Join Us: Sixth Form

Sixth Form open evening

Thursday 20 November 2025

We look forward to welcoming future students and their families to our Sixth Form Open Evening on 20 November 2025, from 5.45pm until 8.00pm.

During the evening there will be presentations by school and sixth form leaders. The school site will be open to explore from 6.00pm until 8.00pm, including our dedicated sixth form facility. There will be plenty of opportunity during the evening to meet our subject specialist teaching staff and our students, and to find out about the wide range of post-16 options available at Silverdale Sixth Form.

We are very excited to be able to showcase our Sixth Form - rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted - and we look forward to seeing you all on 20 November.

Silverdale Sixth Form Open Evening: book your place

Joining Silverdale Sixth Form

Silverdale Sixth Form provides a welcoming, aspirational environment where students can flourish and achieve their best. The majority of our students progress to higher education, many of them at very competitive universities. Expert support and guidance is given to all students by a team with a wealth of experience.

Prospectus (for entry in September 2025)

Our 2026-27 prospectus (for entry in September 2026) will be available in September. In the meantime, you can read our 2025-26 prospectus (for entry in September 2025):

Explore our website

Lots of information is available in the Sixth Form area of this website including:

Curriculum in Sixth Form : for option blocks and subject information.
Post-18 progression: for details of where our former students are now continuing their studies.
Performance (Sixth Form): for information about the excellent results achieved by our students.

Video about sixth form life

Watch our video about our Sixth Form.

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How to apply

We have a growing number of applications, both from within Year 11 at Silverdale and from schools across the Sheffield City Region and North Derbyshire.

Admissions to Silverdale Sixth Form follow the Sheffield Local Authority process. As such, all applications should be made through Sheffield Progress, whether you are at a Sheffield School or not. Further information on the application process is available at:

Details of our admission arrangements are available on our policies page.

When to apply

You can apply any time from 1 December, when Sheffield Progress opens, until 31 January. Please be aware that schools will set their own internal deadline for submitting sixth form applications so make sure you know when these are. Applications received after the 31 January deadline will not be dealt with until 21 March at the earliest.

Entry requirements

Students who meet the entry criteria of 5 subjects at grades 4 to 9, including English and maths, and the individual subject entry requirements, as stipulated on our course pages will be offered a place at Silverdale Sixth Form in line with the admissions process.

Students who are predicted to meet the general minimum requirement of 5 subjects at grade 4 to 9 (plus any subject specific entry requirements) and who attend a school within Chorus Education Trust will get priority over other non-Chorus students.

Guidance for applying to Sheffield Sixth Forms can be found from page 89 in Sheffield City Council's 'Transfer to Secondary School 2024/25' document.

Please note that all courses are subject to change, depending on the number of students who apply and the availability of teaching staff.

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