There are two options for starting Exeter Scholars in Year 10.

Year 10 Tutoring Pathway (South West only)

The Year 10 In-School Tutoring Pathway (South West only) involves a series of in-school sessions that will be run by Student Ambassadors from the University of Exeter, focusing on helping you to make informed decisions about your future, including demystifying higher education and thinking about careers. This pathway will also include subject-specific content, delivered virtually via our dedicated online platform, Brightspace. All dates for your tutoring sessions will be scheduled by and take place at your school, and therefore will be at a time to suit you.

Year 10 Residential Pathway (South West & National)

The Year 10 Residential Pathway (South West & National) pathway starts with an all-expenses-paid residential held at the University of Exeter Streatham Campus. You'll stay in university halls of residence, just like our current students do, and this will be your opportunity to find out what student life is like.

Applications for the Year 10 residential pathway are now open! Find out more here.

Year 11 is a key year for all Exeter Scholars participants. By this point you will have already been learning with us for a year, and should by now be more familiar with what a university campus is. We don’t have any pathways that start in Year 11 but we use this time for existing participants to focus on preparing you for life after GCSEs.

If you were on the Year 10 Exeter Scholars pathway, you will be invited to attend a Student Conference with your parents / carers to celebrate what you have achieved so far, and to help prepare you for the transition to college or sixth form. 

If you're not on Exeter Scholars but are currently in Year 11, we recommend that you consider applying to the Year 12 South West On-Campus pathway or Virtual pathway later in the year - applications for the Year 12 South West pathways will open in September 2024.

The post-16 activities available to Exeter Scholars are the point at which you get to personalise your experience. At this point, existing participants will be invited to choose a subject activity strand from a range available to them and will be asked to update their Exeter Scholars profile with their GCSE results and current study plans. It should be noted that to continue to this stage of Exeter Scholars you will need to have achieved the GCSE grades outlined in the programme eligibility criteria and we will talk to you about this at the relevant time.

If you are starting Year 12 in September 2024 and are new to Exeter Scholars, then there is an application entry point available to you between September and October of your Year 12. Over a period of 10 months, you will then attend a range of on-campus events and field trips allowing you to explore your chosen subject as it would be studied at university. You will be given access to University of Exeter facilities and learn from world class academics – you may even have the chance to participate in live research projects being conducted by the University. Each strand will have its own unique entry requirements and pass criteria, and it is fulfilling these that will allow you to graduate as a University of Exeter Scholar. Find examples of strands we've offered this year for the current cohort of students here. Applications for the on-campus pathway will open in September 2024.

Alternatively, we run our Virtual Residential in December, which gives students the option to complete Exeter Schoalrs in a purely virtual setting with a choice of 4 different subject strands. You will still have access to our world leading academics and teaching paractises, but without having to come onto campus! Applications for the virtual pathway will open in September 2024.

By December of Year 13, you will know if you have successfully graduated as a University of Exeter Scholar. However, your journey doesn’t end there, and we want to continue supporting you for as long as you need us.

Successful programme graduates will now be given access to a number of additional events designed to help you find out a bit more about the University of Exeter, as Year 13 marks the moment at which you will decide if you want to apply to university and, if so, where. You will be invited to a private reception at the September University of Exeter Undergraduate Open Day and an exclusive Exeter Scholars Virtual Open Day. We’ll also fund your travel costs to attend an Offer Holder Visit Day at the University of Exeter. 

We hope to see some of our Exeter Scholars studying with us in the future, and those who decide that this is the right option for them will be given the opportunity to qualify as a Senior Scholar by completing an online assessment. As a Senior Scholar you will have a range of enhanced benefits available to you that have been developed to not only support your progression to the University of Exeter but also help you settle in as a new university student. 

If you are successful in achieving a place on our Year 10 programme, then your pathway will start with a residential experience held at the University of Exeter Streatham Campus. You'll stay in university halls of residence, just like our current students do, and this will be your opportunity to find out what student life is like. Applications for the Year 10 residential pathway are now open! Find out more here.

Year 11 is a key year for all Exeter Scholars participants. By this point you will have already been learning with us for a year and should by now be more familiar with what a university campus is. We don’t have any pathways that start in Year 11 but we use this time for existing participants to focus on preparing you for life after GCSEs.

The post-16 activities available to Exeter Scholars are the point at which you get to personalise your experience. It should be noted that to continue to this stage of Exeter Scholars you will need to have achieved the GCSE grades outlined in the programme eligibility criteria.

In order to immerse yourself in a subject activity strand of your choice you will be invited to come to Exeter for a Year 12 residential.

If you are in Year 12 and are new to Exeter Scholars, you can also apply to the National residential.

While you are staying with us, you will be given access to University of Exeter facilities and learn from world class academics – you may even have the chance to participate in live research projects being conducted by the University. 

Alongside the academic programme, the residential experience will also give you the chance to explore the local area, develop your cooking skills, try out study societies, and find out what student life might be like on a University of Exeter campus.

Attendance at this residential is a compulsory part of Exeter Scholars for both existing participants and those joining the programme for the first time in Year 12. Via this and the other activities you have completed throughout your programme participation, you will have fulfilled the time commitment required to graduate as an Exeter Scholar in Year 13. 

Applications for the Year 12 residential pathway are now open! Find out more here.

Alternatively, we run our Virtual Residential in December, which gives students the option to complete Exeter Schoalrs in a purely virtual setting with a choice of 4 different subject strands. You will still have access to our world leading academics and teaching paractises, but without having to come onto campus! Applications for this pathway will open in September 2024 - if you are in Year 12 now, you will not be eligible for this pathway, but if you are in Year 11 now, you will be.

Across Year 13, you will find out if you have successfully graduated as a University of Exeter Scholar. However, your journey doesn’t end there and we want to continue supporting you for as long as you need us.

Successful graduates will now be given access to a number of additional events designed to help you find out a bit more about the University of Exeter, as Year 13 marks the moment at which you will decide if you want to apply to university and, if so, where. You will be invited to a private reception at the September University of Exeter Undergraduate Open Day and an exclusive Exeter Scholars Virtual Open Day. We’ll also fund your travel costs to attend an Offer Holder Visit Day at the University of Exeter. 

We hope to see some of our Exeter Scholars studying with us in the future, and those who decide that this is the right option for them will be given the opportunity to qualify as a Senior Scholar by completing an online assessment. As a Senior Scholar you will have a range of enhanced benefits available to you that have been developed to not only support your progression to the University of Exeter but also help you settle in as a new university student.