Applying to RHS Sixth Form – 2027 Entry

Please click on the link here to view our presentation from last year’s Sixth Form Open Evening.  Details about post-16 courses offered at Richard Hale can be found on our ‘Studying with Us‘ page.

Application Form (Internal Students)

Application Form (External Students)

Application Deadline

Our application deadline for September 2027 is Monday 23rd November 2026. The application form will be avalable closer to the date of our Open Evening.

Following a full review of all applications, the finalised ‘best-fit’ option blocks for each course will be confirmed. Applicants will subsequently be invited either to a February guidance meeting with a senior member of staff (internal students) or to an Offer Holder Evening in early March (external candidates). We kindly request that external applicants have access to their mock examination results at this stage.

Course Entry Requirements 2027

Sixth Form Option Blocks 2026 (for reference only). The Option Blocks for 2027 will be set once applications close.

Sixth Form Application Calendar – 2027 Entry

Entry Requirements for 2027

Our curriculum is broad and our courses are offered at Level 3 only. We offer A Levels, BTEC qualifications and a wide range of Enrichment qualifications including the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), Core Maths, Languages for Business, Sports Leaders Qualification and Sports Academy (BTEC Extended Certificate). 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 (e.g. 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. 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. 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 the Academic Route (A Levels only): Average Points Score of 5.0 over your Full Course GCSEs and English and Mathematics GCSE at Grade 5 or more. Please see individual subject entries for further recommendations as regards entry requirements.

Entry requirements for the Combined Route (A Levels and AAQ or BTEC Courses only): Average Points Score of 4.5 over your Full Course GCSEs and English and Mathematics at Grade 4 or more. Please see individual subject entries for further recommendations as regards entry requirements.

Entry requirements for the Vocational Route (AAQ and BTEC Courses only): Average Points Score of 4.0 over your 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.

All three routes (academic, combined and vocational) allow students the opportunity to study at Degree Level at University, as well as apply for Higher and Degree Level Apprenticeships.

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 2026 (for reference only)