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S London 6th form recommendations?

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CaroBeaner · 21/11/2013 19:17

Where would you look for a boys or co-ed sixth form for a science (probably Maths, physics and chemistry) orientated student who is likely to get A , A* in A level subjects and English at GCSE and generally As and Bs.
State sector. We have no faith involvement but would not object to a faith school.
How do sixth forms assign places? Is distance a factor? We are in the Southwark / Lambeth / Croydon / Wandsworth area.

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thehat · 24/11/2013 13:14

Prendergast does take on students to the sixth form, based on their GCSE results. It is an expanding sixth form too, so taking more on roll every year.

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CaroBeaner · 24/11/2013 12:35

So would a school like Prendergast take new students based on GCSE results?

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Needmoresleep · 22/11/2013 23:56

It might also be worth adding the Harris Westminster sixth form to your list. Brand new so will be interesting to see if reality matches aspiration.

Summersunandflowers · 22/11/2013 20:32

some!

Summersunandflowers · 22/11/2013 20:31

Prendergast gets soe excellent Science results.

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CaroBeaner · 22/11/2013 10:29

That's interesting - I didn't know it was possible to go to the Sutton grammars for sixth form if you hadn't been a pupil there.
Graveney will be on our list, and Dunraven which seems to have a rising-fast reputation. We will look at Greycoats and Pimlico, too. We start looking next year.
I had a quick look across the prospectuses but the admissions criteria don't seem to be clear, cut and dried like the procedures for secondary transfer.

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Needmoresleep · 22/11/2013 08:46

You might take a look at Greycoats which takes boys in the sixth form and Pimlico Academy. Both in Westminster but fairly accessible from much of South London. Pimlico has improved a lot over recent years and its sixth form has a good reputation.

basildonbond · 21/11/2013 22:33

Graveney's got the biggest sixth form in the area which has its pluses and minuses. The pupils who do best (and they have plenty of A*s, As and Oxbridge/Russell group entries) are motivated self-starters (I think it's quite easy for quiet, lazy ones to get 'lost' in such a big environment)

Check what the admissions criteria are - but the sixth form doesn't have a catchment in the same way as for Y7 entry

NearTheWindmill · 21/11/2013 22:04

Sutton Grammar? Wallington? Graveney?

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