Honours Programme

The Honours programme offers top achieving sixth formers a head start at university with expert mentoring, personal statement review and summer school places.

It stretches, challenges and provides additional support for students who show a flair for a subject and want to extend their knowledge. It helps develop key skills needed for university such as independent learning, research and report writing.

Honours Programme subjects include: Accounting, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Psychology, Art, Business, English Literature, Law and History.

Students are identified by their school in Year 10 and nominated for a place, with meetings taking place in Year 10 and Year 11. To be accepted onto the Honours Programme, students need to achieve an average GCSE score of at least 7.0, which means mainly grades 7, 8 or 9 (legacy GCSEs at A or A* grades).

Katharine Wiggell, Schools Liaison, Outreach & Recruitment Officer at The Queen’s College, Oxford, said:

“The Honours Programme at The Sixth Form is so important because it helps students to develop their confidence and to raise their aspirations when thinking about their futures. It should never be the case that a bright and capable student – as all those who are a part of the Honours Programme are – feels like a certain university or higher education opportunity if off limits because of who they are, where they come from or what their past experiences have been. The tutors at The Sixth Form don’t limit the expectations that are so often placed on pupils at other schools, and in turn, this encourages the students themselves to have more self-belief, aim high in their university choices, and to reach their academic potential.”