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QMC’s Oxbridge Support Programme

Our promise to you:

✔ A joyful, stretching and developmental programme

✔ A subject specialist for every applicant

✔ Extensive, knowledgeable, support, when you need it

✔ A meticulous plan, helping you build throughout Year 12 towards the strongest possible application to elite universities in Year 13

✔ A zero-pressure approach, empowering you to decide what’s best for you

✔ We stay in close, regular contact with Oxford, Cambridge and other elite universities, ensuring we give you the very latest advice, and offer lots of chances to hear from them

✔ You will gain skills and experiences which will serve you well in applying to any elite university… and in life!

2025 Oxbridge Statistics

We are hugely proud of all of our applicants for their courage to apply, their intellectual curiosity to take on such fascinating super-curricular activities, and their collaboration in supporting each other so warmly throughout the process.

24% of QMC’s Oxbridge applicants received offers, surpassing the recent global success rates. By comparison, only 15–16% of Oxford applicants and 19-21% of Cambridge applicants worldwide receive offers.
All of our Oxbridge applicants have received superb university offers, including at least one Russell Group university each.

QMC Oxbridge Flyer

About us:

At QMC, Oxbridge support goes far beyond occasional external talks. Students benefit from a weekly 40-minute tutorial with a dedicated member of the Oxbridge team, focused on academic development and thorough preparation for applications and interviews. Alongside this, students receive weekly guidance from an in-house subject mentor, with access to external mentors in specialist areas.

Our Oxbridge Support Programme, comprised of many specialist professionals, is overseen by Tom Featherstone, a former Queen Mary’s College and Oxford University student (Philosophy, Politics and Economics), and Jason Yeomans, a former Oxford and Cambridge University graduate. Specialist Maths and Science support is led by David Smith (Maths) and Nick Everett (Mechanical Engineering), both former Imperial College graduates.

Education for High Achievers is a key priority for QMC, reflected by the leading role we play in national and county initiatives. We have a fine and long-standing tradition of supporting high achieving students by providing challenging and stretching opportunities for students who are academically gifted, or talented in another area such as sports or the arts.

QMC students who apply to Oxbridge are offered places in subjects as diverse as Veterinary Medicine, Music, Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

We also provide additional support for students who are talented in other areas, for example play for national sports teams, win prestigious art and media awards, dance and act in national productions or play in highly respected orchestras. Wherever your area of talent lies, we are here to support you to help you achieve your potential and reach your goals.

Programme outline:

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Oxbridge courses our students have progressed to in recent years:

With a success rate well above the national average, our students have progressed to a wide range of Oxford and Cambridge courses:

Biochemistry	Human Sciences
Chemistry	Law
Economics and Management	Medicine
English Language and Literature	Music
Foundation Year in Arts and Humanities (progressing to a full Cambridge degree in Y2-4)	Philosophy and Theology
History	Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Human, Social and Political Sciences	Veterinary Medicine

To find out more:

✔ Look out for our annual Oxbridge and Highly Selective Universities talk during Year 11
✔Look out for an email within your first few weeks at QMC inviting you to enrol into the programme

“The help was extensive, whether it was advice about the various Oxbridge colleges, what entry exams are needed or just regular updated guidance about super-curriculars, I never felt like I didn’t know what to do.”

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