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St. Mary's Menston

Competitive Courses Programme

A Culture of Success

At St Mary’s, Menston, we have an excellent track record of enabling Sixth Form students to secure places at the most competitive universities across the UK, often including places at Oxford and Cambridge.  Out of last year’s cohort, 49% of students going on to university went on to study at a Russell Group university – a group of 24 world-class, research-intensive universities (find out more ).  Our academic success has also been recognised by a Leeds Live  and a Sunday Times  placing St Mary’s as 5th in the ‘Top Comprehensive Schools’ in the North, ranking higher than any other local secondary school. 

A programme to inspire

Through our Competitive Courses , we work closely with the most academic students in the school to inspire, inform and support them to secure places at top institutions or on the most competitive courses, including medicine, dentistry and veterinary sciences.  This programme includes visits, talks and workshops as well as bespoke individual guidance and feedback around course choices, enrichment opportunities, and application and interview support.  See examples below of what the programme involves.

 

Programme offer

The activities offered to students include:

 

Engage with big questions and complex ideas to be inspired: , , ,

In-school talks/workshops by University of Cambridge admissions officer, Selwyn College

EPQ, MOOCs and Super-Curricular – individual guidance and support through your EPQ tutor or your subject/faculty leader to find aspirational and academically challenging super-curricular courses/projects, e.g. , or

InvestIn: interactive virtual work experience programme

HE+ Programme for Year 12 Module 1: Preparing for university, Module 2: Learning beyond the curriculum, Module 3: HE+ Project

ZeroGravity: masterclasses and mentoring programme

Unifrog: subject and oxbrdige-specific courses and guidance, from interview and application support to super-curricular resources

William Akroyd Foundation Scholarship - late November / early December 2024 – essay competition

 

Residential visit to University of Oxford, Worcester College

Support accessing Subject Masterclasses to find out more about studying specific subjects at Cambridge:

Leeds Salon Schools Debating Competition: build your knowledge and your skills