Open Evening
Our open events are designed to be relaxed and informative. You will get a genuine feel for the culture here, understand our expectations, and see the environment where you will spend the next two years.
Come and see us for yourself.
Moving into the Sixth Form is a significant step, especially if you are joining us from another school. Our Open Evening is designed to help you get a genuine feel for our culture, explore our facilities, and start making confident decisions about your A-Level subjects.
You will have the chance to tour the dedicated Sixth Form Centre, hear from our leadership team, and ask your questions directly to the teachers who will be guiding you over the next two years. Most importantly, you will meet our current students, who can give you the honest, unfiltered truth about Sixth Form life and the transition into Year 12.
Open events
We hold a dedicated Sixth Form Open Evening every autumn, alongside opportunities to visit throughout the year. Details of our next event are below.
- Date: Wednesday 13th November
- Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Location: Churston Ferrers Grammar School
Unlike Year 7 admissions, Sixth Form applications are made directly to Churston, rather than through the local authority. We welcome around 50–60 external students into Year 12 every year. You can find full details of the application process on our main Sixth Form Admissions page.
To join the Sixth Form, students must achieve a minimum of a Grade 6 in five GCSE subjects, as well as at least a Grade 5 in both English Language and Maths. Some specific A-Level subjects may also have their own individual grade requirements.
Absolutely. We hold dedicated Sixth Form open events during the year where you can explore the dedicated Sixth Form Centre, meet Mr Shellum and the team, and speak to current students. If you can’t make an open event, use the contact form above to enquire about a personal visit.
Students in Year 12 received their Vinspired certificates for 10, 30 and 50 hours of volunteering service within the school community.
As part of the Churston Baccalaureate, students are required to give back to the school and volunteer at least 10 hours of volunteering.
This can involve, aiding teachers in lessons, offering peer support, running clubs, attending events and tours within school.
They have already completed over 1800 hours of volunteering since September.
Well done year 12.
#CFGS #churstongrammarschool #churstongrammar #CFGSawards #CFGSVinspired #CFGSsocialjustice #CFGScommunity #CFGSsocialvalues #CFGSsuccess #CFGSachievement #WeAreChurston
Mr Howgate took a team of 8 students from Y10 to 12 up to Sir Thomas Rich's School, Gloucester for the South West Regional round of the European Youth Parliament (EYP) debating competition.
The team debated the introduction of AI and took part in a range of other topics including defence, childhood hunger and asylum policy.
Congratulations to the team: Emory, Gabriella, Joe, Rebecca, Riddha, Grace, Bea and Jamie.
#CFGS #churstongrammar #churstongrammarschool #CFGSdebating #EuropeanYouthParliament #WeAreChurston
Our Year 9 students switched roles from pupils to teachers, hosting an energetic and highly successful Multi-Skills Festival for Reception pupils from Galmpton primary school.
The event was designed to offer the year 9 students a chance to develop their leadership, communication, and organisational skills.
From the moment the Galmpton students stepped off the bus, the atmosphere was one of high energy and focused activity.
Well done to all our Y9 students who were involved in such a positive and rewarding day - it looks like the Galmpton students really enjoyed themselves. You did Churston proud and hopefully inspired a next generation of Churstonians!
#CFGS #churstongrammar #churstongrammarschool #CFGSsuccess galmptonprimary #galmptonprimary #CFGScommunity #CFGSsocialvalues #CFGSvalues #CFGSsocialjustice #CFGSachievement #WeAreChurston
We are incredibly proud of our students for their outstanding achievements in this year’s Y9 Business Studies 10x Challenge Enterprise Fair!
Together, they generated over £1000 in revenue, with multiple student-run businesses each earning more than £100, a fantastic accomplishment!.
From homemade beeswax candles and honeycomb, to personalised charm bracelets, fresh smoothies, photobooths and more - their creativity, teamwork and entrepreneurial spirit truly shone through.
Well done to everyone involved, the future is looking very bright!
#CFGS #churstongrammar #churstongrammarschool #CFGSbusinessstudies #10xchallenge #10xchallenge2026 #CFGSsuccess #CFGSachievement #WeAreChurston
Some of our students recently starred in Spark Youth Theatre Company’s production of Wizard of Oz, produced and directed by Old Churstonian Polly Pritchard-Thomas.
Annie Y7 - Dorothy
Clementine Y7 - Scarecrow.
Milly Y10 - Tinman
Gwen Y9 - Wicked Witch of the West.
Congratulations to you all on a fantastic performance!
#CFGS #churstongrammar #churstongrammarschool #CFGSdrama #CFGSsuccess #CFGSachievement #CFGSperformance #WeAreChurston
Year 8 students at Churston Ferrers have spent their term in Philosophy and Religious Studies delving into the intersection of faith and creativity for the prestigious international Spirited Arts competition.
They first studied religious art from the Global East and West before embarking on an art project of their own. Tasked with responding to religious themes, all 160 students produced a piece of art that was submitted to teachers and our Sixth Form judge, Emory, to narrow down.
To select the finalists, the school welcomed back Ellen McPetrie, an Old Churstonian and celebrated local artist, as a guest judge.
Facing the difficult task of narrowing down a diverse and high-quality field, Ellen spent Tuesday evaluating the technical skill and spiritual depth of the submissions.
After a rigorous selection process, five students have been chosen to represent the school on the international stage. Their work will now be sent off to compete against 3000 entries from across the globe.
The standard of work was incredibly high. We were glad to have a former student like Ellen return to see the talent currently emerging from our Year 8s and to judge the project.
Congratulations to the official finalists: Layla, Emily, Edison, Marley and Harrison.
Mr Beckett, Head of PRS
#CFGS #churstongrammar #churstongrammarschool #CFGSart #CFGSphilosophy #CFGSreligiousstudies #CFGSsuccess #CFGSachievement #spiritedarts #spiritedartscompetition #WeAreChurston
To see what Ellen has been doing since leaving us, visit https://www.mcpetrie.co.uk/.
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Congratulations to Jess in Y7 - after 9 years of commitment, dedication and effort Jess has now gained her Black Belt!
Martial Arts has always been Jess's passion, competing, regionally, MF Regional Championships, Nationally Matt Fiddes Martial Arts Championships & Internationally Matt Fiddes Australia and New Zealand Matt Fiddes Martial Arts Gold Coast. Additionally honing her skills MF Martial Arts Bridport and at International Master Class Training.
You are a massive inspiration and support to those who already look up to you as Miss Jess Matt Fiddes Southwest, encouraging others to achieve what they may at first feel they are not able to, but with patience, practice and dedication, achieving whatever you set your mind to.
Congratulations Jess - we are all so proud of you!!
#CFGS #churstongrammar #churstongrammarschool #CFGSsuccess #CFGSachievement #CFGSsport #CFGSmartialarts #WeAreChurston
Our Year 13 Drama students recently performed their final Drama exam performances, bringing their work from page to stage.
We are incredibly proud of the hard work that they put in during their rehearsal process.
It was their last performance here at Churston and we wish our Year 13 Drama class the best of luck in the future!
#CFGS #churstongrammar #churstongrammarschool #CFGSdrama #CFGSperformance #CFGSsuccess #CFGSachievement #WeAreChurston
To celebrate World Maths Day, Y7 investigated the possible number of platonic solids that could be made and why there are only 5 possible ones!
They made their own platonic solid and used their models to find the connection between the number of faces, vertices and edges.
This led them to discover Euler's formula F + V - E = 2.
#CFGS #churstongrammar #churstongrammarschool #CFGSmaths #WorldMathsDay #WeAreChurston
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