UCAS Application

Our students are guided through the university application process by their tutor and the Sixth Form team. The following resources can provide you with guidance on choosing a course, student finance and how to complete a UCAS application.  

Copy of presentation from the TWGSB UCAS Information Evening, July 2025

 

Key Dates for 2026 Entry

Date Action Internal/external deadline

Term 2

All of Year 12 to register with Unifrog and start building their evidence logs for UCAS

INTERNAL

Week beginning 19th May 2025

Individual review and one-on-one support for personal statements with form tutors

INTERNAL

Tues 7th July 2025

Personal statement to be uploaded to Unifrog and printed for internal careers interview at school

INTERNAL

Thursday 17th July 2025

All students log on to the UCAS website and start their application

UCAS Information Evening

INTERNAL

Mon 29th September 2025

All Oxbridge, vet and medicine applications to be submitted to UCAS Lead

INTERNAL

Weds 15th October 2025 (18:00)

External deadline for Oxbridge, vet and medicine applications to UCAS

EXTERNAL

Mon 8th December 2025

All remaining UCAS forms to be submitted to form tutor

INTERNAL

Weds 14th January 2026

External deadline for all UCAS applications

EXTERNAL

 

How to Apply – 2026 Entry

The TWGSB UCAS How to Apply Guide for 2026 – ALL TWGSB students should use this step-by-step guide to filling in the form online in order to prevent making mistakes that may delay their application.

UCAS Offers and What to Do Next

University offers – conditional, unconditional, unsuccessful and withdrawn

How to accept or decline university offers, and deadlines for your replies

Key Resources

  • www.ucas.com – needed to actually apply to university and useful for course searches
  • www.unifrog.org – one-stop shop for everything to do with UCAS and apprenticeship applications
  • http://university.which.co.uk – advice on choosing courses/comparing courses and universities
  • www.discoveruni.gov.uk – allows you to search and compare data/student satisfaction/costs etc. of different universities 
  • www.opendays.com – full calendar of all of the open days and webinars. Even though some of these may be online you still need to sign up for many of them
  • League tables linked with broadsheets The Times, The Guardian and The Independent
  • Example personal statement packs held in the form base with each tutor.