The percentages achieving the top grades at A-level are well above national averages, and pupils secure
places at Oxford, Cambridge, and other Russell Group Universities. Our Director of Sixth Form Studies
supports such students in these applications to continue their studies at a higher education level.
Not all able students excel in all subjects. Each Department has a definition of a more able and talented
pupil depending on the demands of the subject. We identify our most able students based on primary
sector records coupled with evidence of ability and achievements at our school. Subject teachers will be
asked to nominate the more able and talented pupils in their classes. The school also uses data to help
identify pupils’ strengths and weaknesses.
We provide more able and talented pupils with opportunities to develop capabilities over a period through
a range of teaching and learning styles. It is a requirement that schemes of work will include differentiated
tasks, and some will demand higher skills to extend and challenge more able and talented students.
In a bid to encourage growth and development, we give our more able students opportunities outside the
normal curriculum to shine and develop their interests. Trips and competitions often stimulate interest. We
regularly win engineering competitions and challenges, we have been National Debating Champions, pupils
regularly gain top marks in national Maths challenges, and a team of our pupils came in the top 25 in the
world, reaching the international finals in Abu Dhabi in a competition to design and race model formula
one cars.
