The Gateway Programme was established in 2014 to inspire and support our most able students in securing places at the best universities in the country.
We recognise that achieving excellent grades is only one aspect of securing a university place and the aim of the Gateway Programme is to support our students in developing the specialised interview and thinking skills required to excel in the pressurised atmosphere of an interview for Oxbridge or medical school.
Students are selected based on their strong interest in studying at Oxbridge or a medical related course and their successful GCSE profile based on a minimum of 5 A* grades. Those on the programme are offered a personalised package of support involving university visits and the chance to hear from people who are currently undertaking post and undergraduate qualifications.
Students are signposted towards, and encouraged to take part in, super-curricular activities and we regularly run mock interviews and subject specific tutorials to develop students’ thinking skills.
We continue to be proud of the increasing numbers of our students who have secured places on such competitive courses.
For further information on the Gateway Programme, click here to read our brochure.
ROLL OF HONOUR
2023
C Price | Medicine | University of Liverpool (deferred to 2024 start)
L James | Medicine | Keele University
B Bower | Mathematics | University of Cambridge
A Proctor | Modern and Medieval Languages | University of Cambridge
2022
J Palombella | English | Cambridge
O Longton | Engineering | Cambridge
E Goma Moukala | Medicine | University of Manchester
J Lee | Dental Surgery | University of Sheffield
2021
O Walsh | Spanish | Oxford
E Haskins | Medicine| Manchester
2020
Imogen Walshe | History & Politics | Oxford
Jade Carlin | Biochemistry | Oxford (deferred to 2021 start)
Lewis Hindle | Medicine | UCL
Ella Hoskinson | Medicine | Nottingham
Jordan Jones | Medicine | Birmingham
Marcus Mackay | Medicine | Nottingham
Jada Moses | Medicine | Leeds
2019
Amy Sprott | Medicine | Birmingham
Mathilde Tavernier | Medicine | Sheffield
Sian John | Dentistry | Glasgow
Brooke Shay | Dentistry | Sheffield
2018
Rebecca King | Medicine | Manchester
Ellen Thomas | Medicine | Leeds
Hannah Leighton-Jones | Geography | Oxford
Alex Lee | Dentistry | Manchester
2017
Vicky Ramsbottom | Medicine | Manchester
Alix Tavernier | Medicine | Manchester
Megan Thomas | Medicine | East Anglia
Grace Rooney | Law | Cambridge
2016
Isabel Troth | French and Spanish | Oxford
2015
Celia Dick | Medicine | Keele
Emma Catlow | Chemical Engineering (via Natural Sciences) | Cambridge
Matthew Pyman | Natural Sciences | Cambridge
2014
Olivia Clouser | Medicine | Liverpool.
Sean Davenport | Medicine | Sheffield
Tom Glover | Medicine| Nottingham
Rosie Johnstone | Vet | Liverpool
Adam Jones | Vet | Bristol
Tom McCahery | Medicine | Manchester
Conn Talbot | Medicine | Edinburgh
Jasmine Virk | Medicine | Birmingham