Secondary

Surrey STARS is a strategic programme, developed collaboratively with partner schools, to provide a progressive programme of attainment raising activity. Our collection of whole year group workshops coupled with targeted, sustained programmes offer learners opportunities to learn more about pathways, University of Surrey research and support with achieving predicted grades at GCSE. Surrey STARS is particularly committed to working with the following learners:

• Students who are eligible for Free School Meals
• Students who are care experienced
• Students from a Gypsy, Roma, Traveller, Showperson or Boater community
• Students with special educational need or disability

Our programme is exclusive to partner schools with both in-school and on campus experiences available for students across Years 7 to 11. For further information about Surrey STARS, please visit our outreach website.

How can my school join Surrey STARS?

Our attainment raising programme is launching this year and is currently only available to partner schools who have already been invited to participate. We will next be inviting schools to participate on the programme in preparation for the academic year 2025/26. Participating schools must meet our eligibility criteria:

• Be a state school, within a 20 mile radius of Guildford, or based in Surrey
• Have a higher than national average FSM eligibility and/or FSM GCSE attainment gap
• Are willing to sign a data sharing agreement with the University of Surrey to support with targeting and reporting impact

If you would like to express interest in joining Surrey STARS and meet the eligibility criteria, please contact our team directly at wp@surrey.ac.uk

Surrey Scholars is our award winning* sustained programme of extra curricular outreach from the University of Surrey for students in Years 10 to 13.

Surrey Scholars is a progressive programme of hybrid activity in preparation for GCSEs, Further and Higher Education. Our flexible model enables learners to access as much content and opportunity as they feel is beneficial in support of their current studies and future pathways.

For further information about Surrey Scholars, please visit our outreach website.

*Surrey Scholars won the NEON Widening Access Initiative (Outreach) Award 2023 and UK Social Mobility Silver Award 2023