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Advice please school 6th form or college?

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Dotty2019 · 27/08/2019 14:18

DD got great GCSE
5x 7
3x 8
3x9
Has been accepted into 6th form at school and local 6th form college.
She really doesn't know what to do and I don't know either.
School 6th for is outstanding, is local and they have to go in every morning for registration. Which I think is good because she will stay in bed if she doesn't have a lessonSmile

College is a bit of a pain to get to. Excellent results and treats them more like adults and prepares them more for university.

I have to admit that when we went to open days the 6th formers at the school impressed me the most. Teachers absolutely adore DD at the school .
Really I am leaning towards 6th form but the college has such a good reputation that not sure if this will help with uni applications?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

OP posts:
justaweeone · 27/08/2019 17:17

We sometimes get students who make the decision to go to more prestige sixth form colleges that end up coming back to us a few weeks down the line
I'm not sure how it works at your school but you might want to keep that at the back of your mind

Sittinonthefloor · 27/08/2019 17:20

School. Everything you have said makes me wonder why you are considering leaving!

ErrolTheDragon · 27/08/2019 17:35

but the college has such a good reputation that not sure if this will help with uni applications?

I'd have thought very unlikely. The only 'advantage' that seems to exist in this regard is contextual offers for poorer schools - sounds like from that POV the college and school are much of a muchness and obviously no one in their right mind chooses a crap sixth form to try to game the system.

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