Sixth Form Admissions

My name is Mr. Z Mahmood and I am the Head of Sixth Form at Harborne Academy. 

Click here for Harborne Academy Sixth Form Prospectus 

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My role as Head of Sixth Form is ensure that students achieve their full potential and go onto higher education and study the choice of Undergraduate course they desire. I provide students the opportunity to gain valuable work experience of the career they want to pursue with my links with local hospitals and businesses.

We have an uncompromising commitment to ensure that every child achieves their academic potential at Harborne Sixth form. Our curriculum has been carefully designed to secure the best possible outcomes for our pupils. We also have support systems in place for students that need extra support and guidance to achieve.

In order to support our curriculum, we have also developed and invested in a simple but broad set of Academy PLEDGES that students are expected to complete during the course of their time at the academy, these include:

• Business Enterprise
• Work Experience
• Lower school class support
• Reading scheme with year 7
• Voluntary work
• Sports opportunities
• Charity work

KS5 Results

Many of our students have applied for Medical related courses to University and we have 100% record of students attending University or going in to Employment. The type of courses that students have applied and gained places include:

Pharmacy, Optometry, Radiography, Radiotherapy, Physiotherapy, Forensic science, Computer science, Midwifery, Criminology, Politics, Nursing, Biomedical science, Sports exercise science and many more.

One of the most appealing advantages off attending Harborne is its contacts with the local community. We have links with University Hospital Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth, Lloyds Bank. Our students have benefited from this by acquiring work experience at these institutes which has helped them through the UCAS process.

Our students have achieved firm acceptances in some of the finest Universities in the country. Some of them include:

University of Birmingham- Pharmacy, Criminology, Maths, Chemical Engineering, Nursing.

Aston University- Pharmacy, Mathematics, Computer Science, Optometry. 

Keele University - Criminology, Psychology, Pharmacy

University of Durham- Biomedical Science

Queen Mary University- Biomedical Science

University of Bradford - Clinical sciences, Biomedical Science, Radiography. 

University of Leeds - Radiography.

University of Bristol- Veterinary Nursing.

University of Manchester - Chemical Engineering, Pharmacy.

University of Loughborough- Politics

To apply for a place at Harborne Academy Sixth Forum please click here