We’re excited to launch the St John’s Inspire Programme for Years 9, 10 & 11 with the materials for the first class.  A copy of the Class 1 Magazine PDF is downloadable from the course page. Plain-text versions of all of the articles in this month’s class, are also available for those unable to access the PDF.  This…

St John’s College is excited to announce the Inspire Programme for Years 9, 10 and 11, 2021-22! This is an online course, run in collaboration with Oxford for South East, open to all pupils at non-selective UK state schools. The course focuses on a central theme which is approached from a variety of subject viewpoints;…

A year of lockdowns and disruption has not stopped the St John’s Access and Admissions Office: we have been hard at work engaging with the hundreds of young people enrolled on our programmes from across the UK. In fact, with over 1,500 pupils participating in the various strands of our Inspire Programme, 2020-21 was our…

Our Access & Outreach termcard collates events and opportunities for school pupils from across the University of Oxford. Read and download it below to see what’s coming up this term! We have recently released new video resources covering an introduction to the University of Oxford, how to apply, and admissions tests. Explore these resources here.

Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry for the 2021 Summer School Poster Competition. Participants enrolled on the Year 12 Inspire Programme were set the challenge of creating an academic poster, investigating a topic related to personal identity. Pupils chose from the following topics: STEM topics our DNA/genes our brain technology evolution Arts &…

We are delighted to be hosting the St John’s Inspire Programme Summer School, which will be held virtually in 2021. New content will be released each morning at 10am from 2nd – 6th August on Inspire Digital. The content will remain on the platform until 23rd September, so participants will be able to join whenever…

Even though schools were closed for much of last term, the work of the St John’ Access & Admissions team continued throughout, with a wide range of virtual activities for pupils from Years 10 to 12, including the launch of a number of new programmes and initiatives, allowing hundreds of pupils to benefit from our…

Congratulations to this year’s winners! This year we are delighted to have run the St John’s Classics and Ancient History Essay competition for its 11th year! This year, we had 203 entries from all over the UK, a record number! The competition is open to all UK students currently studying in Year 12 or equivalent,…

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.

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!

Congratulations to the winners of this term’s third set of Pre-GCSE Inspire competitions! Read their work here.

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s second set of Pre-GCSE Inspire competitions! Click here to see the winning entries.

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!

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…

Try your hand at this Maths brainteaser about dominoes!

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.

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!