Entry Criteria
Specific criteria in relation to minimum academic entrance requirements for admission to the post-16 provision.
A Levels
In order to study A levels, students will need to have at least five Grade 5s at GCSE and a minimum of a Grade 5 in that subject at GCSE.
Students need to choose to study three subjects in total - one subject from three blocks.
- For History, a GCSE pass at Grade 5 or above in English and History
- To study Psychology, you will need at least a Grade 5 in English and 6,5 in Science and 6 in Maths.
- To study Maths, you will need a minimum of a grade 7 in Maths GCSE
- To study any of the individual Science A levels, you will need to have a Grade 6 in Maths at GCSE, a Grade 5 in English and a Grade 6 for Biology, Grade 7 for Chemistry and a Grade 7 for Physics
- For Further Maths a GCSE pass at grade 8 or above in Mathematics
Vocational Level 3 Courses including BTEC
In order to study the Level Three Vocational courses, you will need to have four Grade 4’s at GCSE and a Merit at BTEC in that subject and preferably a level 4 in English Language and Maths.
Students need to choose to study one subject from three blocks. Level 3 students must choose three subjects from the four blocks, only one subject can be chosen from each block. Level 3 students who have Turkish GCSE Grade 4 and above have the option of choosing A level Turkish in additional to their option choices.
If you intend to study an Applied Double Award you must choose the single and double award options in both columns. You can mix your choices and study ‘A’ levels and applied courses but you cannot choose more than one from each block.
You need a minimum of a Grade 3 to be able to resit Maths or English.