Applying to RHS Sixth Form – 2026 Entry

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Application Deadline

Our application deadline for September 2026 is Monday 24th November 2025. The application form and 2026 entry criteria will be available on this page of the website from week commencing 13th October so please check back here after this date.  You can view the previous entry criteria below.

Course entry requirements 2025

Students who have applied will either be invited for an interview with a senior member of staff during January / February (internal students) or to attend an Offer Holder Evening in March (external candidates applying from other schools).

Sixth Form Application Calendar – 2026 Entry

Entry Requirements for 2025

Our curriculum is broad and our courses are offered at Level 3 only. We offer A Levels, BTEC qualifications and the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ). However, we do not believe that being at school only involves gaining further qualifications. We believe a Sixth Form experience should include breadth as well as depth. Our Sixth Form students are expected to contribute to the School and wider community (eg by leading younger students in organising House events or by working with our linked primary schools), thus developing their skills by taking a leading role in the life of the School.

We have a two-year structure of study, sometimes known as linear, with examinations taken at the end of the second year. AS examinations will not usually be taken and teaching schedules will not prepare students with AS examinations in mind. We are a full-time only Sixth Form and an applicant is expected to have achieved the requisite GCSEs in order to join the course(s) they wish to study.

The expectation is that students will take three principle subjects for two years (our BTEC subjects are “triple” and are equivalent to three A Levels). Committed and able mathematicians may wish to add Further Mathematics as a fourth qualification. We will consider other subjects as a possible fourth A Level on an individual basis.

Entry requirements for A Levels: Average Points Score of 5.0 over your best 8 Full Course GCSEs and English and Mathematics GCSE at Grade 5 or more. You will be required to have gained a Grade 6 in a subject, or a related subject, you wish to take at A Level. Mathematics requires a Grade 7, and Further Mathematics a Grade 8. In our professional opinion students with at least these grades at point of entry to the Sixth Form stand the best chance of success at A Level. Please see individual subject entries for further recommendations as regards entry requirements.

Entry requirements for BTEC Courses: Average Points Score of 4.0 over your best 8 Full Course GCSEs and English and Mathematics at Grade 4 or more. In our professional opinion students with at least these grades at point of entry to the Sixth Form stand the best chance of success at BTEC. Students may also opt to take the Rugby Academy alongside the BTEC course.

Discussions with Senior Staff are held on GCSE Results Day with students and their parents/carers in order to finalise subject offers.

Course Entry Requirements 2025