In 1976, aged 11, he won a scholarship to Bancroft's School, Woodford.

He won a scholarship to St Paul's School, London.

In 1944, he passed his eleven plus exam, winning a scholarship to Hackney Downs Grocers' School.

Mary Hoffman won a scholarship to James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich, which she describes as "an exercise in punctuation in itself."

He won a scholarship to Gresham's School, where he excelled in rifle shooting.

His intelligence won him scholarships, to King's School in Canterbury at age 15, and two years later to the University of Cambridge.

He won a scholarship to Blundell's School in Devon.

She took to science after she won a scholarship to Godolphin and Latymer Girl's School in Hammersmith.

Though at the bottom of his class, he was gifted at mathematics and won a scholarship to St Paul's School in London.

Rose began playing violin at age 7 after winning a music scholarship to King's School in Rochester.