Walton High School Year 11 Sixth Form Information

Walton High School Year 11 Sixth Form Information Evening

What subjects are on offer? Walton High School – A level Subjects (25 in total) ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ART BIOLOGY BUSINESS STUDIES CHEMISTRY DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (PRODUCT DESIGN) DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (FOOD SCIENCE & NUTRITION) DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (FASHION &TEXTILES) ECONOMICS ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE ENGLISH LITERATURE FILM STUDIES FRENCH GEOGRAPHY GERMAN HISTORY ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ICT MATHEMATICAL STUDIES LEVEL 3 MATHEMATICS FURTHER MATHEMATICS MEDIA STUDIES MUSIC PHYSICAL EDUCATION PHYSICS PSYCHOLOGY RELIGIOUS STUDIES (PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS)

How many subjects? The majority take 3 A’ levels. ¡ A small number will take 4 – dependent on GCSE grades and discussion at interview. ¡ The timetable will contain other qualifications. ¡

What subjects should students choose? ¡ ¡ Subjects which they enjoy and which interest them. Play to their strengths – subjects which they are good at. Subjects that will help them with their next move. The desire to study something new.

What sources of information are open to students? ¡ ¡ ¡ Subject staff Form Tutors Heads of House Mr Silverwood – Director of 6 th Form Heads of Sixth Form – Mrs Cooper Y 12 from Sept Parents Current or past AS/A 2 students UCAS Progress website

Entry Criteria ¡ ¡ 5 GCSE passes at A*-C in at least four subject areas including Mathematics and English Language Grade 5 Many individual subjects have further specific entry requirements – please refer to the Course Guide.

Why choose Walton High School? We know the students ¡ ¡ Advise them on to appropriate courses Build on strengths Improve areas of weakness Ofsted recognition as Outstanding for 6 th Form. We care about student progress ¡ ¡ ¡ We monitor regularly – newly developed student tracker, reports, tutor time etc. We involve students, staff and parents in the process. Data from Tracking used to identify students struggling – possible mentors/supervised study sessions Large Percentage of our students go on to Higher Education – over 80% for the last two years New sixth form centre for 2015

SIXTH FORM EXTRAS ¡ ¡ INDUCTION ENRICHMENT PROGRAMME & AQA Baccalaureate qualification. l l Young Enterprise V Award – Volunteering and work experience Community Sports Leaders Award Extended Project – incorporates: ¡ ¡ ¡ Communication skills I. T. Problem Solving Working with others Improving own Learning and Performance

The Application Process ¡ For all students based at Walton High School the application process is online via UCAS Progress www. ucasprogress. com ¡ Your login and password for this website will be issued by your tutor this week. ¡ If you are not currently a Walton Student your application will be paper based. Packs are available tonight in Reception. Please contact Mrs Wellings, Sixth Form Administrator, if you have any queries.

What Happens next? ¡ Complete on-line application form – before Walton deadline: 31 st January. ¡ Each applicant will be interviewed by a senior member of staff 1 st February onwards. Interviews to focus on: ¡ ¡ ¡ Suitability of choices Current performance and likely exam results Future aspirations Discussion of any areas of uncertainty If needed, make alterations and reapply (may happen during interview)