Oxbridge Support Programme

Students are able to access ongoing support for applications to Oxbridge in addition to the existing wide-ranging support and advice available for UCAS applications in general.

Opportunity	Date
Careers Day with optional Oxbridge information session	Autumn term year 11
Taster visit to University College, Oxford with taster lessons	Spring term Year 11
Students identified with GCSE grades suitable for Oxbridge entry	September Year 12
BANES visit to Trinity Hall Cambridge	October Year 12
General tour to compare range of Oxbridge Colleges	Spring term Year 12
BANES Conference on application process	March Year 12
Bath University Higher Education Conference	March Year 12
Students organise individual open day visits to colleges/ faculties	July Year 12
Application form and college selection mentoring	July Year 12
Opportunity to attend Villiers Park/ Sutton Trust residentials	July Year 12
Tutor and mentor support for application process	September Year 13
Practise interviews	November Year 13

Recent Hayesfield Students going on to Oxbridge include:

Student	College
Louisa Chorley	University College, Oxford
Sophie Core	Brasenose College, Oxford
Harriet Armston-Clarke	Homerton College, Cambridge
Kate Spelman	New College, Oxford
Yang Bo	Trinity College,Cambridge
Harriet Smith	Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Lucy Sixsmith	Clare College, Cambridge
Emily Jordan	Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Laura Tisdall	Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Oxford Tour Visit – February 2009

Year 12 visited ex-Hayesfield pupil Louisa Chorley at University College, Oxford where she is now reading Physics. They also compared the beautiful buildings of University with the modern architectural design statement of St. Catherine’s College, constructed in the 1970s and ended our tour at the grandeur of St. John’s.

Feedback from the potential Oxbridge candidates on the day of University sites, sights and tea shops included:
“ unforgettable”; “ a pilgrimage to make for any academically – minded pupil – the architecture, libraries and bookshops are great”. Also “ I can’t go on..” ( about the size of the chocolate cake in the Nosebag tearoom).
Next stop is the Bath Oxbridge Conference on 23rd March.

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