Sixth Form Admissions
Please note enrolments for 2025 have now concluded. Applications for admission to our Sixth Form in September 2026 can now be submitted via the Kent Choices platform. Applicants should expect to be called for interview in January/March, subject to the timely return of reference requests.
Application Process
Applications for entry to the Sixth Form in September 2026 open on 3rd November 2025 and close on 31st March 2026. Applications must be made via Kent Choices (including existing Ursuline College students).
Year 11 - Kent based students
Please apply via Kent County Council’s Kent Choices website, your school will provide you with a code to access the platform.
Year 11 - Applying from outside of Kent
Please apply via Kent County Council’s Kent Choices website. You will need to create an account, complete all the required information fields and then apply to Ursuline College with your choice of courses.
For step by step instructions on how to complete your Kent Choices application, please click here.
Next steps...
You will be contacted by our Sixth Form House Manager, Mrs Crompton, and invited for a one-to-one interview with either Mr Joyce or Mrs Hall. You will be told at the end of the interview if you will be offered a conditional place. All communication will be via Kent Choices.
If successful, you will then be sent a conditional offer via Kent Choices showing the courses you have selected during your interview along with the grades that you will need to obtain to access those courses.
Occasionally you may be asked to re-select a course if you have not met the entry requirements, or the course is no longer running.
Students that select us as their first or second preference will be invited to attend our Sixth Form Taster Day in July 2026.
Application Timeline
- Applications open via Kent Choices on Monday 3rd November 2025.
- Sixth Form Open Evening - Thursday 13th November 2025, starting at 5.00pm with speeches in the sports hall. The event closes at 6.30pm. Free parking is available on the opposite side of the Canterbury Road and on Hengist Road. If you are unable to attend, please contact sixthform@ursuline.kent.sch.uk and we will send you an electronic copy of our prospectus.
- Interviews for internal applicants will take place during the normal school day.
- Interviews for external applicants (students from other schools) will take place during one of our two interview evenings in either January or March 2026.
- Ordering preferences - Kent Choices will contact students - Easter 2026
- Sixth Form Induction Day for Offer Holders - July 2026 (we will communicate details of this to you via Kent Choices).
- Sixth Form Enrolment Day: GCSE results day (Thursday 20th August 2026) 9.00am – 11.00am (internal) and 11.00am - 1.00pm (external).
Entry Requirements
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Subject |
Entry Requirements |
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Applied Science BTEC Ext Cert Level 3 |
4 GCSEs 9-4 including at least 4-4 in Combined Science |
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Art & Design BTEC Ext Cert Level 3 |
4 GCSEs 9-4 or equivalent, including at least a Pass in GCSE Art, a portfolio of work and natural artistic flair. |
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Biology A Level |
5 GCSEs 9-4 or equivalent, including at least 5-5 in Combined Science or 5 in Biology |
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Business Studies BTEC Ext Cert Level 3 |
4 GCSEs 9-4 or equivalent, including English & Maths and Business, if studied at GCSE. |
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Chemistry A Level |
5 GCSEs 9-4 or equivalent, including at least 5-5 in Combined Science or 5 in Pure Chemistry |
| Computing: App Development | 4 GCSEs 9-4, including English and Maths. If studied at GCSE, students should have obtained a L2 pass at in ICT or Computer Science. |
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Criminology Level 3 Diploma |
5 GCSE’s 9-4 (or equivalent). In order to study a Diploma in Criminology students need to achieve a Grade 4 or above in English and in one of the following GCSE’s: History, Sociology, RE or another comparable Humanities subject. |
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English Literature A Level |
5 GCSEs 9-4 or equivalent. It is essential to have gained Grade 5 or above in GCSE English Language and 5 in GCSE English Literature. |
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English re-sit Level 2 |
For those students who did not gain 4 or above in GCSE Literature or Language |
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French A Level |
5 GCSEs 9-4 or equivalent, including English. Grade 6 in French GCSE |
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Financial Studies LIBF Diploma Level 3 |
5 GCSE’s 9-4 including English at grade 4 and Maths at grade 5 |
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Geography A Level |
5 GCSEs 9-4 or equivalent, including at least grade 4 in both English and Geography |
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German A Level |
5 GCSEs 9-4 or equivalent, including English. Grade 6 in German GCSE |
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Health & Social Care Extended Certificate Level 3 |
4 GCSEs 9-4 or equivalent including English and Maths grade 4 or above. A Level 2 Pass in HSC, if studied at GCSE, is also expected. |
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Health & Social Care Cambridge Tech Level 3 Diploma |
4 GCSEs 9-4 or equivalent including English and Maths grade 4 or above. A Level 2 Merit in HSC, if studied at GCSE, is also expected. |
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History A Level |
5 GCSEs 9 – 4 or equivalent, including English and Maths and a grade 5 or above in History. |
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Maths A Level |
5 GCSEs 9-4 or equivalent, including GCSE Maths at grade 7 |
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Maths re-sit |
For those students who did not gain 4 or above in GCSE Maths |
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Media Studies A Level |
5 GCSE’s 9-4 including English 5 grade or above and/or Media Studies grade 5 and above (students do not have to have studied Media Studies for GCSE). |
| Music BTEC National Ext Cert Level 3 | 4 GCSE's 9-4 or equivalent, including English and Maths. Music Grade 5 or above. A portfolio of pieces/performances demonstrating students musical abilities. |
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Performing Arts BTEC National Ext Cert Level 3 |
4 GCSEs 9-4 or equivalent. Auditions will be held. It is desirable that students have experience in the field of dance. |
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Physics A Level |
5 GCSEs 9-4 or equivalent, including at least 5-5 in Combined Science or 5 in Physics and 6 in Maths. |
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Applied Psychology BTEC Level 3 |
4 GCSEs 9 – 4 or equivalent, including English and Maths at grade 5 or above. |
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Religious Studies A Level |
5 GCSEs 9 – 4 or equivalent, including English at grade 4 or above. |
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Sport BTEC National Ext Cert Level 3 |
5 GCSEs 9-4 or equivalent, including English. Preferably GCSE grade 4 or above in PE or BTEC Level 2 Pass. Students should have a high level of interest in sport/physical activity and ideally be an active participant. |
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Sport BTEC National Diploma Level 3 |
5 GCSEs 9-4 or equivalent, including English. Preferably GCSE grade 4 or above in PE or BTEC Level 2 Pass. Students should have a high level of interest in sport/physical activity and ideally be an active participant. |
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Football IQ Coaching and Leadership |
Players should be competent and wish to progress seamlessly onto either University to play at a higher standard or to play at semi-professional or professional level. |
Induction Pack 2025-2026
These forms require information from both incoming students and parents. It is therefore vitally important that these forms are filled in whilst together.
All students are expected submit every form, with the exception of the 16-19 Bursary Application Form which only needs to be submitted by students and parents applying to access the fund.