RfE Apply 2025/26
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The 2025/26 Reach for Excellence application guidance documents can be found below, it is essential that all applicants read these before submitting an application.
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Student Application Guidelines 2025/26
Teacher Application Guidelines 2025/26
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Applications opened on Thursday 11th September 2025 and closed at 23:59, Thursday 13th November 2025
We will NOT be accepting any late applications to the programme
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You will also need to make your teacher in school, who you have chosen to act as your referee, aware that you are applying as they will be contacted before any decision is made on your eligibility for the scheme. Applicants who have submitted applications to the scheme can expect to find out if they have been successful in gaining a place mid December 2025. The Reach for Excellence Programme for successful applicants will then commence with our Induction Day on Saturday 31st January 2026.
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Applicants should read our RfE Data Processing & Privacy Notice before signing and confirming to our conditions during the application process.
Reach for Excellence Student Application Form 2025/26
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(for Teachers, Tutors and Careers Advisers who are supporting student applications)
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Declaration of Household Income Form 2025-26
(for Parents of applicants who believe they meet the criterion of being from a household with a gross annual income of £25,000 or below)
If you require it for your application, please download our Declaration of Household Income Form. If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader), there is an accessible version of the Reach for Excellence Declaration of Household Income form available to download. Please only use this version if you have accessibility requirements.
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