University and Onward Routes

The UCAS team provides a program of extensive support to all Norwich School pupils as they apply to a huge range of universities in the UK and abroad. This includes numerous talks from internal and external speakers, mock interviews and individual application advice from several staff for each applicant. We support pupils throughout the Sixth Form as well as those who choose to make applications after they have left Norwich School. Our Apply+ programme helps pupils applying to highly competitive courses, like those at Oxbridge and Imperial, that require additional hurdles such as admissions tests; in an anonymous survey, the current Upper 6 cohort gave this program an average rating of 4.5/5. Do watch the video and open the destinations information here to see more of how we help pupils and what they move onto after Norwich School.

Meet the Team

Click on the image to read the team bios.

Anna Stevenson, Director of Marketing and Communications

Claire Warren

cwarren@norwich-school.org.uk

Head of UCAS | Biology Teacher

Benjamin Stokes, Digital Marketing Officer

Barny Pearce

bpearce@norwich-school.org.uk

Deputy Head of UCAS | Politics Teacher

Eleanor Lewis, Graduate Assistant - Marketing

Will Croston

wcroston@norwich-school.org.uk

Director of International Programme, Head of Examinations, UCAS & Careers Advisor | Modern Languages Teacher - German

Anna Stevenson, Director of Marketing and Communications

Helen James

hjames@norwich-school.org.uk

Head of Careers and Work Experience

Benjamin Stokes, Digital Marketing Officer

Sarah Meader

smeader@norwich-school.org.uk

Assistant Examinations Officer, Nelson Tutor and UCAS Administrator - Exams Office

Eleanor Lewis, Graduate Assistant - Marketing

Richard Sims

rsims@norwich-school.org.uk

Assistant Head (Sixth Form) - From Sept 2025 | Sport and PE

Onward Routes and UCAS News

By Eleanor Lewis August 14, 2025
Emotions ran high on A Level results day, and rightly so, as our Class of 2025 reached a major milestone after two years of hard work and commitment. Today marks the beginning of an exciting new journey as they step into the future, armed with the results of their hard work. Over 95% of pupils achieved their first or second choice onward route and there are also some truly outstanding personal triumphs. No question, the pupils in this year’s cohort have every reason to feel proud. We caught up with a few of them to hear first-hand what these results mean and how they’re feeling as they look ahead. 
By Eleanor Lewis July 2, 2025
During the final Tuesday of term, a few rugby players who were interested in taking their game to a new level gathered in Upper King Street to hear a short presentation from Brendan McGroarty about the opportunities offered by American Universities to rugby players. This builds on Ava Wride-Cooper’s amazing achievement of a 100% woman’s rugby scholarship to Quinnipiac in Massachusetts. In his brief presentation, Brendan took us not just through the undergraduate experience but also how the sports scholarship system works and what it would be like to be a sports scholar at an American university by showing us a day in the life of a student in upstate New York. He also highlighted that this opportunity was not for the most elite players but those playing to a good standard at school and county level. Men and Women’s Rugby is one of the fastest growing varsity sports in the US.  There were opportunities at the end to ask questions before starting the School day, inspired about what the future might bring. We hope to invite him back in the new academic year to build on this opportunity with the next generation of Norwich School rugby players.
By Eleanor Lewis May 16, 2025
Most (over 90%) Norwich School pupils who applied through UCAS to university this academic year have now received decisions from all the universities they applied to. We congratulate all pupils on their university offers and offers for apprenticeships and degree apprenticeships received so far. We hope these pupils will understand that the size of the Upper 6 year group means we cannot publicise every offer; the offers below all required additional hurdles (e.g. interviews/admissions tests/auditions/portfolios) as well as a UCAS form. Apply Plus offers received since mid-March (when 16 Apply Plus offers were shared): Caidon Cary – Chemical Engineering at University of Manchester Matthew Coelho Bartram – Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London Oliver Howard – Mathematics at Imperial College London Jack Rowley – Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Imperial College London Offers to study medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine received since mid-March (when 18 of these offers were shared): India Bayes (ON) – Dentistry at University of Sheffield and University of Leeds Natasha Bew (ON) – Medicine at University of Sunderland Menuka Jayakody – Medicine at University of Bristol Sushant Singh – Medicine at UEA Offers to study creative courses for pupils who we have not yet shared offers for: Zach Baker – Music and Sound Recording (Tonmeister) at the University of Surrey Anoushka Craggs – Foundation Course in Acting at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Leah Feetham – BA Musical Theatre and Dance at Bird College Conservatoire, at Performers College (part of BIMM University) and Stella Mann College of Performing Arts. Foundation Musical Theatre at Italia Conti. Katie Jackson - Architecture at University of Liverpool and at UCL (15 applications per place for this course) Freya Tyack – Architecture at University of Nottingham Offers to study at universities abroad received since mid-March (when 5 pupils’ offers were shared): Bosco Tang - Dentistry at HKU (Hong Kong) Lawry Williams – Economics at the University of Western Australia (in Perth) Several pupils have secured reduced grade offers due to being identified by universities as ‘High Performance Athletes’ for a range of sports. We congratulate Fraser Evans on his Sports Scholarship (hockey) to the University of Birmingham.
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