As a pre-university school, the Sixth Form is a focussed environment providing students with a range of information and experiences which will help them to choose their higher education route and ultimately succeed in their chosen field.
Pupils leave us each year prepared for the very best UK and international universities, including Oxford, Cambridge and the Russell Group. Most pupils achieve their first-choice university and typically over 70% of pupils will join Russell Group (RG) or Times Top 20 universities each year.
Pupils are regularly successful in gaining first choice places on some excellent degree courses, with a good number leaving for Oxbridge and the Russell Group universities. We run a wide range of career experience courses and in-house careers seminars to introduce students to the opportunities open to them, and these are underpinned by the work of the Denstone Association which arranges individual and group contacts with Old Denstonians in a range of professions including medicine, law and engineering. It also facilitates work experience.
Throughout a pupil’s time here, the College provides a comprehensive instructional careers programme. Each member of the Third and Fifth Forms is given specialist one-to-one advice on subject choices and career possibilities. Academic tutors and Heads of House are also an integral part this process, regularly discussing options with students and offering advice and information on areas such as subject choices, careers and UCAS applications within the College’s weekly tutorial programme.
In terms of higher education applications, UK and overseas universities visit regularly to talk to both students and parents and visits to institutions are encouraged. Every student receives specially tailored advice to ensure that their application is targeted and competitive.
Parents tell us that the comprehensive results day service which we offer to everyone is highly valuable. This service has evolved through many years of experience, and ensures that students receive the very best advice and support.
University Destinations 2022
University | Course Title |
|---|---|
| Anglian Ruskin University | Acting |
| University of Bath | Biochemistry Architecture Politics and International Relations Civil Engineering Chemical Engineering |
| University of Birmingham | Aerospace Engineering Palaeontology and Geology Business Management Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Birmingham City University | Business Management |
| University of Bristol | Accounting and Finance Property Development and Planning |
| Cardiff University | Business Management Biological Sciences (Zoology) Philosophy |
| University of Chester | Primary Education |
| DeMontford University | Criminology |
| Durham University | General Engineering |
| University of Exeter | |
| Harper Adams University | Agriculture |
| Hartpury University | Sports Business Management |
| HKUST Business School Central | Engineering |
| University of Hull | Robotics and Artificial Intelligence |
| Keele University | Psychology and Education Psychology |
| Lancaster University | Business Economics |
| University of Leeds | Philosophy, Politics, Economics |
| University of Lincoln | Events Management |
| University of Liverpool | Medicine Politics Marketing |
| Liverpool John Moores University | Quantity Surveying Criminal Justice |
| Loughborough University | Geography Aeronautical Engineering |
| The University of Manchester | Italian and Spanish Public Health Accounting and Finance |
| Manchester Metropolitan University | Business Technology Psychology |
| Mountview | Musical Theatre |
| Newcastle University | |
| Northumbria University | Geography and Environmental Studies |
| University of Nottingham | Mechanical Engineering Geography with Business Veterinary Medicine |
| Nottingham Trent University | Biochemistry Building Surveying |
| Oxford Brookes University | International Business Management |
| Queen's University, Belfast | Computer Science |
| Royal Agricultural University | Rural Land Management |
| University of Reading | Business and Management |
| University of Sheffield | Business Management & Economics |
| Sheffield Hallam | Professional Policing Foundation |
| St George's London | Paramedic Science |
| University of Warwick | Engineering Theatre and Performance |
| University of Westminster | Building Surveying |
| University of York | Computer Science Business Management |
