Entry Requirements

Thornleigh Salesian College is an 11-18 co-educational Roman Catholic Secondary School under the trusteeship of the Salesians of Don Bosco and maintained by Bolton Local Authority. As a Voluntary Aided school, the Governing Body of Thornleigh Salesian College is the Admissions Authority and is responsible for taking decisions on applications for admissions.

The Local Authority does not coordinate admissions to Sixth Form. Thornleigh Sixth Form is an integral part of the school and students who have been educated at Thornleigh Salesian College, during Year 11, will automatically be eligible for the Sixth Form so long as they meet the minimum entry requirements.

Applications are welcomed from students who attended other high schools and wish to apply for a place at Thornleigh Sixth Form. To be admitted to Thornleigh Sixth Form, all students must meet the minimum entry requirements. The Planned Admissions Number (PAN) for external candidates is 100. Any student who has an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan, which names Thornleigh Sixth Form, will be admitted to Year 12 provided they meet the minimum entry requirements.

Minimum Entry Requirements for Year 12

To enter Thornleigh Sixth Form, students generally need a minimum of 5 GCSEs at grade 4 or above, though many subjects have their own entry requirements which are detailed in the Thornleigh Sixth Form Prospectus.

To be considered full-time, a student must enrol for a programme of study which incorporates a minimum of 540 hours per academic year. This can be made up from studying three subjects combined with a package of other learning sessions. A course which is being re-taken does not count towards the hours. If a student meets the entry requirements for each of the subjects that they wish to study, and their programme of study meets the minimum of 540 hours, then they have met the minimum entry requirements. Prior to GCSE results day applicants will be invited to a meeting to discuss options and academic entry requirements, but this meeting will not form part of the decision making process on whether to offer a place.

Late applications will be considered after the allocation of places and notified after the main allocation date, unless exceptional circumstances apply, e.g. hospitalisation of a parent or a family has just moved into the area. In such cases, evidence will be required. The student and/or the parents of students, internal or external, who are not offered a place, have the right to appeal against non-admission.