Destinations​

As a result of a very successful T Level work placement Aggie was offered a degree level apprentice position at the Medical Research Council’s Laboratory of Molecular Biology (MRC LMB). Aggie joined CAST for her Sixth Form education to study for a T Level in Laboratory Science, for which she achieved a Merit grade. During a 3 month work placement at the LMB she rotated round a number of their Core Facilities trying her hand at microscopy, genotyping, biophysics, media prep and low cytometry. It was in the latter that she developed a real passion and was taken on as an apprentice studying at ARU. In addition to her T Level work placement Aggie gained further laboratory experience through CAST Sixth Forms Challenge Project programme.

Ivan is studying Biochemistry at the University of Manchester. He started CAST in Year 9, staying on into the Sixth Form to study Biology, Chemistry and Maths gaining A, A, A. He also completed an EPQ designing and building an embedded machine learning system to recognise faces. Whilst at CAST he completed a wide range of Challenge Projects including in molecular biology, chemistry and computing.

Joe achieved a highly competitive degree level apprenticeship position at Airbus studying aeronautical engineering. He joined CAST in Year 9 and progressed through to our Sixth Form. In Sixth Form Joe studied A Levels in Physics, Biology, Maths and Chemistry, achieving A*, A*, A, A respectively. He also completed an EPQ on the engineering of the James Webb space telescope, for which he was also awarded an A*. Furthermore, Joe took part in Chemistry and engineering Challenge Projects and was a member of the CAST Sixth Form CamSat team, producing and launching a mini-satellite.

Jonas is studying Medicine at Kings College London. Jonas studied Biology, Psychology and Chemistry at CAST Sixth Form gaining the grades A*, A, B, he also completed an outstanding EPQ exploring the similarities and differences between social media and drug addictions for which he was awarded an A*. CAST Sixth Form supported his application to study Medicine at university by providing work experience and supporting his UCAS application, including providing support with his personal statement and a mock interview. Jonas was a member of the colleges MedSoc gaining a wider insight into careers in the health service.

Marta is studying Veterinary Medicine at University of Cambridge. Marta joined CAST Sixth Form to study A Levels in Biology, Chemistry and Maths, achieving A grades in all her subjects. She also gained an A grade for her EPQ. During her time in CAST Sixth Form Marta achieved the United Learning Best in Everyone Award for Biology, this is awarded for subject excellence, only one student is selected from over 50 United Learning schools. In addition to her academic studies Marta completed extended projects in molecular biology, ecology and organic chemistry. CAST Sixth Form also supported her university application, providing personalised support with her application, a mock interview and, through United Leaning, was able to provide access to a webinar series on Oxbridge admissions and provided a day visit and workshop at a Cambridge College. CAST Sixth Form further supported her to gain appropriate work experience.

Michael is studying Applied Physics at Eindhoven Technical University. Whilst in CAST Sixth Form Michael studied Maths, Physics, Computer Science and Further Maths, gaining A*, A*, A, A respectively, he also achieved an A grade for his EPQ in which he created a real time suspension telemetry system for a mountain bike. In addition to his A Levels Michael worked with Cambridge University to complete an extended STEM project in computing - designing, building and training an AI to identify musical genres from patterns in the music. In a separate project, working with ARU, he designed and built a piece of medical technology. CAST Sixth Form supported Michael in gaining work experience at Mott MacDonald and with his university application.

Sarah is studying Neuroscience at Manchester University. Sarah came to CAST for her Sixth Form studies, she sat A Levels in Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Further Maths, gaining A*, A, A, B respectively. She also gained an A grade for her EPQ. During her time in CAST Sixth Form Sarah took part in projects working in protein science and organic chemistry.

Tom is studying Forensic Science at Northumbria University. He joined CAST for his Sixth form studies, taking a T Level in Laboratory Science, for which he was awarded a Distinction (one of only 7 in the country). For his T Level work placement he spent 3 months working in the Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge. At CAST Sixth Form he also completed Challenge Projects cloning and expressing the PTEN oncogene in bacteria and studying the ecology of Hobson’s Conduit.