How do I select students for the programme?
What are the student targeting criteria?
The Brilliant Club requires that at least 55% of the students registered on the programme meet at least one of our student targeting criteria. These criteria are: having no parental history of higher education in the UK, being in receipt of Pupil Premium, and residing in IDACI decile 1-4, which is a postcode measure for deprivation. (For Wales, this is students in receipt of Pupil Deprivation Grant, and residing lowest two quintiles of WIMD (1-4))
How do I decide which students to select for the programme?
As this is a challenging programme, the most successful placements are those for which lead teachers choose students who have demonstrated the attributes below as opposed to their interest in a specific subject. Your Programme Officer will be able to support you if you have any questions about student selection:
• Academic record: consistently achieved higher than their peers in one or more subjects and/or are acknowledged by teachers as having the potential to do so.
• Attitude to work: consistently apply themselves with maximum effort both in class and homework, and use feedback to further their learning.
• Passion for learning: enjoy independent work and pursue new areas of learning and are actively involved in the wider life of the school.
As noted above, we do also require that at least 55% of students enrolled on the programme meet one or more of our targeting criteria. Please note that we expect schools to cover the full cost of enrolling students onto the Programme so as not to risk adding barriers to participation.
Please see below for further information to help inform your decisions.
| Aims | The Brilliant Club does: | The Brilliant Club does not: |
| Progression to university | Focus on widening access to the most competitive universities | Focus on widening access to higher education in general |
| Raising attainment | Focus on the development of knowledge, skills and ambition through university-style learning | Focus mainly on curriculum content and exam-style questions |
| Developing skills | Develop skills, including independent study, critical thinking and communication skills | Develop basic skills like reading, writing and arithmetic over an accelerated time scale |
| Providing ‘stretch’ | Take students beyond their current key stage and curriculum | Guarantee that programmes will be able to cover specific content on the curriculum |
| Student background | Require that at least 55% of students on the programme fulfil any of our targeting criteria: eligible for Pupil Premium, no parental history of HE in the UK, or in the lowest two quintiles of IDACI | Ask that any students are excluded from consideration on the basis of their background |
How do I enrol students for the programme?
Students should be registered on the Hub, instructions on how to complete this, are on the Hub Support Area, here.