Parentspresentation master1 2013

looking forwards…

July 2013 Pt 1 – Student day

Pt 2 – Parent presentation - Intro – Mr N ick Culver - The curriculum – Mr Adrian Dellar - Co-curricular in the Sixth Form – Ms Hilary Smith - Higher Education – Ms Ruth Greenwood

The Challenges ahead • A higher education market in flux • Increased grade anxiety – grade deflation and the importance of ABB • Tougher, more selective graduate employment market, despite recent improvements • Economic uncertainty for state funded Colleges, Universities, public sector employers

Higher Education is becoming more complex • Competition between universities is fragmenting the system; Sixth Formers will need dedicated expertise to navigate the entry process “Birmingham to convert CFdchoices to unconditional” Cambridge Economics faculty: “the advice on the University website which discourages applicants from offering Business Studies does not apply to Economics applicants” Although GCSE grades are generally more important for Oxford, and UMS scores more so for d Cambridge, there are differences within subjects and within individual Colleges

Small sets and tutor groups, but big opportunities Co-curricular opportunities, Foundation Studies and PSHE are based around the skills and aptitudes that employers seek and that we believe will give students the confidence and desire to succeed as young adults once they leave the School Decision making

Leadership

Presentation skills

Resilience Study skills

Time management Confidence Teamwork

your curriculum

your choice

lower sixth period allocation

upper sixth period allocation

AS subject choices CHOOSE 4 AS SUBJECTS FROM THE LIST BELOW

ART* or PHOTOGRAPHY * BIOLOGY BUSINESS STUDIES * CHEMISTRY CLASSICAL CIVILISATION COMPUTING * DESIGN TECHNOLOGY * ECONOMICS * ENGLISH LANGUAGE ENGLISH LITERATURE FRENCH FURTHER MATHEMATICS – see note 3 GEOGRAPHY * GERMAN GREEK HISTORY * LATIN MATHS WITH MECHANICS MATHS WITH STATISTICS MATHS + AS Further Maths MUSIC * MUSIC TECHNOLOGY * PHILOSOPHY * PHYSICS PSYCHOLOGY * SPANISH SPORTS SCIENCE * THEATRE STUDIES *

AS subject blocks BOX A

BOX B

BOX C

BOX D

L6A/BI1

10

L6B/BI1

8

L6C/AR

7

L6D/BI

12

L6A/BI2

8

L6B/BI2

7

L6C/BI

12

L6D/CH1

10

L6A/BS

5

L6B/CH

11

L6C/BS

5

L6D/CH2

9

L6A/CH

12

L6B/EC

10

L6C/CC

3

L6D/DT

4

L6A/EC

8

L6B/FR

7

L6C/CH1

9

L6D/EC1

10

L6A/EN

7

L6B/GE

5

L6C/CH2

10

L6D/EC2

10

L6A/FR

10

L6B/GY

6

L6C/CO

7

L6D/FM1

6

L6A/GY

6

L6B/HI

7

L6C/EC

11

L6D/FM2

8

L6A/HI

9

L6B/LA

6

L6C/EN

5

L6D/FR

7

L6A/MM1

6

L6B/LT

9

L6C/HI

9

L6D/HI

8

L6A/MM2

8

L6B/MF

7

L6C/LT

8

L6D/LT

12

L6A/MM3

13

L6B/MM

12

L6C/MS1

9

L6D/MU

9

L6A/PH1

6

L6B/MS

11

L6C/MS2

10

L6D/PH

10

L6A/PH2

6

L6B/MT

5

L6C/PG

2

L6D/PL

4

L6A/PY

8

L6B/PH

10

L6C/PH

11

L6D/SP

7

L6A/TS

4

L6B/SS

5

L6C/PY

8

moving on up

If you have successfully completed your GCSE courses of study in the Upper School here, we expect you to be able to make the transition to our Sixth Form.

making your choices

However, in making your choices for AS level, remember to choose subjects that you enjoy that you are good at that are in line with your intentions for higher education

a complete curriculum

Sixth Form Games on Wednesday afternoons – offering you a wide choice of sports activities to complement your other subjects

a complete curriculum

Foundation Studies

managing your finances health & social issues making presentations communication skills HE preparation

a complete curriculum

informative, entertaining and inspiring, Open Forum provides students with the opportunity to see the world through the eyes of some extraordinary individuals

your curriculum

your choice

KES Sixth Form Co-curriculum What will you do‌

*

after the bell goes?

