Twynham Sixth Form Admissions policy

aims to welcome students from all backgrounds, supports those with learning difficulties and disabilities to access the curriculum and operates an equal opportunities policy.

The Sixth Form receives an increasingly large number of applications each year. To ensure that growth does not take place at the expense of quality, the Governors have adopted the following admissions policy.

Every year Twynham Sixth Form will assess its predicted number of applications against its required intake number of students, and applicants may be given a firm offer of a place, or may be placed on a reserve list. In some cases, we may feel there is no suitable course available for the applicant or the applicant will not benefit from our course and suggest applying elsewhere.

When deciding which form of offer to make an applicant, the Sixth Form will take into consideration:

• Academic entry requirements
• The extent to which the applicant demonstrates ambition
• The extent to which the applicant is likely to embrace the special culture of our Sixth Form
• The extent to which the applicant demonstrates the inclination to give as well as receive

Reserve list

Those students who receive a low score within the categories listed above are more likely to be placed on the Sixth Form’s reserve list. Available places will be offered to students on the reserve list at the Headteacher’s discretion.

All Applicants

As you would expect, all applicants:

• Must demonstrate a strong commitment to further study and the ethos of the Sixth Form
• Satisfy the requirements for admission to the proposed programme of study
• Agree to adhere to the Rules of the Sixth Form as set out in the Student Handbook and to any agreements made between the Sixth Form and individual students/and/or their parents or legal guardians that the Sixth Form can reasonably require