Mander Portman Woodward

MPW is one of the country's best known independent sixth-form college groups with colleges in London, Birmingham and Cambridge.

We offer full-time GCSE courses, AS courses and A2 courses over a very wide range of subjects and with no restrictions on subject combinations. We also offer intensive A level and GCSE retake courses and revision courses over Easter.

Characterising all our first-time courses and retake courses is an absolute maximum of eight students within any one class and a strong emphasis on exam technique and exam practice. Our Easter Revision courses offer the same focus on exam technique and exam practice with a maximum group size of nine.

At MPW the social atmosphere is friendly and relaxed. Students are treated as adults but there is a strict work ethic when it comes to punctuality and submission of work. A broad range of extracurricular activities is available for full-time students joining us at Year 10 or Year 12.

Note for prospective A level retake students starting September 2010: This is the second consecutive year in which university places have been very tightly squeezed. A level retakes can be a genuinely game-changing option for some students who are caught without a place in Clearing. Although competitive universities may well raise their standard offers or, in some cases, not consider retake students, deserving students who are advised carefully about their re-applications still can and do meet with success, even for the most competitive courses at the most competitive universities. For example, retake students may be encouraged to learn that in the 2010 UCAS cycle, of the 230 A level retake students at MPW that applied for at least one Russell Group university, 202 were offered a place by at least one Russell Group university.

For further information about each college, please follow the links to the left or telephone straight away for a prospectus or interview.