Rainhill Sixth
DESTINATIONS
Your future starts at RH6.
At RH6, our ambition is not simply for students to achieve excellent qualifications. We want every student to leave us confident, well prepared and ready to succeed in their next stage.
Beyond Rainhill
Where could RH6 take you?
There is no single definition of an ambitious destination.
Our students progress to a wide range of high-quality destinations, including universities and highly competitive courses, higher and degree apprenticeships, specialist institutions and employment.
Successful progression is a strength of Rainhill. Our students benefit from personalised careers guidance, meaningful experiences of universities and employers, work experience and individual support to help them make ambitious and informed choices about their future.
Recent RH6 students have progressed to Oxford and Cambridge, Russell Group universities and other highly competitive courses, alongside specialist higher education, degree and high level apprenticeships and employment.
Whatever your intended pathway, we will help you explore your options, understand what is required and build a strong application.
Our destination headlines
Ambitious next steps.
62%
Progressed to university
2026 RH6 leavers
24%
Progressed to Russell Group universities
2026 RH6 leavers
97.9%
Progressed into post-16 education, employment or training
Rainhill students, compared with 94.5% across St Helens — latest Activity Survey
Progression
A strong start beyond Year 11.
The 97.9% post-16 progression rate, compared with 94.5% across St Helens, demonstrates the wider success of Rainhill students in making the transition into education, employment or training after Year 11.
At RH6, we build on this strong foundation, preparing students not simply to secure a destination, but to succeed when they get there.
Support that knows you
Personalised careers guidance.
One of the advantages of a smaller Sixth Form is that we know our students and their ambitions well. Careers support is therefore highly personalised.
As ambitions develop or change, we help students reconsider their options and make informed decisions.
Beyond the classroom
Experience that prepares you.
Making the right decision requires more than reading about different careers.
RH6 students benefit from work experience, employer and university encounters, enrichment, visiting speakers and super-curricular opportunities that help them understand different pathways and develop the skills expected beyond Sixth Form.
These experiences also develop the independence, communication, organisation, confidence and professional habits that universities and employers value.
Your pathway
University, apprenticeship or employment.
We are ambitious for every pathway.
Higher education
University
Students choosing university receive personalised support with course selection, applications, finance, interviews and transition.
Alternative pathways
Apprenticeships & employment
Students considering apprenticeships or employment receive equally focused support to identify opportunities, understand selection processes and prepare competitive applications and interviews.
Our aim is not to direct students towards one particular route. It is to help every student secure an ambitious, appropriate and high-quality next step.
Inclusion & ambition
Opportunity for every student.
A student's background or circumstances should not determine their destination.
Where SEND, disadvantage, financial circumstances, caring responsibilities or other barriers could affect a student's opportunities, we work with them to provide appropriate support and access to experiences.
Our principle
Remove barriers.
Maintain ambition.
Ready for what comes next
More than qualifications.
The RH6 experience is designed to ensure students leave with more than qualifications.
We want students to leave with the knowledge, independence, character and professional habits to make a successful transition into their next stage — and the confidence and ambition to make the most of it.
That is In Pursuit of Excellence beyond Rainhill.
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