged and guided as I was at City. I would never have ended up applying…