Ryburn Excel
Enabling our students to shine at Oxford, Cambridge and the very best universities.
At Ryburn Sixth, we offer a fantastic range of opportunities and encouragement in an academic and caring environment. Our Ryburn Excel programme is especially for our most able and ambitious students, selected according to aptitude and GCSE grades.
You’ll have access to specialised support and find out about opportunities that will help you achieve your future goals. And if you ever doubt yourself, you’ll find that getting to know other students at your level encourages you to believe in your own abilities too. Set no limits on what you can achieve.
“Ryburn Excel programme has been brilliant. I’ve found out about so many great opportunities that I wouldn’t have known about otherwise, like a work experience programme with the major trauma centre at Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital. I want to study medicine and become a paramedic, so it’s amazing to get to work with doctors and consultants. I’ve loved it.”
Miss Swindell introduces Ryburn Excel
What does Ryburn Excel involve?
Option to study a fourth Level 3 option or an Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)
Visits to universities including Cambridge
University visits to Ryburn
Support in applying for university summer schools
Mock interviews for all subjects including multi-mini interviews for medicine
Opportunities to meet experts in your chosen field eg Medicine or Veterinary Science
Guidance about suitable enrichment activities and work experience
A Higher Education evening at Ryburn with a variety of universities represented
Open Day visits
Support in writing Personal Statements
Support in completing entry tests. We are a centre for the BMAT medical school test
Advice and support with healthy revision skills
Regular opportunities to meet with other students with similar aspirations
Specialist support from the Careers team
“Ryburn Sixth gave me so many opportunities including trips to Cambridge and Manchester universities. These days allowed me to experience what it would be like to attend one of these prestigious universities for myself and were invaluable as they helped me to finalise my decisions on which universities to apply for.
As a result of the teachers consistently pushing me to my limits, with the addition of my own hard work, I managed to get some outstanding A-Level results and to study at a university of my choice.”
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Extended Project Qualification
The EPQ is a fantastic preparation for university study, helping you develop many of the skills you will need to succeed. It is worth up to 28 UCAS points, and universities love it.
