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Entry at age 16 to the Sixth Form

The Sixth Form Prospectus is available on the school’s website www.conyers.org.uk and issued in December to Year 11 students presently attending Conyers School and the school’s Sixth Form Open Evening is held on the second Tuesday in January each year from 7.00 – 9.00 p.m.

The Governing Body has responsibility for admissions to the School and the anticipated capacity for the Sixth Form (Years 12 and 13) is 300 students.

To apply for a place at Conyers Sixth Form, an applicant must complete the Application Form available on the website and return it to the Sixth Form by the date specified in the Sixth Form Prospectus. Further admission details are on the school’s website, www.conyers.org.uk

Conyers School’s policy is to ensure that all students accepted into the Sixth Form are placed on appropriate courses where they are likely to succeed. For this reason, all applicants are asked to attend a meeting with members of the school’s staff to discuss the most suitable courses of study.

Academic Entry Requirements

Students wishing to progress to Conyers Sixth Form must meet the academic entry requirements of five GCSE grades at 4 or above. Students’ GCSE results determine the type of programme they may follow. For students applying to named Level 3 technical programmes below, the specific academic entry requirement set out for those courses will apply

Level 3 Technical Programme Entry Requirements

The Level 3 technical programmes offered at Conyers Sixth Form are:

Students will be eligible for these courses if they achieve four GCSE grades at 4 or above, including a Grade 4 in English or Maths.

Additional Subject Specific Entry Requirements

Some subjects require higher GCSE grades in relevant subjects.

Course Capacity and Allocation

Students who meet the published academic entry requirements may progress to Conyers Sixth Form. Internal students who meet these requirements are already on roll at the school and are therefore not subject to sixth form admissions oversubscription criteria.

Some courses have limited capacity due to specialist facilities, staffing and health and safety requirements.

The maximum cohort sizes are:

• BTEC Extended Diploma in Engineering – 20 students
• BTEC National Diploma in Health and Social Care– 25 students

Where more students request a course than there are places available, places will be allocated using objective academic criteria relevant to the subject.

Places will be allocated in the following order:

  1. Students who meet the published entry requirements for the course
  2. Highest GCSE grade in the published relevant subject for the course
  3. Highest average GCSE point score across relevant subjects
  4. Highest average GCSE point score overall
  5. Random allocation where students remain tied

For BTEC Engineering, the most relevant subjects are Maths and Science.

Students who cannot be allocated a place on their first choice course will be supported to select an alternative programme at Conyers Sixth Form where one is available. Students applying for oversubscribed courses must also identify a reserve choice in order to support the construction of a viable study programme.

External Applications

We will enrol a maximum of 30 external students into Year 12 each year.  External applicants must meet the same academic entry requirements as internal students. 

Students with an EHCP (Education, Health and Care Plan) naming the school will be admitted.

Where the number of external applicants exceeds the number of available places, places will be allocated using the following oversubscription criteria to determine entry.

  1. Looked after children and previously looked after children
  2. Siblings of students on roll at the school or in the sixth form at the time of application
  3. Distance from home to school, measured in a straight line in accordance with the school’s published admissions arrangements

Where two or more applicants cannot be separated by distance, random allocation will be used. Once admitted to the sixth form, external students are subject to the same course entry requirements and course allocation processes as internal students.

Appeals

The student and /or parents of students, internal or external, who are offered a place, have the right to appeal against non-admission.

False Information

Where the school has made an offer of a place in the Sixth Form on the basis of a fraudulent or intentionally misleading application which has effectively denied a place in the Sixth Form to a student with a higher level of priority, the offer of a place will be withdrawn.

Late Applications

If an application is received after the deadline outlined in the prospectus, this will be considered late. Unless exceptional circumstances apply (or example hospitalisation of student or parent or if a family has just moved into the area) late applications will be considered after the allocation of places. If the Sixth Form is full, late applicants will be placed on the waiting list in the order of oversubscription criteria. Evidence will be required of exceptional circumstances.

Applications received after the start of the academic year will only be considered before 31 October (unless the student is moving into the area and following a broadly similar programme of study in a similar institution). Applications after the start of the year will only be considered if there are places available on the requested courses and the student meets the minimum entry requirements.