Sixth Form Curriculum Offer

A Level and BTEC Blend

Bchs pros lc 7376BCH 6th Form is dedicated to a personalised learning programme. We offer a broad range of high quality and highly valued A level and vocational qualifications.” Advice regarding the right combination of courses begins in Year 7 and is a journey we take our students on into Key stage 4 , 5 and beyond. All applicants are interviewed to ensure that decisions about courses are well-informed.

If you have not achieved a grade 4 in either English or Maths, you will be expected to continue to study these until you achieve the grade 4 with our successful English and Maths faculties.

A level

Studtying A Levels with us will provide you with a fantastic education and a variety of new experiences. To study A-levels with us you need to achieve at least five 9-4 grades at GCSE. Some of our courses require (at least) a grade 6 at GCSE to study them at A-level.

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"Two years that I will never forget!"  Year 13 leaver

Alongside your main subjects, you will also be able to study Global Perspectives or Core Maths. Further information about each of these can be found in our subject choices on the left hand side.

If you have not achieved a grade 5 in either English or Maths, you will be expected to continue to study these until you achieve the grade 5 with our successful English and Maths faculties.

BTEC Extended Certificates

BTEC Extended Certificates

BTECs are the world’s most successful applied learning courses. BTECs are qualifications designed to give students the skills they need to progress onto higher education or go straight into employment through more practical tasks than A-levels.

Bchs pros lc 7632They are produced with employers and HE officials to ensure that they achieve this aim. UCAS point are assigned to the qualifications in exactly the same way as A-levels and a Distinction* in one of our BTEC Subsidiary Diplomas will provide you with exactly the same number of UCAS points as an A* grade at A-level. Applied learning is the right choice for a vast number of students – those who prefer to immerse themselves in project based learning and those who don’t perform well in exams would benefit greatly from studying BTEC at BCHS.

To study BTEC Level 3 with us you need to achieve at least five A*-C grades at GCSE.

“Both my children went to University, one using the A-Level route and the other studying an Extended Diploma (Level 3) in Business Studies.  My daughter found the BTEC route the best for her as she could keep to deadlines for each of the assignments, and gained a Triple Distinction, (410 UCAS Points) giving her a place at Greenwich University.”

Parent of former BTEC student​BTEC PARENT GUIDE

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