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ADVICE ON CHOICE OF COURSES/APPLICATION
Haberdashers’ Aske’s Knights Academy welcomes applications
from external candidates.
Students who attend the Knights Academy 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 Evening and the Director of Sixth Form also
welcomes 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 tutor
and listen to their advice. They are best-placed 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.
• Most BTEC courses are the equivalent of two A Levels
and take up two subject blocks. This means that you only
have two other subjects blocks to choose from.
• If you want to apply for our Elite Business or Science
Programmes, remember to tick the boxes under the
subject blocks on the application form. This does
not mean that you gain automatic entry. You will be
interviewed later in the year for these programmes.
• 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.
• Make sure that you have checked your form with your
tutor before you hand it in. This is very important since
it will speed up your application if the information
is accurate and if you have applied for courses wellmatched
to your abilities.
• It is a good idea to see the Careers Advisor as well as
applying to our sixth form, in order to find out what other
courses are available to you. Every student should consider
other options as well as applying to our sixth form. Your
tutor can help arrange an appointment with Careers for
you and will do so on request.
GENERAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
To study at our Knights Academy sixth form, you will usually
need to gain a minimum of five A*-C grades. In addition to this,
you will usually need:
• For AS Level subjects, an A*-C grade at GCSE in the
subjects (or related subjects) that you wish to study.
Where a course is over-subscribed then places will
be allocated by taking in to consideration the grade
you have achieved in the subject (or related subjects)
you have studied at GCSE and your overall total GCSE
points score.
• For BTEC Level 3 subjects, A*-C grade at GCSE or the
equivalent at BTEC Level 2 in the subjects (or related
subjects) that you wish to study.
• Where you have not achieved at least a C grade
in English and/or mathematics then part of your
programme should be retakes in those subjects.
For further details on entry requirements, see details listed under
each subject in this ‘Course Description’ booklet. The subjects are
listed alphabetically.
We advise you to discuss these entry requirements with your
tutor and parents. We also recommend that you and your tutor
look at your most recent school report/periodic assessment to
match your current grades to the grades you will require for
sixth form study.
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