UCAS Statement

Bishop Wordsworth’s School is a state selective grammar school, founded in 1890 by the Bishop of Salisbury. The school now educates 800 boys aged 11 to 16 and has a coeducational sixth form of nearly 400 students. Around a half of our Sixth Formers join us from a range of non-selective schools in Wiltshire, Hampshire, Dorset and beyond.

The school offers A Level programmes of study in 22 subjects. Entry requirements are currently 48 points from 8 GCSE subjects (including English Language and Maths). Some subjects require a grade 7 for A level. Further information can be found here:

https://www.bishopwordsworths.org.uk/sixth-form/how-to-apply/entry-requirements/

Most students study three A levels together with the Extended Project or Core Maths qualification which is taken in Year 12. A number will opt to take four, particularly talented mathematicians who study Further Maths either to AS or to full A level.

A few students also take Latin AS/A level and outside the regular timetable with approximately 1 hour of teaching per week. Chinese GCSE is another opportunity which is again offered off timetable over 5 years with students sitting the examination in Year 13.

Students sit rigorous internal assessments at the end of Year 12; this data, together with students’ performance throughout the year, is used to formulate the predicted grades for the UCAS application. At least 90% of students enter Higher Education each year. 

Students are offered a wide variety of extracurricular activities including the Community Sports Leadership Award, the Duke of Edinburgh Award, volunteering and debating.