SIXTH FORM ADMISSIONS POLICY

Our Sixth Form Open Evening will be held at 7pm on Thursday 11 February for entry into the Sixth Form in September 2010.  No need to book - just turn up on the night.

c) Admission by any applicant to the Sixth Form is based on GCSE grades attained in full courses. The equivalency of other qualifications obtained will be taken into consideration.

d) The minimum number of external applicants likely to be admitted is 48. The upper limit of Year 12 external applicants will be based, not on total Year 12 numbers projected for the following academic year, but on the projected size of the teaching groups. Taking into account choices for A Level study, applications will be refused where the school considers the size of teaching sets to be detrimental to the education of the group and where it is not financially or educationally desirable for the Governors to alter the balance of the school’s staffing or to appoint additional staff.

e) The current requirements for admission to Year 12 are:
(i) an average GCSE points score of 6.5 across a minimum of eight
subjects (A* = 8 points, A = 7 points, B = 6 points, etc.)

(ii) grade B’s or higher must be achieved in GCSE Mathematics and English

(whether or not these subjects are being followed to A Level)
(iii) a suitably high GCSE grade, usually A or better, in each chosen subject
of study
(iv) available places in the teaching sets for each subject.

f) In case of over-subscription, places will be offered first to all internal applicants then to external applicants. Each individual applicant must meet the same admission criteria, and places will be offered in descending rank order of their average GCSE points score across eight subjects. In the case of a tie, the results in GCSE’s beyond the eighth subject will be taken into account. (The school will also strive to maximise the viability of each pre-published A Level course running).

ADMISSIONS TO THE SIXTH FORM : STATEMENT OF CLARIFICATION
(This is to read in conjunction with the Admissions Policy)

Where students applying to the Sixth Form at King Edward VI Grammar School do not have GCSE or IGCSE qualifications, it will be necessary to consider applications on a case-by-case basis. Student qualifications will be considered along with other information provided by the student’s current school, in an attempt to make a fair assessment of the application. This process is entirely at the discretion of the Governing Body.

NARIC (www.naric.org.uk) is the National Agency responsible for providing information and expert opinion on academic qualifications from overseas.  The school would require such information from NARIC in order to establish equivalency of overseas qualifications.  It is the responsibility of students applying to KEGS to provide this information should it be required.

It is necessary for students to have proficiency in English. The medium of instruction at KEGS is English and the school does not have the capacity to offer an extensive support programme for students who cannot cope due to a lack of proficiency in English.

In specific cases, it may be necessary to ask students to attend a Language School to support their proficiency in English as part of their offer to study at KEGS.