STUDENT DESTINATIONS

Our central mission is to help students to progress to the very best universities, apprenticeships and jobs when they leave us at the end of Year 13, with the outstanding results, skills and confidence they need to succeed.

70% of our Year 13 students last year progressed to higher education.

Whether you want to progress to university, into a high-quality apprenticeship, or move straight into work, New College Doncaster will help you make well-informed decisions about your future. You will be supported through the weekly tutorial programme, by your progress tutor, by your teachers and by our careers team. Throughout your time at college, you’ll have lots of opportunities to talk to universities and apprenticeship providers, and we’ll support you to make decisions about where to apply, what to apply for, and we will help you with your applications. We’ll also help answer questions you and your parents may have about issues such as student finance, the university admissions process, or where to find vacancies for the best apprenticeships and jobs.

We participate in a significant number of outreach and widening participation programmes with universities. Additional support and programmes are available for students interested in highly competitive courses such as medicine, dentistry and veterinary science, for courses and universities that have additional entrance tests, and for particularly selective universities such as Oxford and Cambridge.

Most popular university courses for 2022 New College entrants:

• Business / Management.

• Psychology.

• Law / Criminology.

• Sport and Exercise / Sport Coaching / Sport Rehabilitation.

• Primary Education.

• Nursing / Midwifery.

Examples of recent New College progression to higher or degree apprenticeships:

• Accountant – Ernst and Young.

• Civil Engineer – Volker Rail.

• Economist – Department for Work and Pensions.

• Police Officer – South Yorkshire Police.

Leaders have a very clear intent to provide a curriculum that includes a wide range of high-quality A level and level 3 general applied programmes for young people living in Doncaster and the surrounding area. They aim to raise the aspirations of young people, provide high-quality provision and increase the number of students progressing to higher education, apprenticeships and employment. Leaders successfully achieve this aim.

Ofsted, December 2021

Students benefit from very high-quality teaching. Teachers demonstrate a very comprehensive knowledge of their subjects and communicate this well to students. They successfully develop students’ understanding of the technical terminology used in their subject areas. As a result, students quickly develop the new knowledge that they need when they leave college.

Ofsted, December 2021