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Destinations

The leavers’ destinations and pathways of our Upper Sixth students are deeply impressive. Over the last five years an average of 88% of our students have gone on to their first-choice university, with an average of 77% of students taking up places at prestigious Russell Group institutions.

Each year between 5 and 10% of the cohort take places for Medicine and Allied Sciences. Between a third and a quarter of our cohort apply for places at Oxford or Cambridge universities, with up to 10% achieving offers. Normally, around half of students go on to STEM courses with the other half studying arts, humanities and language degrees.

A number of our students take up exciting degree apprenticeships and, in recent years, these have included apprenticeships with Deloitte, Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology, Santander and Barclays.

Some of our students go on to global universities and, in recent years, these have included a number of North American and European institutions including McGill and British Colombia in Canada and the University of Sophia in Bulgaria. Many go off to specialist schools and conservatoires including the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Central St Martin’s, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA).

Our pupils are bold and ambitious in their choices with recent destinations including The National Centre for Circus Arts, Oxford Aviation Academy, The British and Irish Modern Music Institute (BIMM), and The New College of the Humanities.

2022

  • 82% of students will be attending their first-choice university
  • Of the 104 students going on to university, 79% of students will be attending Russell Group universities.
  • Our top university destinations were Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Leeds, Warwick and York.

2021

  • Over 90% of Upper Sixth students gained places at their first-choice university
  • Of the 111 applicants, 82% will be attending Russell Group universities
  • The top university destinations were Leeds, Bristol, Nottingham, and Bath

2020

  • 93% of Upper Sixth students gained places at their first-choice university, up on 86.2% last year
  • Of the 62 students going on to university, 73% will be attending Russell group universities, including six students at Oxford and Cambridge
  • The top university destinations were Bristol, Liverpool, Oxford, Nottingham, Bath

2019

  • 86.2% of Upper Sixth students gained places at their first-choice university
  • Of the 65 students going on to university, 76.9% will be attending Russell group universities, including five students at Oxford and Cambridge
  • The top university destinations were Bristol, Birmingham, Exeter, Bath

2018

  • 90% of Upper Sixth students gained places at their first-choice university
  • Of the 67 students going on to university, 75% will be attending Russell group universities
  • The top university destinations were Bristol, Birmingham, Exeter, Cardiff, and Nottingham

 

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