The Extended Project Level 3

Applications Open: - Friday 14 November 2025

Applications Close: - 13 February 2026. Applications may be considered after this date but it is strongly advised to apply before this deadline.

Entry Requirements: - Admission to courses - This is based on your needs and staff advice, but you should be aware of these points: 1. You will need to obtain a minimum of six GCSE passes at Level 5 or above including Mathematics and English (a minimum of a grade 5 in the reformed GCSE qualifications in English and Mathematics) and grades 9-6 in their preferred A-Level subjects or nearest equivalents. 2. Subjects have clear entry requirements. You will find these under the course details or from Subject Heads.

How to Apply: - Please apply via KentChoices (Internal and External Students)

External Applicants - please click here (This form is for external candidates and parents/carers to book a slot to ask any questions about the admissions process and Sixth Form at Highsted Grammar School). Please be aware that it is first come, first served. We will try our best to accommodate your preferences but this might not always be possible).

Internal candidates - should contact their Head of Year directly.

There are many reasons why the Extended Project is important to the academic development of students:

• Many universities like the qualification because it demonstrates a student’s ability to work independently and in much greater depth in their chosen area of study.

• Students demonstrate that they can identify, plan and manage a project; they can undertake research, collect evidence, draw conclusions and write up results into a finished project at an academic level; they are able to present findings, conclusions and evaluate their work to an audience.

The Extended Project is a qualification which promotes the ethos of independent study in one of the four areas available for study. (Dissertation / Investigation / Performance / Artefact) The qualification provides students with the opportunity to develop their knowledge and understanding of a selected topic in much greater depth and helps prepare students for the work demands at university.

Admission to Highsted Sixth Form will be the main requirement as it is expected that all students will study an enrichment route. Students will need to submit a project proposal form that is assessed by the self-directed learning tutor before agreement is given to continue with the Extended Project.