Newcastle University PARTNERS Programme Supported Entry Route
Newcastle University
Create a free account to applyWant uni with tailored support? Apply to Newcastle’s PARTNERS route to secure a lower contextual offer, access extra mentoring and wraparound help, and build confidence as you prepare for higher education. Submit a separate PARTNERS application after UCAS.
The PARTNERS Programme Supported Entry Route is Newcastle University’s contextual admissions pathway for applicants who meet one of several widening participation criteria, alongside the programme’s essential requirements. It is designed for students who are preparing to enter higher education for the first time and who may benefit from additional support and a lower contextual offer.
Applicants are assessed through a separate PARTNERS application submitted after the UCAS application. The programme includes referee verification and, if successful, access to the PARTNERS support package and the required Academic Summer School.
This summer school is a compulsory part of the route and must be fully attended in order to keep the offer. Eligibility can be based on a range of circumstances, including postcode, school or college performance, financial support, care experience, disability, caring responsibilities, estrangement, military service, ethnicity, refugee or asylum status, being a parent/carer, or personal extenuating circumstances.
The route is offered annually for a new entry cycle.
29 Jan 2027
27 Jun 2027 – 02 Jul 2027
PARTNERS Academic Summer School
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- Be a resident in the UK.
- Be classified as 'Home' for tuition fees.
- Not already hold a higher education qualification (for example, a degree).
- Have predicted grades of CCC or above, or if you have already achieved your grades, meet the lower PARTNERS offer requirements.
- If your achieved grades do not already match the PARTNERS offer, you must be resitting and be predicted overall CCC or above.
- Be in Year 13 or equivalent at the time you apply.
- Live in a neighbourhood with a low progression rate to higher education or a high level of financial, economic or social deprivation.
- Attend or have attended a school/college that meets the PARTNERS low-performing school criteria for GCSEs or A-levels.
- Be from an ethnic group that is under-represented at Newcastle University (including Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Black Caribbean, Black African, or mixed backgrounds featuring one or more of these groups).
- Be currently in receipt of, or entitled to, Free School Meals, Pupil Premium funding, or discretionary school/college payments linked to financial hardship.
- Have experienced any time in care.
- Neither of your parents/carers have a higher education qualification such as a Higher Degree or First Degree.
- Have a disability or long-term health condition and be in receipt of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) at the required level.
- Be a recognised carer (young carer).
- Be an estranged young person who no longer has family support due to relationship breakdown.
- Have a parent/carer who served in the armed forces during your GCSEs and/or A-levels, or have served in the armed forces yourself.
- Be from a Gypsy, Roma or Traveller community.
- Have refugee status, be an asylum seeker, or be under Humanitarian Protection, and be classified as a home student.
- Be a parent/carer responsible for a child under the age of 17.
- Have experienced personal extenuating circumstances affecting your studies at key educational times.
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