*participate

*participate

*compete

*compete

*compete

*serve

*express

*express

*lead

*think

*explore

*smile!

Higher Education and What Happens@ KES?

The school website provides you with a complete guide to the Higher Education preparation process as well as useful links and presentations

We have a section for Parents as well as a section of Student Resources

Not ever intended as positive PR for HMC schools, the Sutton Trust Report

listed us as 30th in the entire UK for our success in placing students in ‘highly selective’ universities

What students need to Know…….

• Not all Universities are ‘equal’ • Not all university courses have the same employment rate • Not all universities have the same ‘student satisfaction’ level • Not all Sixth Form statistics are presented as percentages!

Our students are taught to use the information available to make sensible decisions E.G: Percentage of students in full time graduate employment within six months of leaving university.

There are often anomalies that need thinking through.

For instance, Imperial has a higher graduate employment rate than Cambridge in this table – but Imperial has specialised science courses and a significant % of Cambridge graduates go into research.

Source: Sunday Times League Table

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Which Are The ‘Competitive’ Universities? = Different Answers from different sources!

The Russell Group

•University of Birmingham

•London School of Economics (LSE)

•University of Bristol

•University of Manchester

•University of Cambridge

•Newcastle University

•Cardiff University

•University of Nottingham

•Durham University

•Queen Mary, London

•University of Edinburgh

•Queen’s University, Belfast

•Exeter University

•University of Oxford

•University of Glasgow

•University of Sheffield

•Imperial College London

•University of Southampton

•King’s College London

•University College London (UCL)

•University of Leeds

•University of Warwick

•University of Liverpool www.russellgroup.ac.uk

The Russell group Web site is well worth a visit before 5th Form options for A level are needed

Go to: http://russellgroup.ac.uk/media/informed-choices/InformedChoices-latest.pdf

Ms Truss's findings show that 15% of comprehensive school pupils and 11% of sixth-form college pupils were entered for at least three "facilitating" Alevels in 2010, compared with 31% at independent schools

So, Why Higher Education preparation in our VI Form?

Small is beautiful – and impressively successful.

Students will be in a tutor group with a maximum of just 6 students applying for University with the help of a personal tutor.

A ratio of 1:6 is unlikely to be bettered anywhere with a comparable number of students proceeding to university.

In addition, once part of the VI form HE system, students stay part of it until they move to university.

Our students are supported through their applications even if they opt to take a year out – GAP year in Tibet? No problem: we’ve done it before!

Statistics • If you’re trying to make decisions [For University or for VI Form] always try to get answers in %.

• These are our recent statistics and we’re very proud of them!

% UVI into Top universities

% into CF/CI

Medics [37% nationally]

2007

87%

97.9

83

2008

80%

97.1

80

2009

84%

91.3

80

2010

88%

94.9

80

2011

90%

93

89

2012

81%

96

100%

2013

82% holding offers

Awaiting

results

Making Sense of the Statistics – ask about percentages Year

% of applicants proceeding to Oxbridge

2007

10%

2008

15%

2009

16%

2010

13%

2011

13%

2012

12%

We generally quote 10 -11% as an average figure for our statistics for Oxbridge, but in fact, over the past 6 years we’ve averaged a rate of 13%.

These figures are for applicant year groups, which is only fair. If we looked just at UVI figures the statistics can change quite dramatically. In 2010, for instance, 19% of those applicants then in the UVI subsequently proceeded to either Oxford or Cambridge; last year 17%

In a VI form college of 2,000 [ assuming approximately 1,000 per year group], that would mean anything between 100 -190 students would be proceeding to Oxbridge every year over a period of years to match our figures.

BUT - Ultimately this is just one piece of the bigger picture and simply a convenient way of comparing statistics. We firmly believe that VI Form Education is a whole lot more than just HE success.

All this information will be available to you via our website after this presentation Log-in to the school intranet: http://parents.kes.hants.sch.uk/api/login/ All Careers and HE resources can be found in the drop-down ‘Academic’ menu.

looking forwards…

Sixth Form Information evening – Wed 23rd October 2013 Sixth Form Options: - Feb 2014 Higher education evening: Feb 2015