A LEVEL SUBJECTS

A LEVEL SUBJECTS Students take 3 or 4 A level courses, with AS levels available in some subjects. Entry criteria You must achieve a minimum of five grade 6 passes at GCSE/IGCSE if you are an internal candidate, and a minimum of five grade 7 passes at GCSE/IGCSE if you are an external candidate. Additionally, you must achieve a grade 6 or higher at GCSE/IGCSE in the subjects you have chosen to study at A level. To study Biology, Physics, Chemistry or Mathematics A level, you must achieve at least a grade 7 in Mathematics GCSE/IGCSE. To study Further Mathematics you must achieve at least a grade 8 in Mathematics GCSE/IGCSE. Sixth Form Scholarships and Bursaries Academic scholarships may be awarded to internal and external candidates who sit the Sixth Form Scholarship examination, and whose overall performance is judged to reach the necessary standard for such an award. The examination is held in November. Bursaries are offered to eligible parents of gifted young people. Applications are made in November in the year prior to Sixth Form entry. For further information, and for application forms, please contact our Admissions Office. “ A Lots of schools promised me top grades. I gained these at St Benedict’s and so much more.

(OP 2018) ”