My post-16 journey

UCAS New look website Extra features – course search/ tariff checker/ ucasTV Adviser track https://www.ucas.com/connect/videos/ucas  

HE trends More competitive market – potential for students on lower grades to ‘trade up’ Climate of unconditional offers – employers stil want to see high A level grades New tariff- EPQ equates to hald an A level Predicted grades ??? No AS results to work with Personal statements and references more impotant Contextual data important

Destinations Celebrate – display – website/ subject areas/ destinations board in main school/ assemblies Share with subject teachers and new cohorts Use to help students / contact previous students – our alumni are our best advert  

Early entry Self selective Support for students provided with external /internal programmes Parental involvement Visits to universities Research work-Scholars programme/ Wadham programme/ Future learn/ Realising Opportunities/ Extended project https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/epq-success https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/learning-english-academic-purposes-first-steps

Early entry Extended research and reading Course research / visits Summer school opportunities Personal statement preparation Mock interview practice – general discussion /debate Autumn term – mock interview programme

Supplementary exams Need for preparation Timing of test – Nov 5th UKCAT/LNAT – best time to do the tests Exemplars online Links with partnership schools- mock interviews/ test prep

Monitoring super enrichment Route for success /ULAS https://ulas.co.uk/# Try and focus students ULAS- online if used well, excellent resource We are getting better at it Will help students write short paragraphs that will then turn into personal statements.  

Links with universities Partnerships – Leicester/Essex/City /SOAS Nuffield Research summer placements –Good links with a lot more Wadham programme Open days and summer Schools – Surrey/ SOAS Visits/shadowing/projects / RHL/Southampton KS3+KS4 projects – through the universities – use Access HE to learn about the programmes  

Access courses - Medcine http://www.medschools.ac.uk/STUDENTS/COURSES/Pages/FoundationPre- clinicalyear.aspx

Emerging new opportunities Advancing access https://www.advancingaccess.ac.uk/ Sutton Trust http://www.suttontrust.com/ Access HE

Organisation links Trowers and Hamlin Royal Bank of Canada ARCADIA PITCH IT Bouygues- French engineering firm – project with yr 10 French students and work placement offer for yr 12 students Transport for London - placements for students /higher appresnticeship opportunities The Brokerage http://www.thebrokerage.org.uk/