Applications
Our vision is to ensure you enjoy a love of learning, achieve your aspirations and are empowered to become the leaders of, and contributors to, a better society.
Waldegrave Sixth Form is a comprehensive, co-educational provision for 400 students aged 16-19. We offer a friendly, exciting, and stimulating environment for learning.
Your experience of sixth form will shape the way you engage with the world. We aim to educate the leaders of the future and you will be encouraged to make a difference whilst you study with us.
The teaching at Waldegrave is already outstanding and in the sixth form you will be able to benefit from our teachers’ extensive experience and deep subject knowledge. Teachers will inspire you in the specialist subjects that you have chosen, ignite your imagination, fuel your spirit of enquiry and create an atmosphere of discovery in the classroom.
Making an Application
Applications for September 2022 entry will open in October 2021. This page will be updated with details of how to apply at the beginning of the Autumn term.
We hope to be able to invite prospective applicants to an Open Evening in October. Details will be confirmed at the beginning of the Autumn term.
Entry September 2021
Dates of Enrolment appointments:
Tuesday 24 August - existing Waldegrave students
Wednesday 25 August - all external applicants
All applicants have been sent an enrolment appointment time via Applicaa as well as an Enrolment Booklet which contains information you need in order to enrol with us in August. Please read this carefully as there are several actions you need to take before your appointment.
Below are a series of videos which will give you more information about the application process, what a conditional offer means, help choosing your A Levels and what to expect from enrolment day.
We hope these videos will answer many of your questions but if you do have queries please email them to sixthform@waldegravesch.org. We will prepare an FAQ sheet and communicate them to all applicants.
Applications for September 2022
Applications will open in October 2021. More information will be posted here in the Autumn term.
Key Dates
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Applications Open |
9am Tuesday 6 October 2020 |
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Applications Close |
9am on Friday 8 January 2021 |
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Information, Advice & Guidance Meetings These will be offered to current Waldegrave students and will be conducted virtually |
Internal applicants: January - March 2021
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Deadline to accept Conditional Offer (this is not confirmation of a place) |
Sunday 18 April 2021 |
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Virtual Induction Day |
TBC June 2021 |
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GCSE Results Day |
Thursday 12 August 2021 |
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Enrolment Day - confirmation of place in Sixth Form once meeting has been completed |
Tuesday 24 August 2021 - current Waldegrave students Wednesday 25 August 2021 - external applicants |
A Levels offered
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Subject |
Exam Board |
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Art |
EDEXCEL |
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Biology |
OCR |
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Chemistry |
OCR |
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Drama |
EDEXCEL |
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Economics |
EDEXCEL |
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English |
EDEXCEL |
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EPQ |
AQA |
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Fashion |
OCR |
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French |
AQA |
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Geography |
AQA |
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German |
AQA |
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History |
EDEXCEL |
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Maths |
EDEXCEL |
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Media |
WJEC |
| Music |
EDEXCEL |
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Further Maths |
EDEXCEL |
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PE |
EDEXCEL |
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Photography |
EDEXCEL |
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Physics |
AQA |
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Psychology |
OCR |
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RS |
OCR |
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Sociology |
AQA |
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Spanish |
AQA |
Open Evening
Our Open Evening 2020 was delivered virtually. To view presentations by the Head of Sixth Form and subject specific videos please click HERE
Enrolment Days
Enrolment Days will take place on Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 August. During the Summer term we will send you an appointment time to attend in accordance with the Oversubscription Criteria.
A minimum of 20 places will be offered to external applicants. The School aims for a year group of approximately 180-200 in Year 12 which includes internal and external applicants.
We expect to be oversubscribed and will be implementing the Oversubscription Criteria. Please ensure you read this carefully.
Places in the Sixth Form are not guaranteed and are not confirmed until Enrolment Day in August. We recommend students make applications to at least two other providers and keep these open until their place is confirmed on Enrolment Day August 2021.
There are minimum entry requirements to study A Levels. These can be viewed HERE.
Useful information
If you are taking qualifications other than GCSEs or iGCSEs you may need to supply a Statement of Compatibility. More information can be found at https://www.naric.org.uk/soc
If you have any questions please email sixthform@waldegravesch.org
If you have technical difficulties please contact Applicaa via their support button at the top of your application.