Support at Worthing College for students applying to Oxbridge

Support at
Worthing College for
students applying to
Oxbridge

Support in
Year 12
The Aspire Programme
The Aspire programme is a support programme
for our most able students who are intending
to apply to the most competitive universities,
including Oxbridge and the Russell Group of
universities. Students who achieve at least 5
grade As at GCSE are invited to join the Aspire
Programme.
The Aspire programme includes:
• A series of talks from teachers and visiting
speakers addressing students on a range of
challenging academic topics and debates
• Trip to the national Oxbridge Conference at
Epsom Downs.
• Advice on completing high quality UCAS
applications, including how to write a strong
personal statement
• University visits and lectures
• Personal statement workshops for early
applicants to Oxbridge, Medicine, Dentistry
and Veterinary Science
• The Worthing College Medical Conference,
which is held at Worthing Hospital and is
host to 90 prospective medical students
from across Sussex
Oxford and Cambridge
Open Days
Every year we take students to the Oxford and
Cambridge Open Days. These visits include
talks from Admissions Tutors, subject talks from
university lecturers, faculty tours, college tours
and lunch in hall!
Practical work experience
We arrange work experience and voluntary
work to enhance students’ prospects in applying
to the most competitive university places. This
includes placements for prospective medics at
Worthing Hospital and placements in the Crown
Courts for prospective law students.

Support in
Year 13
Student
Success
Preparation for Oxbridge
Entry Tests
We provide additional tuition in September
and October to year 13 students taking the
Oxbridge entry tests in the Autumn Term of year
13. These tests include:
• LNAT: for prospective Law students
• ELAT: for prospective English students
• BMAT: for prospective Medical students
Interview preparation and
mock interviews
We provide all applicants with interview
training as part of the Aspire programme and
a 1 to 1 mock interview in November before
Oxbridge interviews take place in December.
The interviews are given by Antony Allchin, our
Aspire Coordinator, and a subject specialist
from the teaching staff.
Heading to Oxbridge: Amy Dighe for Natural
Sciences, Samantha Fairman Chemical
Engineering, Giles Holbrook Geography and
Florence Scordoulis History, Josephine Lamb
for Medicine and Polly Rylands-Richey for
Experimental Psychology.
Support with completing
high quality university
applications
Year 13 students are allocated to a UCAS
Adviser who is responsible for providing 1 to 1
support with applications to university. Students
meet with their Advisers for an hour once a
week in a computer room and are given support
with their personal statements and application
forms. All applications to Oxbridge are checked
by Antony Allchin, the Aspire Coordinator before
they are submitted.
Doctors and vets of the future: Josie Lamb,
Callum Hammond, Rachel Austin, Sulagna
Roy, Georgina Scott (all medicine) and Chloe
Donovan (veterinary medicine).

Additional Qualifications
Students considering application to university
should consider taking one of the additional
qualifications we offer to provide stretch and
challenge to our most able students.
The Cambridge Pre-U and the Extended Project
help students to stand out from other applicants
and are valued and respected by Oxbridge and
the Russell Group of universities.
Both qualifications will help you to develop
skills which are important for success in
Higher Education, including independent
learning, investigative skills, written and oral
communication, critical thinking and project
management. In addition you will have the
opportunity to extend your understanding of
a topic that you are particularly interested in,
which will probably be linked to one or more of
your AS/A level subjects.
The Cambridge Pre-U
This two-year course is equivalent to one
A Level. It was created by Cambridge University
specifically to provide stretch and challenge
to the most able students. The entrance
requirement is seven GCSEs at grades A or A*.
Students normally take this qualification as a
fifth course in addition to their four AS Levels
in year 12. It is very well-respected by the most
competitive universities. As well as supporting
your application to university the course is
intended to improve your performance in your
other courses at college.
In the first year the course is called Global
Perspectives and focusses on topics that
present dilemmas in the world today, such as
climate change, wealth distribution and artificial
intelligence. In the second year students
complete an Independent Research Report,
which is a major study on a topic of your choice
based upon your own research and analysis.
The Extended Project
The Extended Project Qualification is equivalent
to an AS level (half an A level). It is graded
A* to E and is recognised and highly valued by
universities. The Extended Project is a major
piece of individual project work in which you
will have the opportunity to investigate a topic
that is of particular interest to you. The project
can be presented in one of four ways: a written
report, a laboratory or fieldwork investigation, a
work of art, or a performance.
You do not have to sign up for the Extended
Project at the start of year 12. Further
information will be provided through the Aspire
Programme during the first two terms to help
you decide whether or not you want to complete
a project. Students normally plan their project in
the summer term of year 12 and then produce
their project during the autumn term of year 13.
Further information from: Antony Allchin, Aspire
Coordinator: a.allchin@worthing.ac.uk
01903 243389 info@worthing.ac.uk
www.worthing.ac.uk
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