For all levels of student, good attendance is expected but is also a necessity if they are to achieve their full attendance. The biggest correlation with poor progress is always poor attendance .
If you have any concerns about your son/daughter’s progress then please get in touch with their tutor.
Please note, there is no specific ‘study leave’ period for AS students, they remain in lessons for each subject until they sit each examination. Their teaching recommences on Monday 11th June. In order to progress to the second year of A level, students will need to pass all their first year subjects. We will also not be offering restart programmes on A level for those students who are unsuccessful this summer, so it essential that students put the work in now and there is no reason for any of our students not to pass. A2 teaching continues until the spring bank break commencing 4th June but may be requested to attend some sessions after the holiday by staff who have late papers. First year B Tec students have no breaks in lesson delivery and continue in lessons until the term ends on 28th June ( to be confirmed). Level 1, 2 and second year level 3 B Tec students will receive dates from teaching staff for final submission for their coursework.
Progress to higher education
Thank you to all the parents who attended our recent Higher education evening and for the very positive feedback that you provided. You may have noticed that there is a new tab on the parent page for higher education and we hope to continue to post relevant information here to support your research into suitable universities and the minefield that is student finance. We have recently added a new Student finance special from Manchester metropolitan university which has some useful information on bursaries and good links to other useful sites. We hope that you find this useful. Because we had such a appositive response regarding the HE parents evening, we hope to offer a second part early in the new academic year, likely around the end of September. We hope you will be able to attend and will inform all parents of specific details nearer the time. Students had a great experience on the careers and HE day and we hope to move forward from this by offering visits out to specific universities for specific courses during the week commencing the 25th June. We would also encourage you and your son/daughter to attend as may open days as you are able to look at courses and facilities over the summer term and the link here will detail the main ones http://www.open days.com/calendar/ |