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In the media: Meet the Birmingham pupils who may be the first in the family to go to uni for a vaery special reason.

July 9, 2026

For many pupils at Lift Lea Forest, the idea of going to university was simply not on their radar.

Few of their parents went onto further education and, if they thought of it at all, most considered it was not for them.

But a school trip to a special location opened the eyes of these young students as to what could be possible. Teachers at the Kitts Green school took a group of pupils to Christ Church College, one of the University of Oxford's largest and oldest colleges.

You may recognise it as a key location in the Harry Potter films.

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