Applying to RHS Sixth Form – 2026 Entry
Please click on the link here to view our presentation from the Sixth Form Open Evening. Details about post-16 courses offered at Richard Hale can be found on our ‘Studying with Us‘ page.
Application Deadline
Our application deadline for September 2026 was Monday 24th November 2025. Applications are now closed.
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.
Y12 Application September 2026 – Internal Students (CLOSED)
Y12 Application September 2026 – External Candidates (CLOSED)
Course entry requirements 2026
Sixth Form Application Calendar – 2026 Entry
| Prospective Sixth Form Open Evening | Wednesday 12th November 2025 |
| Application deadline for RHS and external students | Monday 24th November 2025 |
| Guidance Meetings for RHS students | First half of Spring Term 2026 |
| Offer holder evening – external applicants only | Wednesday 4th March 2026 |
| Sixth Form Induction | 23rd and 24th June 2026 |
| GCSE Examination Results | Thursday 20th August 2026 |
| Confirmation of choices | Until the end of 2nd week of term |
| First day of term for Year 12 | Thursday 3rd September 2026 |
Entry Requirements for 2026
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 (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. 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 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 BTEC Courses: 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.
Both the A Level and BTEC routes 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.