St Peter’s Sixth Form

Planning your future

• Your subject curriculum

• Managing your time

• Moving on

St Peter’s Sixth Form

Choosing your subjects• 5+ A* - C = 4 or 5 AS levels

• 4 A* - C = 3 AS levels + GCSE retake

• <4 A* - C = Level 2 SCL Football coaching NVQ programme plus AS Levels and/or GCSE retake -progress to Level 3 for successful candidates

or Level 2 BTEC retail course

St Peter’s Sixth Form

The Timetable• Subjects in 5 blocks• Choose subjects from different blocks• Identify study lessons and leisure lessons• CoPE/ Critical Thinking• Enrichment = PE and many other

opportunities• Link courses may be possible• New Diploma may be possible

St Peter’s Sixth Form

Which subjects?

• Needed for careers• Build on your strengths• Skills needed for success• Something new?• Group of 3 + 1 for breadth• Assessment – coursework/ exam balance

St Peter’s Sixth Form

Exams…and more exams

• Some AS exams in January Year 12• AS complete June Year 12• Some A2 exams in January Year 13• A Levels complete in June Year 13• Coursework deadlines vary by subject• Need to be very organised

St Peter’s Sixth Form

Monitoring Progress

• Regular tests with feedback to tutor and parents

• Build up a profile of your progress

• Make full use of school study facilities in non-contact time

St Peter’s Sixth Form

Moving on• Most students go on to Higher Education• Preparation starts in Spring Year 12• Electronic applications start Summer term• Focused preparation programme for

Oxbridge applicants• Work experience if needed• Not all careers need degrees• Connexions programme for non-HE

applicants

St Peter’s Sixth Form

What grades do I need?

• Depends on your University• Depends on your course• Depends on the type of degree• Employers have different requirements

• And it’s not just your A Levels…

St Peter’s Sixth Form

Medical Schools’ Entrance Requirements

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AAA - AAB

A Levels to include Chemistry and (Biology

or Physics or Maths)Must have Biology at AS level if not offered

at A level.

 

at least 7 A* GCSE grades,

including Maths and English at

Grade A minimum.

Brighton &

Sussex

3.5, with 340

points from the 3 full A levels =

AAB

A Levels to include Biology or Chemistry Grade A; the other at minimum AS Grade B

UKCAT

GCSE English at grade B and

Mathematics at grade B

St Peter’s Sixth Form

2009 applicants to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

 Arts, Humanities, Social

SciencesScience, Engineering,

Medicine

Applicants

Mean AS Module score + range

Mean no of A* at GCSE

Mean AS Module score + range

Mean no of A* at GCSE

All89.5

73.8 - 99.46.2

0 - 1290.1

64.2 - 99.46.1

0 - 12

Accepted92.4

83.3 - 99.47.6

1 - 1194.3

84.9 - 99.48.0

2 - 12

St Peter’s Sixth Form

After AS/A Levels• AS Clinics

• Personal support by phone / in person for A level leavers

• Gap Year applicants apply through school

• Advice and guidance continues as long as you need it