Bishop Stopford has welcomed me into its community and has improved my skills dramatically. Going to Bishop has changed my way of looking at things. I am privileged to go to this school.
Do you want to study with us in 2025?Sixth Form Applications for September 2025 are now open. CLICK HERE to apply.
We look forward to receiving your application. If you have any questions, please contact SixthFormAdmissions@bishopstopford.com
Our ambitions for our sixth form students align with the rest of the school. As expressed in Our Intent, we place huge emphasis on realising each individual's unique potential, high quality learning in a challenging academic community and developing character in the context of our core values. We are relentless in preparing students for their next significant life step, and we ensure that they are well-equipped and thoroughly prepared for their choices post-18.
We have a very large sixth form. Over 400 students take up our A Level offer, around 40% of whom join us from other schools after Year 11. Beyond subjects, there is a wide curriculum offer, including an extensive trips and visits programme, leadership opportunities through the academic societies programme and the Sixth Form Student Leadership Team. A Life and Ethics programme enables personal development, with students undertaking learning for life - socially, financially and in terms of making good individual choices. As you would expect, education for progression is key to our curriculum: tutorials and mentoring are rich in supporting decision making around careers and education pathways after school.
We have a dedicated sixth form centre with excellent study and social facilities, tutorial rooms and a large university style study area.
Key Stage 5 Lead
Miss Whitehead
We offer 24 A Level subjects.
There is a long track record of consistently high achievement at A Level. Every year, students go on to study at Oxford, Cambridge and Russell Group universities, as well as on many other undergraduate degree courses. It is not unusual for us to support students in successful applications to Ivy League universities in the States, or for some of our students to succeed in selection for highly competitive post-A Level apprenticeship courses.
More details on the subjects we offer can be found here.
