Post 16 Additional Information Booklet - Haberdashers

SPONSORSHIP
Students at the College are extremely fortunate to have
substantial forms of sponsorship available to them. Details and
application forms are issued in Year 13, but a broad description
of the funds available to current sixth form students is presented
here. These awards are reviewed every year.
THE HAHC CENTENARY SCHOLARSHIP
This scholarship is to commemorate the Centenary of the
founding of the Hatcham School in 1875. The purpose of this
award is to help a student to undertake a course at any place of
higher education on leaving school.
THE HABERDASHERS’ BOOK AWARD
This has been generously donated by the Haberdashers’
Company to students gaining a place at University after sixth
form education. The award is valued at up to £100 and is
supplied to help students with the considerable cost of buying
books and other educational material at the start of their degree
course. (It is anticipated that up to fifteen qualifying students will
receive this award).
THE COCHRANE SCHOLARSHIPS
This is an especially generous form of sponsorship available to
Aske’s students entering university to read specifically Scientific,
Mathematical and Engineering Degree courses. Reginald
Cochrane was a pupil at Aske’s until 1915 and has bequeathed this
award to encourage academic excellence. The value of the award
is £1,000 per year for the duration of the course.
HABERDASHERS’ UNIVERSITY ARTS
BURSARIES
These awards were introduced in March 2007 to encourage
academic excellence in the Arts and Humanities. The value of the
award is £1,000 per year for the duration of the course.
In addition there are other scholarships available from the
Haberdashers’ Company to assist with the funding of gap year
projects, various musical and art/design related activities, medical
electives and outstanding contribution to the academic and
extracurricular activities of the College.
Details and application forms for any of these awards can be
obtained from Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College.
ADVICE ON CHOICE OF COURSES/APPLICATION
The Hatcham College sixth form has always been very popular
and for the September 2012 intake received in excess of 1100
applications of which over 800 were from external candidates.
Students who attend the Haberdashers’ Aske’s schools will be
given first refusal for the courses available. External candidates
will then be considered for any courses that have a vacancy. All
applicants, internal and external, will be considered under the
same course criteria.
The closing date for completed internal and external applications
is Monday, 17 December 2012.
Choosing your courses at sixth form can be very exciting and
a little daunting. You should consider your choices carefully,
including your long term education and career plans. You should
consider the entry grades needed for each subject and compare
this with your predicted grades. Talk to your careers teachers,
subject teachers, form tutors and your parents as well as other
people of your own age who may have experience in order to get
the best information possible. There is lots of information available
at our Open Evenings and we welcome enquiries at any time.
When making your choices, you should follow this checklist
carefully with your tutor:
• Talk to your teachers, your tutor and parent/guardian
about your choices before deciding. Take your time, it’s
important that you make the right choice.
• Think about what you might want to do in the future.
Do some research to check that you have chosen the
right AS/BTEC subjects for what you want to do.
• Make sure you make realistic choices based on the
grades you are likely to achieve. Talk to your teachers
and tutors and listen to their advice. They are bestplaced
to know whether you are likely to be successful
in their subject at a higher level.
• Have a ‘reserve’ subject in mind, just in case you have to
make a change.
• Fill out the choice boxes. There are four blocks: A, B, C
and D. Only pick one subject in each block.
• If you want to apply for our Elite Science Programme,
remember to tick the boxes under the subject blocks on
the application form. This does not mean that you gain
automatic entry as it is a competitive course. You will be
interviewed later in the year for this programme.
• Take your time when you write your personal
statement (on application form) and present it neatly
– it’s very important to make a good first impression!
You can type a statement and stick it to the application
form if you prefer.
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