Applying for a Place in 2023-2024

While most students transfer directly from Year 11 into Sixth Form, we also provide places for students from other schools. 

The link below will give you guidance (provided by KCC) on applying to a school place:

Please click here to apply for a school place at Saint George’s Sixth Form.

If you have any questions, please email our Sixth Form Team at pyem@saintgeorgescofe.kent.sch.uk 

Enrolments

No conditional offer can be accepted without completing our enrolment process after the publication of GCSE Results. Our enrolment takes place on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th of August 2023.  

All students must have met our entry requirement to secure a place in our sixth form.

Entry requirement criteria can be found here or in the downloads section below.

Students also will have to select three subjects from our option blocks (one per block). We are currently writing our option blocks for September 2023 and these will be uploaded next term. 

Appeals

If 120 or more students from within Saint George's School meet the admissions criteria and wish to enter year 12 of the Sixth Form, no external applicants will be considered. For information on our Oversubscription criteria, please read our admissions policy.

Appealing for a place at Saint George’s sixth form is different to years seven to eleven. Any student over the age of 16 has the right of appeal; as do parents. Appeals can be for both internal and external candidates. Admission to the sixth form is administered by Saint George’s. All appeals take place in September after GCSE results are known. If you are not offered a place, you have the right to appeal under section 94 of the School Standards & Framework Act 1998.

In-year Admissions

We do not accept in-year admissions and students can only enrol in our sixth form at the start of each academic year.  

Entry Requirements

• All students who attend Saint George’s Sixth Form are enrolled on a 2-year Level 3 curriculum, studying either A Levels or equivalent Level 3 vocational qualifications. The expectation to be enrolled in our Sixth Form is to study at least three Level 3 qualifications. 
• All students go through a standardised enrolment process to ensure that their curriculum programme suits their individual needs, prior attainment and where relevant their career goals.  

• All students must obtain 5x Grade 5 or higher GCSE qualifications to be eligible to enrol at Saint Georges's Sixth Form. 

• All specific subject entry requirements must be met. 

• If Grade 4 or above in GCSE English or GCSE Mathematics has not been achieved the student must be enrolled on a retake GCSE course alongside their three Level 3 courses. 

• All year 12 students will engage in a period of work experience while studying at Saint Georges's Sixth Form. 

• While studying at Saint Georges's Sixth Form, all students will be expected to attend tutor time sessions where a combination of non-qualification activities will be delivered. These will focus on the following: 

  • PSHE 

  • Study skills 

  • Careers, advice, and guidance activities, including support to progress to further or higher education or employment 

  • Enrichment activities 

• Alongside tutor time sessions, the above will also be delivered in extracurricular sessions such as drop-down days. 

• Students also can opt to complete the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ). 

• Full details of the admissions policy as part of the secondary phase, including our oversubscription policy, can be found in the Secondary Phase Admissions Policy.

 

Option Blocks

The option blocks will be released once Saint Georges’ internal deadline has closed in January for we then match as closely as possible to the student’s wishes. This will be made available for download as soon as it is constructed. When released please remember that all subjects can only be taken if you match the entry requirements. Further important points to note about the blocks: 

• Students must select 3 subjects in total; 4 subjects can be studied for students with exceptionally high GCSE grades. 

• You can only select 1 subject from each option block. 

• The EPQ is an enrichment qualification; it is not counted as 1 of the main subjects. 

• BTEC’s, CTEC’s & LIBF Level 3 qualifications are equivalent to 1 A-Level. 

• RSL Level 3 qualifications are equivalent to 1 ½  A-Levels. 

Personalised Progression

• All students wishing to apply for Sixth Form will be interviewed initially by Saint George’s Leadership Team between January – April and again in August after their results are known.

• Guidance will be given at each stage about appropriate courses. We take great care of matching students to their most suitable programme of study.

• The Saint George's School Learning Journey demonstrates all the opportunities, support and guidance made available to students throughout their time at Saint George’s.

 

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