Residential summer schools

Who is eligible?

Places on the residential and virtual summer schools will be allocated to Year 12 students, from currently under-represented groups in higher education, who attend a non-selective state school or college in the United Kingdom.

Places will be awarded based on:

• Meeting eligibility criteria
• Capacity of chosen subject strand

To apply for the summer schools, applicants must meet at least one of the criteria below:

• You are from low participation neighbourhoods (defined as POLAR4 quintiles 1 and 2 by OfS*)
• You are from an area of high deprivation (index of multiple deprivation (IMD), quintiles 1 and 2*)
• You are from a low participation area (defined as TUNDRA LSOA, quintiles 1 and 2)
• You have been eligible for free school meals in last six years
• You are eligible for a 16-19 bursary (or equivalent)
• You are a care experienced young person (e.g. local authority care, kinship care)
• You have a diagnosed disability or long-term health condition
• You are a young carers (e.g. you care for a friend or relative with a disability, illness, mental health condition or addiction)
• You are a forced migrant (e.g. refugee, asylum seeker)
• You are estranged, studying without the support of family (e.g. either limited or negative contact or no contact with either parent)
• You have a parent/carer who has served in the armed forces or reserves
• You are from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic group
• You are from Gypsy, Roma, Traveller community
• You have suffered significant disruption due to illness or personal circumstance.

* You can check your eligibility using our postcode checker tool.

If you have any questions or queries, please contact summerschools@surrey.ac.uk.