Welcome to Carshalton High School for Girls Sixth Form

We provide the best possible opportunities for all students to succeed in their chosen careers. The wide range of courses on offer prepare students for Further and Higher Education and employment this gives them the chance not only to exceed but excel. Because of our extensive range of courses, most students can combine subjects to match their individual needs.

Courses on offer include:

AS and A2 Levels
Intermediate GNVQs
One-year GCSE Courses

We continually review the range of subjects on offer, to make sure that our students' requirements are met. Whilst traditional academic subjects such as Chemistry, Physics and French are well-catered for, exciting new options are available such as Psychology, Physical Education, Business, Media Studies, Photography and Music.

Choosing the right Sixth Form course and where you will study for the next two or three years is an important step to take. However, Sixth Form students often join us from other schools and they are welcomed and consistently achieve impressive success at Carshalton High School for Girls.

The best way to make the right decision for your future is to:

Attend our Sixth Form Promotion Evening in November
Explore the many opportunities available in our Sixth Form by talking to the students themselves.
Discuss your subject options and course requirements in detail with your teachers and your parents
Once you have done so, you will then know why Carshalton High School for Girls is the first choice for success.

"The UCAS advice sessions helped me to make the
right choices for my university course"

There are numerous social activities and clubs:

Theatre trips
Lunchtime sport activities
Debates
Amnesty International
A seminar programme covering a wide range of topics and speakers
Dance
Trips abroad - recent visits include America and Brussels
End of Year Prom
End of Year Ball

Carshalton High School for Girls' Sixth Form offers you the best of both worlds, i.e.

More independence
A wide range of courses and subjects
The chance to acquire new skills and broaden your horizons
The opportunity to develop existing interests and build a great C.V.
A great social life
Support
Help
Guidance

Success at Carshalton High School for Girls' Sixth Form is achieved and maintained through the established and comprehensive and Academic Pastoral Tutorial Programme. As part of this programme, each student sets her own targets that are continually monitored and formal academic reviews take place where new targets are set and agreed.

Parents and carers are kept fully informed of their daughter's progress and achievements.

"I always know just how well I am doing"

Life outside the classroom is never dull at Carshalton High School for Girls' Sixth Form and you can take part in an exciting and wide- ranging programme of activities.
Community Experience is an important part of Sixth Form life and
you can choose to take part in existing initiatives such as:
The Young Enterprise Scheme
The Problems and Possibilities Project
Working with Year 5 and 6 children in local primary schools
Working in a local residential home for elderly people
Being ambassadors for the school at Open Evenings and Parents' Evenings
Running the Dance and Drama clubs
Being a Student Council or Sixth Form Committee Representative.

“I enjoy helping Year 7 students with their reading”

Most Carshalton High School for Girls Sixth Formers enter Higher or Further Education and many of our GNVQ Intermediate students progress to Advanced Level courses within our Sixth Form. Carshalton Girls Sixth Form students successfully complete degree courses at top universities throughout Britain including the University of Cambridge, The Royal College of Music and the London School of Fashion.

Students are given individual guidance through the minefields of university selection processes including UCAS and Oxbridge. Students are encouraged to visit universities and we arrange a Sixth Form talk by representatives from local universities.

Connexions Careers Officers, a well-stocked careers library and computer facilities all help students to make well-informed and appropriate decisions about their future.

“I joined Carshalton in the Sixth Form and found the
students and teachers very friendly and helpful”

Sixth Form life really is different. You have more independence and responsibility for organising your workload and private and home study.

Students have their own facilities which include:

Two common rooms
Facilities for making drinks and snacks
A vocational suite

“It’s good to have a place we can call our own”

One year Intermediate courses are suitable for students who get mostly D and E grades at GCSE. After successfully completing a one year course, you can go onto a two-year Advanced course or leave school and start job training. You can study only one Intermediate course. If you do not get at least a C in Mathematics or English you can also re-take these GCSEs, GCSE Astronomy is also available as is Sports Leadership.

Two year Advanced courses are for those students who get at least 5 C grades or better at GCSE, or who have successfully completed the one year Intermediate GNVQ. You would normally study 4 subjects in the first year, dropping one subject when entering year 13.

For further information, please contact us.