Our eldest daughter wants to change schools for sixth form next year. Her school is a good one, and it gets good results, but she says she hates it. She says the teachers are annoying and the standard of teaching is bad, there have been some staff changes lately but I have no concerns about the standard of teaching.
She is predicted to do well in GCSEs ( 7s and 8s with the mention of a possible 9 or two, but no one is willing to commit to that yet) but is very anxious with her exams being only months away now.
She wants to do 'something medical' as a career and is looking and Biology and Chemistry ( +?) for 6th form. The school she is at has good science teachers and will have a brand new 6th form centre for her Y12.
DH and I don't really want her to move as we know the school but if she really wants to move, we feel she should have some choice in the matter. So we are going to look at 6th forms with her but won't let her move to one that gets worse results than her school.
The ones we have found are all twice the distance away than her present school, so 1 hour commute vs 30 minutes ( or less if I drive them to the station).
Some of her friends are staying, others are leaving to go to specialist schools- art, performing arts, media etc.
Can anyone give us some advice in what to look for in a sixth form? I'm just worried it's Y11 she hates, not the school, and she'll find herself isolated and miserable in a school where she knows no one.
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FiveHoursSleep · 22/09/2017 10:32
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