Ralph Thoresby School

“At RTS I studied Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Chemistry at A-Level with the intention of applying for either maths or physics at university. I was fortunate enough to be able to participate in multiple summer school programs including at Durham and Cambridge for physics and at Oxford for engineering. Additionally, I took part in the UKMT Senior Maths Challenge and Kangaroo as well as the British Physics Olympiad, the Isaac Physics Mentoring Scheme, work experience at an optometry department and multiple events at the University of Leeds such as taster days and weekly maths problem solving sessions. Notably, almost all of these opportunities were revealed to me by the sixth form and I did not have to seek them out myself. Ultimately, Ralph Thoresby was a no-brainer: I already knew how great the teachers and other students were and I knew how the sixth form had supported previous students with programs like ‘Realising Opportunities’ and offering the EPQ. As for me, I am currently in my 3rd year as a Natural Scientist at Cambridge and it’s going pretty well so far, or at least as well as an entirely online course can go, and last year I even got the highest score in my college in Maths. After this year, I will probably end up staying an extra year and doing the MSci but after that I am still undecided. I do have a lot to choose from though, STEM graduates often end up in lucrative fields such as banking or software engineering as well as more specialised scientific fields like engineering, radiology or even academia so my options are very open.”

“Ralph Thoresby Sixth Form helped me in so many ways possible, from interacting socially to being able to fully focus on my studies and meeting all sorts of amaing people. It’s an amazing amotsphere allowing all students to stive to their maximum potential whilst having focused and relaxed mindsets. All the staff are absolutley brilliant giving their absolute most for you so you can achieve the next step to your chosen detination with whatever you want to do. I’m currently a physiotherapy student and Northumbria University and I would not of been able to make it without Ralph Thoresby Sixth Form!”

I am Luka Matijevic and I left Sixth Form in the summer of 2022. At Sixth Form I studied Level 3 BTEC Sport whilst also playing for UFCA football scholarship programme. The most enjoyable thing about sixth form was the togetherness of the whole sixth form and the endless help from the teachers and motivation to achieve bigger and better. I am currently studying Sport Management at Northumbria University. Throughout sixth form, I had constant support to make sure I finished my work and was ahead of deadlines to ensure I got to go where I wanted to. Some advice for upcoming sixth formers, would be getting involved with the student union as either an ambassador, vice president or president as it really gave me extra skills to go above and beyond.