• study centres with library and quiet study area
• the opportunity to study independently in private study time
• access to information technology facilities

for leisure

• leisure facilities including Sports Centres, swimming pool

for fun

• opportunities for an active social life
• social areas with refreshment facilities

Sixth form councils

Students are encouraged to take responsibility for organising various activities:

• Staff and Sixth Form Sports Events
• Staff and Sixth Form Social Events
• General Knowledge Quizzes
• Charity Events Conferences
• Fund-raising Debating
• Discos Speech Competitions
• Tuck Shop Organisation Visits
  
  

Transport between the two Colleges is free.

Additional Studies and opportunities

• Experience of Work
• Health Issues
• CSLA (Sports Leadership)
• Information Technology
• Young Enterprise
• Contemporary Issues
• Duke of Edinburgh
• Changemakers
• Community in School
• Physical Recreation
• Personal and Social Education
• Community outside School
• Environmental Awareness
• Economic Awareness
• Key Skills
• Religious and Moral Issues
• Introduction to Driving
  

Support and Guidance

Tutorial Support

You will be a member of a small tutor group. With your tutor you will negotiate your personal timetable, review progress and discuss other important aspects of personal development during individual tutorial consultation.

TWO-YEAR COURSES

Students can select a programme from the following:

1. AS levels / A2 levels

• Students will normally study 4 subjects at AS level in Year 12.
• Most will continue with 3 subjects at A2 level in year 13. Some may study 1 or 2 other subjects at AS level.

The following subjects are on offer:

• Art & Design
• French Music
• Technology
• Biology
• Geography
• Philosophy
• Business Studies
• German Physics
• Chemistry
• History
• P.E. and Sport
• Drama & Theatre Studies
• I C T
• Product Design
• Economics
• Mathematics
• Sociology
• English Literature
• Media Studies
• English Language
• General Studies
• English Language & Lit.

2. A V C E
Equivalent to 2 ‘A’ levels.

Business Health & Social Care Information Technology
Performance Studies (Single Award)

All two-year students will study General Studies AS/A2

ONE-YEAR COURSES

Students can select one of the following programmes:

1. GNVQ INTERMEDIATE
This is a vocational qualification equivalent to 4 A-C GCSE’s. The following options are on offer:

Art & Design Business
Information Technology

2. GCSE:
The following two subjects are available:

• English Language
• Mathematics

3. CACHE Level 2 – Certificate in Child Care and Education

All one-year students will also study Key skills - application of number, communication and IT and receive a qualification for these.

Whilst we hope that all the courses described in this booklet will take place, they are subject to the constraints of staffing, finance and student demand.