From Sink School to Gordonstoun; It's Going to Be Quite a Change, Says Girl with Scholarship to Charles's Alma Mater

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Byline: JAYA NARAIN

SHE lives in a deprived neighbourhood and her failing comprehensive has some of the worst exam results in the region.

But Leanne McGing can hardly wait for next term - after winning a scholarship to Prince Charles's old school.

The bright 16-year-old will swop the tarmac of Counthill School in Oldham for the rolling lawns of Gordonstoun in North-East Scotland.

The [pounds sterling]7,000a-term public school has awarded her a full scholarship to take her A-levels among some of the most privileged pupils in the land.

'I'm absolutely over the moon and determined to make the best of the chance I have been given,' she said. …