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A level offers

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hels71 · 05/02/2024 14:07

It's been many years since I did A levels, and when I did, the school have me an offer to study x,y and z( my 3 choices) dependant on gaining the correct grades.

DD has applied to study 3 a levels at her current school. Her offer however, is just for a place in the sixth form ( assuming pass GCSE) with no guarantee of subjects. Is this normal? She could get amazing grades, but no place to study her chosen subjects??

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titchy · 05/02/2024 15:48

Ok that's a really really odd combination - what is the thinking behind it?

She should apply to several sixth forms if she can. And possibly for slightly different subject combinations as timetabling could well be an issue.

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hels71 · 05/02/2024 15:45

She's applied for textiles, theatre studies and maths. She's worried about having no sixth form place...

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Maxus · 05/02/2024 14:50

My child has applied to several 6th form colleges, he has conditional offers for them all in the subjects he has asked for. I'm assuming it's different because colleges are bigger so will have more students so more subjects will go ahead.

Octavia64 · 05/02/2024 14:43

What are her subjects?

If they are eg maths physics and chemistry then presumably the a levels are likely to run.

If she's chosen Russian polish and mandarin then it might be subject to there being enough students to run the course.

Rocknrollstar · 05/02/2024 14:41

Won’t it depend on the staffing, the timetable and also on how many other students want to take those subjects and / or that combination. I would ask the school. They will probably be able to tell you the likelihood of her being able to take those subjects.