Entry requirements for sixth form
To be accepted into the Sixth Form, you will need a minimum of five grade 4’s, or higher in GCSE subjects. There are then specific minimum entry requirements per subject:
Subject | English Lang or Lit | Maths | Required for the course |
Art & Design (single or double) | 5 subjects passed at Grade 4 or higher | ||
Biology | 5 | 5 | GCSE Combined Science Trilogy with one component at Grade 7 or higher, or, GCSE Biology at Grade 6 or higher |
Business (single or double) | 4 | 4 | 5 subjects passed at Grade 4 or higher |
Chemistry | 5 | GCSE Combined Science Trilogy with one component at Grade 7 or higher, or, GCSE Chemistry at Grade 6 or higher | |
English Literature | 6 | 5 subjects passed at Grade 4 or higher | |
French | GCSE French at Grade 7 or higher | ||
Further Mathematics | 8 | Note: A-Level Mathematics must also be taken | |
Geography | 5 | 5 | GCSE Geography at Grade 5 or higher. |
Health & Social Care (single) | 4 | 4 | 5 subjects passed at Grade 4 or higher |
History | 5 | GCSE History at Grade 5 or higher | |
Mathematics | 7 | GCSE Maths at Grade 7 or higher. | |
Media | 5 | 5 subjects passed at Grade 4 or higher | |
Physics | 6 | GCSE Combined Science Trilogy with one component at Grade 7 or higher, or, GCSE Physics at Grade 6 or higher | |
Politics | 5 | GCSE Geography at Grade 5 or higher or, GCSE History at Grade 5 or higher | |
Psychology | 5 | 5 | A GCSE Science at Grade 5 or higher. |
Sociology | 5 | 5 subjects passed at Grade 4 or higher | |
Spanish | GCSE Spanish at Grade 7 or higher | ||
Sport (single or double) | 4 | 4 | 5 subjects passed at Grade 4 or higher |