Following the news that seven of our Year 13 students have received offers to study at either Cambridge or Oxford University, we are also celebrating three offers made to students on highly competitive medicine courses. This follows months of hard work and study to complete competitive entry tests and interviews. Angel Nwokporo and Gen Brown have both received offers to study medicine from the University of Nottingham, whilst Samuel White has been received two offers – one from the University of Birmingham and one from Sheffield University. Huge congratulations to all three students.

Angel, Gen and Sam are not the only students who have been successful in taking the next step in pursuing a career in our healthcare services. Vaibavi Lakshmi Narayanan, Dawud Mehdi, Lily Pho, Fatou Diallo and Issy Tallis are all celebrating offers for Pharmacy at their university of choice. Lucy Hicklin has received offers from the University of Plymouth and University of Southampton to study Midwifery. Ryan Cheng is looking to study Physiotherapy at Brunel University. Daniel Newman has been made three offers for placements to study Radiography, whilst Tara Fitzgerald has four offers for Optometry, and Jemima Cutts has five offers for Speech and Language Therapy. Finally, Imogen Conington plans to study Paramedic Science at the University of Lincoln.

We all experience the healthcare industry at some point in our life. It is an industry that faces many different challenges, but it can also be one of the most rewarding career choices students can make, offering the opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives, and to be at the forefront of innovation and technology.

Mr Owen, Co-Head of Sixth Form, said: “We are delighted that it has been another great year for Sixth Form applications to some of the UK’s most sought-after universities and courses. It is very uplifting that so many of our very able students are choosing healthcare courses. Not only will they gain medical knowledge, they will further build their range of important transferable soft skills in communication, critical thinking, empathy and problem solving. This pathway offers excellent graduate employability rates because there will always be a huge demand for these skills and experience. I wish them all the best of success with their exams and beyond. Their hard work is already paying off and we have no doubt they will go on to great things.”

We asked two of our students why they have chosen a healthcare route. Isaac (13E1) said, “I want to make the world a better place through my work. I believe that it is meaningful to make a difference for people to get through their unique challenges, which motivated me to pursue my career.”