Entry Requirements

This should include English and Maths. For Advanced A level study we require mostly 6s. Each individual subject has its own entry requirements, this usually includes a 6 in a similar subject at GCSE. Entry requirements will be discussed in detail at our Information and Guidance Evenings following your application.

GCSE Resits

We can only offer GCSE resits in English Language and Mathematics. The Department for Education requires all young people under the age of 18 to continue to study GCSE English and Maths until at least a 4 is achieved. To provide the best support for this, we timetable lessons for the resit on your timetable and enter either for the November and/or the summer exam. It is because of this that we make above National average progress on our GCSE resit groups.
We rarely consider a student who needs to resit both of these GCSEs due to timetabling restrictions. Our GCSE resit classes are separate to the high school, and are taught in Parrs Wood House (the main College building).

Resit GCSE English Language and Mathematics

Although we accept students who have gained below a 4 in English, not achieving this will narrow your subject choices at college significantly. We do take whether English is your second language into consideration. If a student has above a 4 in English Literature they do not have to gain a 4 or higher in English Language. However, many universities ask specifically for English Language, and not Literature. Therefore we will automatically timetable and enter a student for GCSE English Language if they haven’t yet achieved at least a 4 in this GCSE.