Not like school (Blackpool Sixth Form College)

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Product:	Blackpool Sixth Form College
Date:	25/02/08 (135 review reads)
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Advantages: friendly community

Disadvantages: too many students on a small site

Situated on the edge of Blackpool, Blackpool Sixth Form College offers a variety of qualifications (A Levels, Applied A-Levels, BTEC and GCSE) in a very large variety of different subjects, which I have included below:

Art Textiles
Biology
Business Studies
Chemistry
Classic Civilisation
Combined Art (3D)
Computing
Dance
Digital Photography
Drama and Theatre Studies
Economics
Electronics
English Language
English Literature
Environmental Studies
Film Studies
Fine Art
French
Further Mathematics
Geography
German
Graphic Design
Law
Mathematics
Media Studies
Modern History
Music
Music Technology
Physical Education
Physics
Politics
Psychology
Religion, Ethics and Philosophy
Sociology
Spanish
Applied Business (Double Award)
Applied Health & Social Care (Double Award)
Applied Business (Single Award)
Applied ICT (Single Award)
Applied Science (Medical Science) (Single Award)
Applied Science (Forensic Science) (Double Award)
ICT Practitioners (Multimedia) (Double Award)
Media Production (Double Award)
Music (BTEC Double Award)
Performing Arts (BTEC Double Award)
Sport (BTEC Double Award)
Sport & Exercise Science (BTEC Double Award)
Travel & Tourism (BTEC Double Award)
Travel & Tourism (Triple Award)
Law & Legal Work - 1 yr course (BTEC short Course)
International Baccalaureate - Diploma (International Baccalaureate)
BTEC Applied Science (First Diploma) (Level 2 Course)
BTEC Travel and Tourism (Level 2 Course)
DiDa ICT (Level 2 Course)
GCSE Applied Art & Design (Double Award) (Level 2 Course)
GCSE Business Studies (Level 2 Course)
GCSE English (Level 2 Course)
GCSE Geography (Level 2 Course)
GCSE Health & Social Care (Double Award) (Level 2 Course)
GCSE Mathematics (Level 2 Course)
GCSE Media Studies (Level 2 Course)
GCSE Science (Single Award) (Level 2 Course)
GCSE Sociology (Level 2 Course)
Key Skills Information Technology Level 2 (Level 2 Course)


Due to the small size of the college, it is quite a small close community in which you can make a very big range of friends (by having friends in your own lessons, and then getting to know their friends in their lessons etc.).


The college has a wide range of people from areas not just from Blackpool, but also all the major towns and villages of the Fylde and Wyre districts. Transport is also never a problem with major bus routes running from wherever you want; there is also a train station about a 20 minute walk away in Poulton, creating an even bigger ease with getting to your lessons on time. A large car park and a bike area are both also available for the people who choose to drive or cycle.

The college day consists of 6 periods, which one period being dinner, and then an additional 20 minute break. The most amount of timetabled sessions you have each day is 5 -from 8.45 to 3.55, although you can go in much earlier, and stay much later, with extra sessions on sometimes each night. Every Wednesday is also half-day allowing students to take up a recreational subject (many include football, martial arts, badminton...) or go home early.


The college itself contains a number of low buildings which are separated into various departments, with each one given its own name (such as the 'wire' building or 'Brock'), making it easier to find where you classroom is for the next lesson (each room starts with the letter of the building - for example B001 is in Brock).


A new building is currently being constructed replacing the Old 'Wire' building which opens in August 08, which will be a high tech Science and Technology Building, containing a large Learning Resource area on the ground floor with the departments of Science and Leisure, Sport & Tourism using the other 2 floors.


Overall id say Blackpool Sixth Form College is a good place to be, very different to school in the way that all the staff treat you like young adults, with most of the people in each subject because they chose to be, not like they had to be at school.


Thanks for reading.

Summary: good variety of subjects to choose from