TheMercian Trust

SCHOOLS UNITEDASATRUST WITH ASHARED COMMON PURPOSETOINCREASE OPPORTUNITIESAND SHAPESTUDENTS’ FUTURESFAR BEYOND EXAMINATION RESULTS

Sixth form students at schools in The Mercian Trustachieve amazing things.

With average grades of ‘B’ for A-levels and ‘Distinction’ for vocational qualifications, no matter what courses you choose, you areguaranteed the best possible opportunities to succeed.

National data proves that by attending aschool sixth form students arefour times morelikely to go on to study at degree-level. Students who leave us gain places at the top universities, including many going to Oxbridge, and Russell Group universities, and to top-performing international higher education institutions.

Each year we also areproud of alarge number of students who are chosen for highly competitive degree-level apprenticeships at global organisations.

We have alonghistory of running incredibly successful schools –Queen Mary’sGrammar School in Walsall was founded over 450 years ago –but we are no stranger to innovation –The Ladder School, our school that explores adifferent approach to mainstream education, only opened in 2019.

Our schools areall different, but are united as aTrust with ashared common purpose to increase opportunities and improve outcomes –toshape our students’ futures far beyond the examination results they achieve in Year 13.

We areproud to be thefirst-choice school sixth form provider in our local area of Sandwell and Walsall– around one in four local students who have followed an academic pathway (studying at least one A-level after GCSEs) arestudying with us. Although we have hundreds of students studying with us, they arespread across our eight school sixth forms meaning that we have rich, vibrant communities of like-minded learners. Students tell us that they truly value the sense of community of being part of aschool sixth form rather than being just one face in amass of students at agiant campus.

Our curriculum offer is incredible. We offer over 50 unique courses, including all 25 of the most popular A-levels that exist. Whatever your passion, you aresure to find asuite of courses with us that will suit you perfectly.Weare proud to offer a broad range of subjects across abroad range of levels. Our entry requirements aredesigned to give afair and honest appraisal of each course and to ensurethe right students study the courses that are best suited to them. We won’thook you in with false promises and open-ended offers –but we will work with you ensurethat youfeelsupported and welcomed and are given the best possible chance to succeed on your chosen path.

We aredetermined to ensurethat all our courses –whether traditional, academic A-levels, or real-world focussed vocational courses –are taught to the highest standard. And this is where our quality-first teaching comes in. Our teachers arenot only experts, trained to the highest standard, but they arealso collaborators. By ensuring that all our curriculum experts across our schools areinregular contact with each other, learning and developing together,wecan be certain that ourstudents aregetting the absolute best experience they can to support them to succeed.

Our mantra is ‘life to the full, in pursuit of what is good, right, and true’. By joining aMercian Trustsixth form you aredoing morethansigning up for aset of courses, you arejoining acommunity.Acommunity whichwill develop, challenge and nurture you towards asuccessful, fulfilling future.

ALDRIDGE SCHOOL|Q3ACADEMYGREAT BARR

Q3ACADEMYLANGLEY |Q3ACADEMYTIPTON

QUEENMARY’SGRAMMARSCHOOL

QUEENMARY’SHIGHSCHOOL |SHIRE OAKACADEMY

STUDIOSCHOOL&SIXTH|THELADDERSCHOOL

8ofour 9schools have their owndedicated sixthform. TheMercianTrusthas a high-performingsixth form local to you.

Over 50 unique coursestochoosefrom,including 19 differentLevel 2& 3Vocational Qualifications and 33 differentALevels.

1in4ALevel students in Sandwell and Walsallstudy at aMercian Trustschool. You’re in good company!

Mercianstudentsachieve more than awhole grade higher than in otherlocal schoolsand colleges.(ALevel: ‘B’,Vocational: ‘Distinction’)

School sixthformleavers arenearlyfour timesmore likely to continuetheir academicstudy at university.

ALISTOFALL COURSES, STUDENT TESTIMONIALS,DETAILS OFOUROPENEVENINGS