Sixth Form Admissions

Application Timeline

October 2025

Application Form


Please complete either the internal applicant form or the external applicant form.

Click here for the application form for internal candidates (current Year 11 students at NHGS).

Click here for the application form for external candidates (current Year 11 students currently studying at another school).

6th November 2025
Open Evening, 5.30pm - 8pm - with a quiet session available from 5:00 to 5:30 for SEND & Neurodivergent
30th November 2025*
Application deadline for external candidates to be able to be invited to our Sixth Form Open Morning in January 2026.
9th January 2026*
Final deadline for all applications.

23rd January 2026
Sixth Form Open Morning for external applicants
Week commencing 26th January 2026
Applicants will receive an invite to a conversation regarding their application.
10th February 2026
Sixth Form Admissions Evening for applicants & their parents/carers.
Week commencing 23rd March 2026
Offer letters to go out to applicants.

* Further details will be sent to applicants once the school has received their initial application. 

Sixth Form Entry Requirements for Intake From 2026

A minimum of five GCSEs at Grade 6, with English and Maths at Grade 5 or above.

We recommend a Grade 6, but will accept students with a Grade 5 in any subject to be studied at A-level (where the student has previously studied the subject) provided the other requirements are met.

Equivalent vocational qualifications may be accepted. All full course Level 2 qualifications, including Applied GCSEs, of whatever size will count as one GCSE.

The following also apply:

  • To study Biology, students need to have achieved a Grade 6 or above in GCSE Biology or a minimum of two Grade 6s in Science at GCSE.
  • To study Mathematics, students need a Grade 7 in GCSE Mathematics.
  • To study Further Mathematics students need to have achieved a Grade 8 at GCSE Mathematics.
  • To study Physics or Chemistry students need to have achieved a Grade 7 or above in the respective GCSEs or a minimum of two Grade 7s in Science at GCSE. They also need a Grade 6 or above in GCSE Mathematics.
  • To study Computer Science, students must have Grade 6 or above in Mathematics at GCSE.
  • To study Music, students must have a Grade 7 or above in GCSE Music.
  • To study French or Spanish, students must have a Grade 7 or above in their chosen language.
  • Students studying PE should play a sport that is on the specification at club / county level or above.
  • Students wanting to study 4 A level courses should achieve at least an average GCSE Grade of 7.