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Anna Davis

State school where “Sir” and “ Miss” are banned is sending 43 students to Oxbridge

A state sixth form which gives preference to teenagers on free school meals is celebrating after 43 students secured a place at Oxbridge.

Students at the selective Harris Westminster school, which works closely with the private Westminster school, were recently asked to stop referring to teachers as ‘Sir’ and ‘Miss’ in a bid to challenge “cultural misogyny.”

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