4. Driving academic standards
forwards
GCSE entry requirement into 6th Form
D grades at AS to do A2 course
Sixth Form Centre
Supervised PS periods 2 out 8 periods in SFC
No January modules
GCSE curriculum change – single sciences
Detailed scrutiny of A level choices relative to GCSE
grades
5. Driving academic standards
forwards ….. this year
Academic monitoring and assessment
1 on 1 tutorials
Half-termly tests – CALs
Mock exams the week after February
half-term
6. Priorities
Work comes first!
“I don`t have any work to do”
Sixth Formers as Independent learners
7. Why?
University offers
Importance of AS grades
first time round
Time-scale for AS courses
8. Grade AS A2
A 160 320
B 140 280
C 120 240
D 100 200
E 80 160
/200 /400
9. Grade boundaries
139/200 at AS – grade C, 1
mark below a B
Needs 141/200 in A2
modules to get a B at A2
139 + 141 = 280/400
10. ALIS
Gives a PREDICTION based on the
student`s ability
Used to help set BENCHMARK GRADES
in the L6
11.
12. A*
90% at A2
180/200
270/300
Plus grade A in AS modules
Universities now using A*
13. UCAS OFFERS
Based on the school`s
predicted grades
Predicted grades will be
based 90% on your AS
results
14. UCAS – the end game
This year?
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21. STUDENT
Sixth Form
Tutor
Academic
Teachers
Parents Sixth Form
Staff
House-masters
22. Teamwork
A team working together - academic
teachers, tutors, House-staff, 6th Form
Team, parents & the student
Communication
p.gerrard@durhamschool.co.uk
New students – GCSE statement of
results please
24. “If you get the culture right, most of
the other stuff will just take care of
itself”
Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com
“Culture can become a secret weapon
that makes extraordinary things
happen”
Jon Katzenbach, Booz&Co
