Moving school in A level

[Lovelylva]

Hi

My DD is currently in top independent school doing her gcse

We are thinking to move her to closer school for A level as it will reduce her travel time.she also wants the same

She will be taking science for A level

Anyone has experience on this move ? How should she prepare for her 16 plus exams ?

Moving for year 12 is not unusual. Do the schools you are looking at have dedicated sixth forms centres/ are stand alone 6th form colleges/ or are they schools that don't make much of distinction for A level pupils?

Do they actually have 16+ exams or do they take pupils on the basis of GCSE (or GCSE mock) results?

Are you looking at more independent schools or considering state?

It is quite standard to move schools for A levels.
However if she is currently y11 you may find you have already missed application deadlines so do check that.
Also note your independent school will have a notice period which may well be the last day of the spring term to leave in the summer.
As PP said, entry to 6th form is normally/often based on GCSE results rather than separate entrance tests. For independent there may well be an interview as well.

Moving for sixth form is common.
At my children's (state) school they get about 100 new students in for sixth form.
Hopefully your dd is in year 10 because, in our area at least, you'd be too late to apply if she was in year 11.
Around here, open days/evenings are in the autumn term and you need to apply by a date in December.
There are no particular exams here - your place is offered based on predicted GCSE grades meeting their requirements and on there being space for the combination of subjects you want to study.
Maybe if you were happy to give details of where you are people could advise further?

DD moved to sixth form college from grammar school to do her A levels and it was a brilliant move. She was much happier, did well and got a lot of support.

It’s really common to do this. Two of my Dc moved schools after GCSE.

Round me in Hants almost everyone moves for 6th form as state schools almost all don't have their own. Instead there is a variety of colleges to choose from dependent on what you want to do. I think it works well for most, though less mature or more vulnerable students can be impacted.

Another one saying this is really common - about 30% of my DC's school sixth form is new in Year 12. It might be worth picking the sixth form carefully though - I'd personally not be so keen on a school sixth form where there were hardly any incomers in Year 12 as I'd worry about them fitting in.

My daughter moved from one private to another for sixth form. She wanted to go all girls.
She applied to three, though we looked at five (two co-ed just in case she changed her mind). The applications deadline mainly October the year before, and she would normally have had entrance exams for all but it was mid pandemic so for one school she had to submit specific work relating to the subjects she wanted to study, one just went on predicted grades, and one had her come in for exams (during a lockdown!!). She had up to three interviews for each (online), one general and one or two subject specific. Offers made early December and given two weeks to decide snd put a deposit down. Due to the unusual circumstances she was admitted without waiting for actual results (she did better than predicted anyway(.

To add no extra prep for exams as presumably they are studying the subjects for gcse exams anyway.

Thanks all