Dear Year 10 and 11 pupils, We hope you’ve had a wonderful holiday season and New Year’s! We’re excited to welcome you back to the Year 10 and 11 Inspire Programme with the first class materials. Today we are excited to release the first class materials for our Year 10 and 11 Inspire Programme. This…
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Year 10 Class 4: Competition results
We’re delighted to announce the winners of 2020’s final set of Pre-GCSE Inspire competitions! Click here to see the winning entries.
St John’s welcomes 997 pupils to the Inspire Programme for Years 10 and 11
We are very excited to welcome a total of 997 pupils from 141 non-selective state schools onto the Inspire Programme for Years 10 and 11 this year! Click here to find out more about this year’s course.
Classics and Ancient History Essay Competition, 2020-21
The St. John’s College Classics and Ancient History Essay Competition will be running for the eleventh time during the academic year 2020-21 – find out more here!
Year 10 Class 3: Competition results
Congratulations to the winners of this term’s third set of Pre-GCSE Inspire competitions! Read their work here.
Year 10 Class 2: Competition results
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s second set of Pre-GCSE Inspire competitions! Click here to see the winning entries.
Inspire Year 10 and 11 Launch
St John’s College, as part of Oxford for South East, is excited to announce the Year 10 and 11 Inspire Programme for 2020-21!
Year 10 Class 1: Competition results
We’re delighted to announce the winners of this year’s first Pre-GCSE Inspire competitions! Click here to explore the fantastic entries we received…
Access and Admissions – summer update
Despite the suspension of all face-to-face access and admissions activity at St John’s in March 2020, the Access and Admissions team has continued to work hard throughout the lockdown, providing information, advice and dedicated digital resources to students and teachers across the UK.
Year 9 Virtual Summer School competition winners
Congratulations to Year 9 competition winners!
Year 12 Virtual Summer School competition winners
Congratulations to all Year 12 competition winners!
Inspire Virtual Summer Schools in review
Following last week’s Virtual Summer Schools on the Inspire Programme, we are excited to announce the winners of last week’s Year 9 and Year 12 competitions!
Year 9 Virtual Summer School: Timetable
Welcome to the Pre-GCSE Inspire Programme’s Virtual Summer School! Click here to see the timetable for the week.
Year 11 Virtual Summer School: Timetable
Welcome to the Year 11 Inspire Programme’s Virtual Summer School! Click here to get started.
Year 12 Virtual Summer School: Timetable (STEM)
Welcome to the Year 12 Inspire Programme’s Virtual Summer School for STEM! Click here to get started.
Year 12 Virtual Summer School: Timetable (Humanities)
Welcome to the Year 12 Inspire Programme’s Virtual Summer School for Humanities! Click here to get started.
Inspire Virtual Summer Schools
One of the highlights of our year at St John’s College is our Inspire Programme summer schools – and this year they are happening virtually! Click here to learn more.
Year 9 Class 6: Competition results
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s final set of Pre-GCSE competitions! Click here to see the winning entries.
Year 9 Class 5: Competition results
We’re delighted to announce the winners of our fifth set of Pre-GCSE Inspire competitions! Click here to find out more.
Year 9 Class 4: Competition results
We’re delighted to announce the winners of our fourth set of Pre-GCSE Inspire competitions! Click here to find out more.
Mentoring for Offer Holders
We’re pleased to announce the launch of a new mentoring scheme for our offer holders! Click here to find out more.
Virtual Open Days
We were delighted to host our first ever Virtual Open Days on 1-2 July 2020. Find out how you can still access the Virtual Open Day here!
St John’s to participate in Virtual Open Days
Together with the rest of the University, we will be hosting Virtual Open Days on 1 and 2 July, as well as 18 September. Click here to find out more!
Support for offer holders now online
Our tutors have put together some voluntary reading and other work so that offer holders have a chance to get a flavour of their subject before beginning their course.
Year 9 Class 3: Competition results
Congratulations to the winners of our third set of competitions on the Pre-GCSE Inspire Programme! Take a look at the winning entries here…
Year 9 Class 2: Competition results
Congratulations to the winners of our second set of competitions in the Pre-GCSE Inspire Programme! Click here to see their fantastic work.
Inspire Year 11: Virtual Summer School and more!
We are excited to announce a virtual Summer School to take place this year for our Year 11 Inspire Programme! Click here to read more about this and the final competition.
Year 9 Class 1: Competition results
Here you can see the prize-winning competition entries for the first class of our online Pre-GCSE Inspire Programme.
St John’s Library opens virtually
The St John’s College Library team have put together a series of activities that allow you to engage with the St John’s collections in new and exciting ways…
Getting creative with online access and outreach during Hilary 2020
Review the progress of our programmes and events during the first half of term, and find out how we are rising to the challenge of providing excellent digital access and outreach provision during the ongoing lockdown.
