SHHS Sixth Form Prospectus - South Hampstead High School

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Courses and Choices
The Post-16 Curriculum
Form curriculum, while reducing assessment and providing more “Stretch
examinations.
All courses are modular with June and January examination sessions. Although
each unit may be taken more than once, students are strongly encouraged to
at retakes and some may not accept retake students. Not to mention, retaking
retaking units should be made in conjunction with the Head of Department for
of the full A Level and is valued as such by UCAS.
What happens at South Hampstead High School
Subsidiary (AS) examinations at the end of the year. In the Upper Sixth, you will
and Physical Education.
for this is that admissions tutors for competitive courses will be looking for
evidence of a student’s ability to manage a rigorous curriculum, and an
increasing number of students across the spectrum of schools are doing
precisely this. Timetable and set sizes permitting, it may be possible for you
much more independent learning and reading around subjects, if you are to
be able to answer the more challenging questions which examinations will
offer, and to secure good grades. You should therefore expect to undertake
two years in the Sixth Form.
AS and A2 Courses
that all combinations will be possible. We will, of course, do our best to
accommodate them. If a particular combination is not possible,
we will inform you by early May.
Teaching groups vary in size and are generally
large enough to be stimulating but small enough
Music, groups may be as small as three, whereas
for English or a science they may average
“Everything shifts in the Sixth Form,
everyone feels ‘new’.”
Sixth Form Student
“Classes are small, so you can really get stuck into
a subject. Teachers always have time for you too.”
Sixth Form Student
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