DS finished this time last week, but I'm sneaking back onto the forum to say I really do feel for all of you who have had to keep going this week too. Some of your DCs seems to have had an inordinate amount of exams so 
to those who have made it through to the end.
DS is following the pattern talked about upthread and going camping this weekend. It's a massive Explorer Scouts-organised thing though, so not quite as nail-biting as those of you whose DCs want to go off by themselves.
Yesterday we went to the Bath Uni Open Day. It was a beautifully sunny day and the campus was great. Really made me want to go back to university and study something - anything really - I think it would be such fun now that I'm the age I am! Not sure how the teenagers in the lecture hall would feel about an old fogey like me being there though. It was a really helpful experience for DS: he attended a talk on one subject he's considering and absolutely loved it; and a talk on another subject which put him off it entirely. So that's good to know.
Nydj - DS1 will also be wearing school uniform in sixth form. They have a different blazer to the rest of the school, but the rest is the same. They are also required to be working in the school building for the whole day, not just turn up for lessons like some sixth form colleges - so it's still quite a controlled environment. Horses for courses and all that.
I understand about the sensory issues; DS2 is the same. He gets stuck on wearing the same clothes over and over, so actually a uniform is a very helpful thing. The only problem is that by this stage in the school year, his trousers and shoes are absolute rags, but he will not wear any of the new clothes and shoes I have bought. 