Dedicated Ishal wins bursary after perfect primary school attendance
Ishal Mahmud, 11, used to go to Fernhurst Junior School in Southsea, where she had a perfect attendance record.
She won a bursary to St Swithun’s School in Winchester and started in September, boarding in the week and coming home every other weekend.
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Hide AdIshal, of Southsea, has set her sights on studying law and wants to become either a lawyer or an MP when she grows up.
She said: ‘Being part of St Swithun’s is a dream come true. I have always had a calling to attend a boarding school as it would give me all the opportunities I so much desire from a full and enriched student life.’
Her mum Momtaj Begum said she was overwhelmed with pride for her daughter, who she describes as always being driven and hardworking.