Student Destinations

What do SGHS students go on to achieve?

DESTINATIONS

At SGHS, leaders and staff unapologetically hold high expectations for what all our learners can achieve. This establishes a deeply inclusive culture where post-16 destinations are never an afterthought but a meticulously planned outcome leading to over 90% of students annually going onto higher education and higher level apprenticeships, whilst the rest go either into employment or have a gap year.

Crucially, the sustainability of this approach is validated by Department for Education (DfE) longitudinal data, which demonstrates that our learners achieve outcomes significantly above national averages years after completing their studies. This long-term tracking confirms that the skills, high-value apprenticeships, and higher education paths secured at SGHS translate into enduring economic and professional success.

This excellent student progression is driven by a highly ambitious, purposefully sequenced curriculum that flawlessly integrates critical careers education and enrichment activity programme and the Gatsby Benchmarks. Through strategic collaborations with national, regional & local employers, organisations and institutions such as Barclays, Gleeds, Schofield Sweeneys & JN Bentleys, learners engage in substantial, meaningful work placements, volunteering and enrichment programmes that directly dismantle barriers to achievement and combat the risk of becoming NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training).

Most notably, this sustained practice over time at SGHS has had a transformational impact on the life chances of vulnerable and disadvantaged learners, including those with SEND, ensuring they defy historical starting points to secure higher education, high-value apprenticeships, or technical employment. This is shown by a strong sustained pattern every year of nearly half of disadvantaged learners going on to the most academically selective institutions, high tariff universities and leading higher education providers compared to 5.4% nationally. This also includes a higher proportion of SGHS students, including disadvantaged students, compared to the national average securing places on competitive, high-tariff clinical degrees year after year, and particularly in STEM subjects.

At SGHS, our core values of Care, Curriculum, Community and Cultivation ensure that all our students go on to the next steps with the skills and characteristics needed to thrive in the wider world.