Programs

Saturday music training at the Royal College of Music for talented young musicians aged 8-18, with entry by audition each September.

• Year 10–13
• Cost not published

The National Park Junior Ranger Project is an outdoor learning programme for 11 to 18-year-olds in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, part of the EUROPARC Junior Ranger Programme.

• S3–S6
• Cost not published

The Purcell School, a specialist music school in Hertfordshire, takes applications from September in the year before entry, with no formal deadline. About 75% of UK students receive reduced fees or free places through the means-tested Music and Dance Scheme.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

The National Theatre's playwriting programme for 14-19 year olds, delivered by teachers in schools and colleges across the UK with a visit from a professional playwright. Selected plays are programmed in the New Views Festival at the National Theatre.

• Year 10–13 / S3–S6
• Fee: £300

A week-long non-residential work experience programme for 40 S5 pupils at Scottish high schools, giving an insight into the work and life of research scientists in biological, biomedical and animal sciences at the University of Edinburgh.

• S5
• Cost not published

A youth achievement programme for 14 to 24 year olds across the UK, combining volunteering, physical, skills and expedition sections at Bronze, Silver and Gold levels.

• Year 10–13 / S3–S6
• Fee: £33

Around £10,000 a year for the full course for one underrepresented undergraduate from listed north-west England and north Wales areas to study science or technology at Cambridge.

• Year 13 / S6
• Cost not published

A virtual 20-hour programme run in February and May half-term in which Year 9-10 / S3-S4 students explore four STEM career pathways with industry professionals and earn a Bronze Industrial Cadets award. 2026-27 dates are not yet published.

• Year 10–11 / S3–S4
• Fee: £50

An eight-week virtual summer course from the Engineering Development Trust that lets students aged 16+ explore STEM degrees, apprenticeships and careers with partner universities and companies.

• Grades not published
• Fee: £99

Work experience placements of up to four weeks in laboratory and operational science teams at the Crick for state-school students aged 14 to 19 studying in Camden.

• Year 10–13
• Cost not published

A two-day face-to-face insight programme at WTW's Ipswich office for Year 12 students interested in an insurance apprenticeship.

• Year 12
• Cost not published

A hospital work experience programme at King's College Hospital for 16 to 19 year olds living or attending school in Bromley, Lambeth, Lewisham, Orpington or Southwark, resuming in 2027.

• Year 12–13
• Cost not published