Programs

An automatic £2,500-a-year tuition fee discount (up to £10,000) for self-funded international students starting an undergraduate degree at Sheffield in September 2027.

• Year 13 / S6
• Cost not published

A £5,000 tuition fee waiver for selected self-funded international students starting a bachelor's degree at the University of Surrey in September 2027.

• Year 13 / S6
• Cost not published

A Year 12 biology competition with two 35-minute online papers sat in school in June.

• Year 12 / S5
• No fee

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

Write full solutions to six olympiad problems in two hours in the IMC follow-on rounds for Years 9–11.

• Year 10–11 / S3–S4
• Fee: £25

A residential access programme at Durham University for Year 12 Black heritage students from across England who meet widening participation criteria, leading to a guaranteed alternative offer.

• Year 12
• Cost not published

The Oxford Union's schools debating competition, with nearly 2,000 students from more than 250 schools across the UK and Ireland plus international rounds; finals at the Oxford Union.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

A free Oxford residential hosted by St Anne's, Trinity and Christ Church colleges for 120 state-school students from the North East of England, built around Oxford's summer Open Days.

• Grades not published
• No fee

Run a real student company: teams of 13–19-year-olds set up and run their own business through their school, college or youth group, supported by business volunteers.

• Grades not published
• Fee: £560

A free 4-day, 3-night summer residential at the University of Southampton for Year 12 students who meet academic and widening participation criteria.

• Year 12 / S5
• No fee

A free residential summer school giving Year 12 students of colour a taste of student life at the University of Bristol, with a guaranteed contextual offer or interview for completers.

• Year 12 / S5
• No fee

Queen's University Belfast's widening access programme for Northern Ireland students in the first year of A-levels (or equivalent) from under-represented backgrounds, with subject Pathways, a summer school and admissions benefits.

• Year 13 (NI)
• No fee