Options and Qualifications

Sutton Valence School offers a broad, flexible menu of 23 A Level subjects. Most students choose three A Level subjects with the exception of those who wish to take Further Maths, who may take four. Each subject has six hours of timetabled teaching time. We also offer a very successful Extended Project Qualification, CISI and other courses which will add to a student’s skill set and enhance a CV or university application.

We have also designed an online course intended to provide our Sixth Form students with skills necessary to aid their transition to the next stage of their careers, whether this is into the workplace or an institution of further education. It is a self-paced course accessible on a variety of devices. It is intended to take a minimum of 30 hours to complete and covers such areas as: personal profiling, applying for jobs, university and apprenticeships, as well as broader life skills such as: financial management and mental health awareness. It will be an invaluable resource for our Sixth Form students as they embark upon their next venture.

At School we regularly monitor all our students so that they and their parents are kept fully informed of their individual progress. We expect our students to work hard and to show complete commitment to their studies. We believe that constant feedback is one of the most effective ways of ensuring that all the students give of their best. Students are graded three times in the Michaelmas Term, and twice in the Lent and Summer Terms for academic attainment and effort in lessons and for independent work in their own time. Parents and students are also kept informed by the use of termly reports and Parents’ Evenings.

We are a small community that gets to know its students very well. Lessons are most often delivered in a seminar style which helps to foster the feeling that we work together in a partnership. We look forward to working with both existing and new students as they start or continue their academic journey here with us in the Sixth Form.

Becci Ball Academic Deputy Head