Work Experience

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 2027 ENTRY

Entry Requirements - Please follow the link and download our Options Guide to view the entry requirements for Sixth Form and individual subjects https://www.queenelizabeths.kent.sch.uk/learning/sixth-form/thinking-about-joining-queen-elizabeths-grammar-school-for-sixth-form/

How to Apply:

Applications will open in November 2026.

Internals - Google Form - Speak to Mr Cowlam or Mrs Gossling

Externals - Through Kent Choices

https://www.queenelizabeths.kent.sch.uk/learning/sixth-form/applying-to-the-sixth-form/

DEADLINE: Gaining a place at our Sixth Form is incredibly competitive. To ensure we can follow the correct processes for making offers and gathering information appropriately, the deadline for all applications, internal and external, will be Friday 26th February 2027 at 15.00.

Following this deadline, external applicants that are considered to have met the requirements for a Conditional Offer will receive a notification via Kent Choices. You will also be invited to an Online Application Meeting in March 2027. This meeting will be a compulsory stage of the application process and will provide details of the next steps and what is required to gain a place in our Sixth Form for September 2027. Any applicants that do not attend the meeting will have their Conditional Offer withdrawn.

External applicants that attend the meeting will retain their Conditional Offer and gain access to the next stage of the application process.

Internal Applicants have an automatic conditional offer. Following the deadline, students will attend a 1-2-1 meeting to discuss your options. You will not be able to make any changes to your subject choices until the Option Blocks have been created around the end of Term 5.

What to include in your application:

You must select a minimum AND maximum of 5 subject choices:

Option A - 3 main subject choices* + an enhancement subject choice** + a reserve subject choice***

Option B - 4 main subject choices + a reserve subject choice

*a main subject choice is a full A Level subject e.g Mathematics/Geography/Physics/German etc

** an enhancement subject choice is either EPQ, Maths in Context or Trinity Acting Exams

***a reserve choice can be either a full A Level or another enhancement option

Work Experience

Young people are able to undertake work experience as part of their work related learning entitlement throughout Key Stage 5. Work experience also makes an important contribution to a range of qualifications, particularly those associated with medicine. There are two days of compulsory work experience in February of year 12. However students may also undertake work experience as a formalised part of their timetable.

The benefits of work experience

• Work experience is primarily about developing skills, particularly employability skills.
• https://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/top-ten-skills.htm
• Employers regularly comment that the more experience of the workplace students can undertake, the greater chance they have of achieving employment in their desired career.
• Gaining some work experience can help students make informed choices about their future career path.
• It's important to know and understand what the working environment is going to be like.
• Gaining work experience is a great opportunity to make contacts whether for future jobs or for future clients.
• Employers often comment that having an understanding and experience of business acumen and commercial awareness will put students head and shoulders above the competition. Work experience is one of the main ways this can be gained.

Students will be expected to work closely with the Sixth Form Team to source and organise good quality, relevant work experience which they can do around timetabled lessons.