6th form education

I hope they got the 500 quid back.....3 days notice is disgusting....it happened in our town...one of the high schools closed its 6th form....but was announced at Easter....giving everyone time to make
alternative plans .....the other high school ( we have 2) extended its 6th form and was able to offer more spaces ....the rest must have gone to the next town maybe? ......I hope your GD gets sorted

Nurse, I hope your DGD is sorting things out. If you feel able, in the next few weeks, will you let us know the outcome? Best wishes to the family.

Still waiting to find out if she can get a placement elsewhere, GD is beside herself. Thank you Nanarose and other Grans for you concern, will update, thank you for caring keep your fingers crossed 🤞

Happy update GD has 6th form placement in her previous school, they have been very understanding, she’s just happy she can get on with her study. GD can finally sleep soundly ready for Wednesday’s start. Again thank you for all your thoughts and comments

That’s great new Nurseundercover and what a relief for you all. Good luck to her with her studies and future.

LOUISA1523

I hope they got the 500 quid back.....3 days notice is disgusting....it happened in our town...one of the high schools closed its 6th form....but was announced at Easter....giving everyone time to make
alternative plans .....the other high school ( we have 2) extended its 6th form and was able to offer more spaces ....the rest must have gone to the next town maybe? ......I hope your GD gets sorted

Imo this has come about in the light of last week's GCSE results. The announcement at Easter was based on something different - a political decision, restructuring, falling roles etc.

That is what happened to my daughter. That was Keith Joseph to blame, at a time all schools were going comprehensive and co-ed. he stepped in and kept the single sex grammar schools in the town. It became necessary to move her (and later her brother) to a proper good quality comprehensive where she could continue into a sixth form. That was a long time ago, but both kids did well in the end

Nurseundercover

Happy update GD has 6th form placement in her previous school, they have been very understanding, she’s just happy she can get on with her study. GD can finally sleep soundly ready for Wednesday’s start. Again thank you for all your thoughts and comments

Thank goodness, best wishes to her Nurseundercover

Sometimes it's better the devil school you know.
DS changed schools for sixth form because they didn't do one of the subjects at his old school but, on reflection, it wasn't the best or happiest move. He didn't even take that particular subject at Higher Education either, except as a hobby.

Four of my GC have attended Sixth Form Colleges. And a fifth is starting there this week. None of them has been required to wear uniform, though if they turned up looking scruffy, there would have been 'comments'. Sixth Form releases them from the constraints of school, though these 'colleges' were all loosely attached to secondary schools and some teachers worked at both. One DGS, never one to abide by rules if he could find a way to break them, flourished in sixth, and his relationships with his teachers were positively friendly.

There hasn't been a sixth form at my local comprehensive since about 2000. Pupils go to a FE college 6 miles away and study in a variety of subjects they want, rather than take rigid A levels as was the case when I was in the sixth form in the eighties.
I do recall two friends who opted to go to the FE college rather than stay in the sixth form as they wanted to take HNCs in engineering and computing and the school didn't offer these courses. Of course, the school commented that A levels were better if the two students wanted to go to a top univesity, but both managed to do very well by by passing the sixth form and taking vocational courses.

Is there a 6th form at another school that she could go to? My grand daughter started at her 6th form and she loves it but they have pooled together a number of school to get a decent amount. Apparently this is not for all kids as some want to get a job straight away. I hope you can get something sorted out.

I missed your update OP, so am glad this has popped up again, and so glad that your DGD is sorted out.
Really, a proper review of post-16 education is well overdue.