Classics and Ancient History Essay Competition winners announced
Congratulations to this year’s winners of the St John’s Classics and Ancient History Essay Competition, which celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2020!
Inspire team coordinates two pairs of Aspiration Days
As part of our Pre-GCSE Inspire Programme, currently running in 24 non-selective state schools in Ealing and Harrow, our Access & Outreach team have recently coordinated two full-day Aspiration Days per borough running on weekends, allowing pupils enrolled on the programme to get creative and explore new subjects in depth.
History Study Day welcomes 32 Year 12 students to St John’s
On Tuesday 10 March 2020 we were pleased to welcome Year 12 students from non-selective state schools across the UK to our History Study Day.
Successful Maths Study Day for Year 12 students
On Thursday 5 March we were delighted to welcome 48 Year 12 students from state schools across the UK to a Maths Study Day at St John’s.
A new and improved home for access on the St John’s website
St John’s is proud of its commitment to recruiting the best students possible, regardless of background. Our Access and Outreach Officers, tutors and wonderful student ambassadors work with schools and colleges to encourage and support students considering applying to Oxford—and now you can see more of this work than ever before on our new and improved pages on the St John’s College website!
Inspire Year 11: Class 3
How time has flown—it’s already time for the final class in this year’s Inspire course for Year 11! Last time we considered the role volcanoes played in the demise of the dinosaurs, learned about geographical records left by volcanic eruptions and much more. Today we turn from the science of volcanoes to the creative works…
Announcing Access Travel Awards
Keen to come to an event at St John’s but unable to afford the travel costs? We’re excited to launch a new travel award for attendees at St John’s access events.
Exciting developments in the Inspire Programme during Michaelmas 2019
Michaelmas Term has been an exciting and busy time in the Access & Outreach Office at St John’s! In addition to launching our very own Twitter account and growing our Instagram presence, our Inspire programme has grown bigger and better than ever this term. Pre-GCSE Inspire Programme Our innovative pre-GCSE Inspire Programme launched in October…
Inspire Year 11: Class 2 materials released
After digging through Roman trade documents, dinner party wares and petrified library scrolls in Class 1 of our Year 11 Inspire course in early January, we’re now excited to release Class 2! This time we will consider the role volcanoes played in the demise of the dinosaurs. We’ll learn about the geographical records that volcanic…
Year 12 Study Day applications are open!
Applications are open for our upcoming Study Days! Study Days at St John’s offer high-achieving Year 12 students at non-selective state schools an opportunity to experience higher level study in their chosen subject.
We have a new Twitter account!
Agnes the Access Lamb is coming to a Twitter near ewe… We’re excited to announce that we have a brand new Access & Outreach Twitter account! Follow us for updates on study days, open days, school visits and the Inspire Programme, as well as opportunities in the wider world of Oxford: You can also still…
Inspire Year 11: Class 1 materials released
We hope you’ve had a wonderful holiday season and New Year’s! Today we are excited to release the first class materials for our Year 11 Inspire Programme. This year we’re considering the question “What is the power of a volcano?” In this class we learn how to engage with primary sources and historical materials in…
Years 10-13: The Oxford Scientist writing competition
Should we focus on fixing our planet or move to a new one? Enter The Oxford Scientist’s schools writing competition for Years 10-13 by 24 January 2020!
Year 11: Introduction to the course
We are delighted to welcome 578 pupils onto the St John’s Inspire Programme for Year 11! Click the link below for an introduction to the course. Over the next few months we will be sending you class materials via email from inspire@sjc.ox.ac.uk, so please make sure you add this address to your email contacts so…
Inspire Year 12 Launch
We’re excited to open applications for the Inspire Programme for Year 12!
Inspire Year 11 Launch
St John’s is excited to launch the Year 11 Inspire Programme for 2019-20! Find out more about the programme and how to sign up here.
Degree Day – 14th September 2019
Below is a selection of photos from the Degree Day held at St John’s on 14th September 2019. Congratulations to all of our students who graduated at this ceremony – and welcome to our alumni community! If you would like a photo or photos removed from this gallery, please contact communications@sjc.ox.ac.uk. Please provide the identification…
Year 12 & 13 Theology Study Day
This October, St John’s is holding a Theology Study Day for KS5 students and their teachers on Saturday 5th October. The Study Day is open to all UK students currently studying in Year 12 or 13 (or equivalent). Study days give pupils a taste of what it is like to live and study as an…
Successful Open Days at St John’s
We were delighted to welcome over 5000 visitors to St John’s on 3rd and 4th July for the first Open Days of 2019. Prospective students, along with their parents and carers, were taken on tours of the college with our brilliant Student Ambassadors, had the chance to sample lunch in Hall, and also met our…
St John’s runs first State School Study Day in Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
St John’s continues to offer study days for state school applicants in different disciplines. This study day in Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, run on 8 June for the first time by St John’s, was attended by 55 Year 12 pupils from 31 state schools across the UK. Pupils travelled from as far as Plymouth and…