According to The Times' statistics, the sixth form college achieved 21 Oxbridge offers in 2024, equalling a success rate of 37 per cent of the students who applied. The philosophy behind the college's success was stated as: “Find your weird interest, a niche within your subject, and pursue that,” said Vicky Orsmond, the college’s senior progression lead. Read more:Ms Orsmond told The Times that students are encouraged to send off a piece of written work which is "imperfect", where tutors had been critical in their marking. “Admissions tutors know if an essay has been rewritten," she said. "If we have been quite brutal with a pupil when we marked it, it also shows the student can take feedback.”The college was described as something of an "outlier" in their success, as most state schools achieve Oxbridge offers in double figures are selective, and usually based in London or South East England.

Source: The Times July 12, 2025 09:45 UTC