London pupils secure A-Level results needed for 'life changing' scholarships to Harvard and Princeton

Three girls from one of the most disadvantaged areas in London have achieved the A-level results needed to secure scholarships worth over £1million to some of the US’s most prestigious universities.

Harmanpreet Garcha, 18, Feyisara Adeyemi, 17, and Tasneen Hossain, 18, who attend Newham Collegiate Sixth Form (NCS), will swap Tower Hamlets, East Ham and Essex for Princeton and Harvard.