Schools & Sixth Form Colleges in general

Sixth Form- What a difference I am currently in the Sixth form at the school I have attended for the past 5 years! I have to say that it is a very large step up from Gcse level and I did not expect such a difference. Moving Up (General) In year 11, there is a lot of pressure on you to achieve the best grades as possible. After Gcse's, teachers make out you can relax but this is not the case. You have a lot more responsibilities and options as a sixth former but the work load only gets worse the older you get. The big changes that take place from Y11 to Y12 are that in some places you get to wear your own clothes, teachers have a more ...  Read the complete review

I like schools; I work in one. With the pressure from the government, I don't think many schools could be called lazy. I know firsthand the amount of effort put into seeing kids progress, and it's huge. After five years in the profession I am of the firm belief that if a child wants to achieve in school they will. Take me, for example. I went to a very poorly thought of inner city school yet got ten A grades at GCSE. Why? Because I did three hours of revision every weeknight and five on a Saturday. Whilst I am not recommending that to everyone, I will say that schools only do so much, and a healthy home support is necessary to help your child ...  Read the complete review

I have completed my A levels and I would say they were considerably harder than GCSEs. Despite doing less subjects, there is a lot more information to learn. One unit in Biology for example may account for the equal knowledge needed to complete a whole GCSE. Many schools offer a large range of subjects including the scientific ones such as biology, chemistry, physics and maths to other academic ones such as geography, history, business studies and politics to languages including French, German, English and Spanish as well as the creative subjects such as art, fashion design, food technology and design and technology. I took all the compulsory ...  Read the complete review

I have just finished my a-levels at Torquay Boys' Grammar School 6th form, in Devon (England). And I think that it was a better choice than going to college. Primarily, because the qualifications i received are perhaps more recognised in some areas of the employment world than a NVQ or similar qualification. Also, for my particular 6th form, it was brilliant as it was attached to the secondary school I went to. As is the case with many 6th forms. This is beneficial as you start off (probably) the hardest work you have had to do in already familiar surroundings, rather than having to adjust to it at a new college. This is especially good when you consider that ...  Read the complete review

What is it? A 6th Form Centre is one where students of the ages between 16-18 (in England years 12 and 13 or upper and lower sixth) are taught. This is normally for A-level qualifications in England, and the range varies between sixth form centres and across the country and is normally decided upon by available teaching staff and demand (ie you can't teach Music if you don't have any music teachers). Isn't it just like High School? Not really, you have the choice to attend a sixth form college or not, so normally everyone who is at the sixth form is their because they want to be, not because they have to be. This often means that there is more ...  Read the complete review