To apply for the Aspiring Professionals Programme you must:
Be currently in Year 12
Have at least 5 A grades at GCSE
Be predicted at least ABB in my A-level studies
Live in London/within a commutable distance to London
You must also meet one of the following additional criteria:
I was, or am currently, eligible for Free School Meals (household income less than £16,190). This will have to be confirmed by a teacher.
OR
I will be the first generation in my family to attend university in the UK AND I attend, or previously attended for GCSE, one of the following schools:
Acland Burghley School
Acton High School
Addey and Stanhope School
Addington High School
Alexandra Park School
Alperton Community School
Archbishop Tenison's School
Ark Academy
Ashcroft Technology Academy
Aylward Academy
Bacon's College
Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College
Barnhill Community High School
Battersea Park School
Bentley Wood High School
Bethnal Green Technology College
Bexleyheath Academy
Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate Boys School
Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate Girls School
Bishop Douglass School Finchley
Bishopsford Arts College
Blackheath Bluecoat Church of England School
Bonus Pastor Catholic College
Bow School of Maths and Computing
Bower Park School
Brampton Manor School
Brentford School for Girls
Brentside High School
Broomfield School
Burlington Danes Academy
Burntwood School
Buxton School
Canons High School
Capital City Academy
Cardinal Pole Roman Catholic School
Carshalton Boys Sports College
Caterham High School
Cator Park School
Central Foundation Boys' School
Central Foundation Girls' School
Chace Community School
Charles Edward Brooke School
Chelsea Academy
Chestnut Grove School
Chiswick Community School
City of London Academy - Islington
City of London Academy (Southwark)
Clapton Girls' Technology College
Cleeve Park School
Conisborough College
Connaught School for Girls
Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College
Coopers Technology College
Copland - A Specialist Science Community College
Copthall School
Cranford Community College
Crown Woods School
Cumberland School
Dagenham Park CofE School
Deptford Green School
Dormers Wells High School
Drayton Manor High School
Dunraven School
Eastbrook Comprehensive School
Eastbury Comprehensive School
Eastlea Community School
Edenham High School
Edmonton County School
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Language College
Elliott School
Eltham Hill Technology College for Girls
Ernest Bevin College
Evelyn Grace Academy
Featherstone High School
Feltham Community College
Forest Gate Community School
Forest Hill School
Frederick Bremer School
Friern Barnet School
Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College
George Green's School
George Mitchell School
Gladesmore Community School
Globe Academy
Greenford High School
Greig City Academy
Gunnersbury Catholic School
Haberdashers' Aske's Crayford Academy
Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College
Haberdashers' Aske's Knights Academy
Hackney Free and Parochial Church of England Secondary School Specialist Sports College
Haggerston School
Hainault Forest High School
Hampstead School
Harlington Community School
Harris Academy at Peckham
Harris Academy Bermondsey
Harris Academy Merton
Harris Academy Purley
Harris Academy South Norwood
Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich
Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich
Harrow High School and Sports College
Hatch End High School
Haverstock School
Heartlands High School
Heathcote Secondary School & Science College
Hendon School
Henry Compton Secondary School
Highbury Fields School
Highbury Grove School
Highgate Wood Secondary School
Holland Park School
Holloway School
Hornsey School for Girls
Hounslow Manor School
Hurlingham and Chelsea Secondary School
Isleworth and Syon School for Boys
Islington Arts and Media School
Jo Richardson Community School
John Paul II School
Kelmscott School
Kelsey Park Sports College
Kidbrooke School
King Solomon Academy
Kingsbury High School
Kingsdale Foundation School
Kingsford Community School
Kingsmead School Academy
La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School
La Sainte Union Catholic Secondary School
Lambeth Academy
Lammas School and Sports College
Lampton School
Langdon Park Community School
Langdon School
Lea Valley High School
Leytonstone Business and Enterprise Specialist School
Lilian Baylis Technology School
Lister Community School
Little Ilford School
London Academy
London Nautical School
Longford Community School
Loxford School of Science and Technology
Maria Fidelis Roman Catholic Convent School FCJ
Mayfield School
Mellow Lane School
Morpeth School
Mossbourne Community Academy
Mount Carmel RC Technology College for Girls
Mulberry School for Girls
Newman Catholic College
Nightingale Academy
Norlington School for Boys
Northolt High School
Northumberland Park Community School
Northwood School
Norwood School
Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls' School
Oaklands School
Oasis Academy Coulsdon
Oasis Academy Enfield
Oasis Academy Hadley
Oasis Academy Shirley Park
Our Lady's Convent Roman Catholic High School
Paddington Academy
Park View
Parliament Hill School
Phoenix High School
Pimlico Academy
Plashet School
Plumstead Manor / Negus School
Prendergast - Ladywell Fields College
Preston Manor High School
Queens Park Community School
Quintin Kynaston School
Raine's Foundation School
Raynes Park High School
Richmond Park Academy
Robert Clack School
Rokeby School
Rooks Heath High School
Rosedale College
Rush Croft Sports College
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Secondary School
Saint Thomas More Language College
Salesian College
Sarah Bonnell School
Sedgehill School
Seven Kings High School
Sion-Manning RC School for Girls
Sir John Cass Foundation and Redcoat Church of England Secondary School
Skinners' Academy
South Camden Community School
Southfields Community College
St Aloysius RC College
St Angela's Ursuline School
St Augustine's CofE High School
St Bonaventure's RC School
St George RC School
St Gregory RC High School
St Marks Church of England Academy
St Martin in the Fields High School for Girls
St Mary Magdalene Academy
St Mary's Catholic High School
St Mary's CofE High School
St Matthew Academy
St Michael and All Angels CofE Academy
St Michael's Catholic College
St Pauls Academy
St Paul's Way Trust School
St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School
St Thomas More Catholic School
Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College
Stockley Academy
Stockwell Park School
Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form
Stratford School
Swakeleys School
Swanlea School
Sydenham School
The Archbishop Lanfranc School
The Bridge Academy
The Business Academy Bexley
The Camden School for Girls
The Charter School
The City Academy, Hackney
The Crest Boys Academy
The Crest Girls Academy
The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls
The Elmgreen School
The Eltham Foundation School
The Heathland School
The John Loughborough School
The John Roan School
The Petchey Academy
The Priory School
The Quest Academy
The Ravenscroft School A Technology College
The Royal Docks Community School
The Royal Liberty School
The St Marylebone CofE School
The St Thomas the Apostle College
The Sydney Russell School
The Warren Comprehensive School
Thomas Tallis School
Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham
Twickenham Academy
Uxbridge High School
Valentines High School
Villiers High School
Walthamstow Academy
Walthamstow School for Girls
Walworth Academy
Welling School
Wembley High Technology College
West London Academy
Westminster Academy
Westminster City School
Westwood Girls College for Languages and Arts
Whitefield School
Whitmore High School
William Ellis School
Willowfield Humanities College
Winchmore School
Woodside High School, A Business & Enterprise Specialist School
Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys
Wren Academy
The state schools in the list above all have a higher percentage of students known to be eligible for Free School Meals than the London average of 18.9% (DfE, January 2011).
Students who attend, or previously attended for GCSE, any of these schools are eligible to apply for the Aspiring Professionals Programme as long as they
will be the first generation in their family to attend university in the UK (i.e. their parents/grandparents did not go to university).
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