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Destinations after SHS

Year 13 Destinations 2025

There were 89 students in the cohort.

University applications:

  • 71 students (80%) gained a place at university for 2025 entry and 4 students with deferred entry places for 2026.

Of the 71 students who secured a university place:

  • 55 students gained entry to their first-choice university (78% of those who applied to university)
  • 11 students secured their insurance choice university place
  • 5 students secured a university place through clearing

Students have chosen 42 different universities with 7 students going to the University of Leicester.  29 students (41%) are going to Russell Group universities and the Russell Group universities with most students securing a place are the University of Sheffield (5 students) and the University of York (5 students).

One of the two students who had a conditional offer for Medicine was successful in gaining their place and one student gained a place to study Medicine in Georgia in early September after applying after A Level results day.

One student with a conditional Cambridge offer was successful.

For the third successive year, the most popular degree discipline was Law (9 students).

University Destinations - Summer 2025

University

Number of Students placed at this university

Anglia Ruskin University

2

Arts University Bournemouth

1

Bath Spa University

1

Bishop Grosseteste University

1

City (City St George's, University of London)

1

Durham University

2

Harper Adams University

1

King's College, London

3

Lancaster University

1

Leeds Arts University

3

Loughborough University

1

Manchester Metropolitan University

1

Newcastle University

3

Norwich University of the Arts

1

Nottingham Trent University

4

Oxford Brookes University

2

Queen Mary, University of London

1

Sheffield Hallam University

1

University College London

2

University of Bath

1

University of Cambridge

1

University of Central Lancashire

1

University of East Anglia

5

University of Essex

1

University of Kent

2

University of Leeds

1

University of Leicester

7

University of Lincoln

5

University of Liverpool

1

University of Manchester

3

University of Nottingham

2

University of Sheffield

5

University of York

5

York St John University

1

Progression routes other than university:

18 students (19%) have a progression route for 2025-2026 as follows (this includes the 4 deferred entry university applicants):

  • 3 students have or are seeking jobs (these may be in roles they had previously during sixth form until they decide on alternative plans/positions)
  • 3 students have apprenticeships
  • 12 students are working or volunteering as part of a gap year before applying/re-applying/going to university

Summary:

71 students (80%) gained a university place for 2025 entry and 18 students (20%) have an alternative progression route for 2025-2026 (this latter statistic includes deferred entry students who will go to university in 2025 and are on a gap year this year).

Our students continue to be extremely successful in achieving their desired progression route.