Applicants born on or after 1st September 1979 will also be required to have GCSE grade C in a Science. Advice on acceptable equivalents can be obtained from the Admissions Office. Applicants' standard of written English will be assessed at interview. All intending teachers and other professionals working with children are required by law to declare whether or not they have a criminal record or have been legally excluded or excluded for reasons of child protection from teaching or working with children. Information on this declaration is available from Local Education Authorities.
Admission is also conditional on receipt of a satisfactory Declaration of Health questionnaire.