Moving into the Sixth Form
will be as significant a change as the one you made when you joined your
High School; then, you had to adjust to learning eight or nine discrete
subjects, now, you will be in charge of your own learning in two or three
chosen subject areas, and will be given adult status within the Sixth Form
Centre.
We plan to organise
'induction days' before the end of your Year 11, when there will be
opportunities to familiarise yourself with what the Sixth Form has to offer;
these days will be significant in determining your next two years, both
socially and academically.
Once you have made up your
mind to join the Sixth Form, the first object is to fill in an application
form indicating which subjects/courses you wish to follow. This should not
be as difficult a choice as it may seem because by then you will have talked
over your way forward with your parents, teachers and careers advisers and
will have a fair idea of what will be open to you should you reach the
necessary standards at GCSE. You need not worry that your original plan will
have to stand; changes may be made, with guidance, right up to the day you
start the term. Following your GCSE results you will be able to arrange for
an interview with the Head of Sixth Form to review your programme of study
should you need to do so.
