Sixth Form Admissions

Sixth Form Admissions

The Sixth Form at Princethorpe offers great choice, quality teaching in small classes, a vast array of sporting, co-curricular, leadership and service opportunities coupled with excellent pastoral care and guidance, tailored to the needs of today's young adults.

Sixth Formers at Princethorpe are fortunate to have a dedicated Sixth Form Centre, featuring a Dining Room, Lecture Theatre, Common Room and a new Sixth Form Resource Area and Library for their use.

Admissions for Sixth Form continue to be focused in the spring term following GCSE mocks, though we would encourage all prospective Sixth Formers and their parents to visit our Sixth Form Open Evening on Wednesday 11 October 2017 from 6.30pm to 9.00pm.

This is an ideal opportunity to get a feel for the breadth of Sixth Form life at Princethorpe and to meet and talk with members of staff and current Sixth Formers about A-level subject choices.

Sixth Form Taster Days for Year 11 pupils who are interested in a place at Princethorpe are now offered in December and January as part of the admissions process.

Admission to the Sixth Form is based on satisfactory GCSE results, with the addition of an informal interview for external candidates. The minimum academic requirement is six GCSE grades at A* - C (9-4 in the new number grades), including at least three grade Bs (5s) or equivalent. Candidates are normally expected to have at least grade B (5) in the subjects to be studied to A-level. For Mathematics, Modern Languages and the Sciences a grade A (7) at GCSE is required.

If you wish to begin Economics or Law in Sixth Form, you will be expected to have achieved at least B (5) grades in both Mathematics and English Language. If you wish to study Computer Science at A-level, you must have taken it at GCSE.

External candidates should get in touch with the Registrar, Mrs Vanessa Rooney to arrange an informal interview, with the Head of Sixth Form, Ben Collie or one of his assistants, after which a formal registration along with provisional options for A-level should be made.

Following satisfactory references from the student’s current school, the Admission Panel will meet and, if appropriate, a conditional offer will be made subject to actual GCSE grades. Confirmation of acceptance from a parent with £300 deposit is then required to secure the place. This deposit is refunded after the end of the final term which the pupil spends at Princethorpe.

The deadline for Sixth Form registrations and Sixth Form Scholarship applications is ideally Friday 16 February 2018.

Sixth Form offers and Scholarship offers, along with confirmation of subject choices will be made week commencing Monday 26 March 2018.

The deadline for acceptances of Sixth Form places and Scholarship offers will be Friday 20 April 2018.

Once actual GCSE grades have been advised to the Registrar by telephone in August, a confirmed offer will be made.