Hi! My daughter is in year 11, and her school doesn't have a sixth form. There is one sixth form and one college available in the local area. My daughter has applied for a school that's around a 45 minute train journey away, as there is a subject that she is absolutely adamant on doing, and it isn't offered anywhere close.
I was speaking to a friend and she said that a Catholic academy in the area did the subject in their sixth form. I hadn't even realised that school had a sixth form! We went to look around and she absolutely loves the atmosphere, she has anxiety so the smaller class sizes are great for her.
Is moving to an 11-18 a good idea for sixth form? She's worried about the fact people moving up would've known each other for 5 years, and only 10% of the sixth form students are external (Around 10-15 per year). It would save her the journey, and it has an amazing support system.
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Moving from an 11-16 to an 11-18 for sixth form
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reddolphin · 12/01/2019 16:58
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