Sixth Form Admissions

Sixth Form Admissions Information

 

SEPTEMBER 2025 ENTRY:

Year 12 Enrolment takes place on GCSE Results Day - Thursday 21 August 2025

Enrolment will take place in our Main Hall, in person. 

External applicants with a Conditional Offer – please come and see us from 11:00am: 

• Enrolment for external candidates with an offer will take place in the Main Hall from 11.00am. You must bring your GCSE Statement of Results. 
• If possible, please bring your Unique Pupil Number and/or Unique Learner Number with you. These are available from your current school, if it is a state school.  (If you have only been educated within the independent school system you will not have these.)
• If you wish to change the A Level subjects you originally chose, please mention this to the staff when you meet with them at enrolment.

 

All other applicants from other schools (whether you previously applied to Newstead Wood or not) - please come and see us from 12:00pm:

• If you have achieved the required grades for the specific subjects you wish to study at A Level, please do come and see us, ensuring you bring your Statement of Results with you.
• You will need to have achieved at least 8 GCSE passes, with grade 6 or above in four of those subjects, and at least grade 7 or above in another four subjects (minimum grade 7 in Maths and English).  However, it should be noted that, in line with our Admissions Policy, we will mainly be looking for candidates with grades 8/9 in the more popular subjects such as Mathematics and the Sciences.
• Our full requirements regarding specific courses can be viewed here.
• If possible, please bring your Unique Pupil Number and/or Unique Learner Number with you. These are available from your current school, if it is a state school.  (If you have only been educated within the independent school system you will not have these.)
• We may be able to enrol you on the day, but applicants may be given a provisional offer for our most highly competitive subjects and we will then be in contact from Friday 22 August to confirm whether we can make a firm offer or not.

 

Staff will be on a brief lunch break between 12.30pm – 13.00pm so please be aware you may have a short wait before you are seen.

 

All candidates:

If you are not able to visit us on Results Day due to being on holiday, you may email your Statement of Results to sixthformadmissions@newsteadwood.co.uk with a brief note of which A Level subjects you would like to study.  A member of staff will review your results and will respond to you to let you know if we can make you an offer of a place with us.

However, we would love to meet you in person so if at all possible please do visit us at the school on Thursday 21 August once you have received your results.

We wish you the very best of luck!

Eligibility and Entry Criteria

Entry to Year 12 is on the basis of academic ability demonstrated by achievement at GCSE. Confirmed places in Year 12 can therefore only be allocated following GCSE Results Day in August. The minimum qualification for entry into Year 12 (the entry requirements) is a minimum of 4 Grade 6s and 4 Grade 7s taken from at least 8 GCSEs completed in one sitting, and:

• Grade 7 or higher in subjects to be followed to Advanced Level (or related subjects) please see our full admissions criteria here.
• At least a Grade 6 in English and Mathematics
• Grades at 4 or lower will not be counted

All students in the current Year 11 at Newstead Wood School who meet the entry requirements and their course requirements will automatically obtain a place.

824 applications were received for entry in 2023.  

910 applications were received for entry in September 2024.

1,052 applications were received for entry in September 2025.

In the event of oversubscription from external candidates places will be offered to students who meet the entry criteria in the order set out in our Admissions Policy and subject to maximum set sizes not being exceeded in individual subjects. It is important to note that the school may not be able to offer places to all external applicants who meet the minimum entry criteria. A waiting list will be compiled and maintained until the end of September 2025.  

PLEASE NOTE:

Applicants must have the legal right to be resident in the United Kingdom at the start of and for the duration of their A-Level programme. 

Full GCSEs are the only qualifications considered for Entry to Sixth Form. Qualifications taken in addition to GCSEs (e.g. Free Standing Maths; AQA Certificate in Further Maths; RS Short Course) are not taken into account for the minimum qualification criteria for entry into Year 12. 

If you have any questions regarding applying to Newstead Wood please contact sixthformadmissions@newsteadwood.co.uk