What happens after secondary school?

Question

Me and my cousin want to know what happens after year 11, whats the difference between sixth form and college, like what is sixth form for etc. I want to study law and my cousin wants to study leisure and tourism, wants to be a flight attendant, what exactly would we have to go to sixth from college or university?

Answer 1

A sixth form is an extra two years at a school after year eleven (before it was year 7, year 8, year 9 etc. it was "first year, second year...fifth year, sixth form"). You do A levels in sixth form, sometimes other qualifications like B-TECH and NVQs. A college is separate from a school and also does A-levels, as well as NVQs etc. and will often do other courses like diplomas etc, not just A-levels. People of all ages go to college, whereas no one really attends a sixth form past the age of say 20 at the most (I know a few people who started A-levels at 16 and hadn't managed to pass by the time they were 19...)

To study law you will have to go to a sixth form or college (doesn't matter which one) and do A levels or an equivalent qualification and then you would have to go to university as well to do your degree. You don't need to go to university to be a flight attendant, you can study leisure and tourism either at sixth form or college, though I don't know if that's necessary to be a flight attendant.

Answer 2

death

Answer 3

GO TO COLLEGE!!! I went to sixth form and i now regret it. The reason is three fold, first is choice and facilities, for example, at sixth form you can chose history a-level, but at college you can chose a specific part of history to study. At sixth form you can study IT a-level, but a college you can study any IT subject from business computing, to network, to computer games, to multimedia design, etc, etc. I did a design course at sixth form and boring classroom with pen and paper. At college you can use all kinds of equipment that is associated with real world work.

2nd, is growing up and maturing, once i left sixth form, i was hardly any mamaturer than when i left high school, and have since had to mature and grow up fast in uni, stuff i should have been doing when i was college, which would have made my uni life easier, and less stressful. And 3rd, you meet new people, you don't meet new people at sixth form, and espeacilly if you have a fight, you'll wonder what was the point in a  snesne, espeacilly if there are old wounds from high school.

Answer 4

College is usually a short version of sixth form college.

So traditionally now a sixth-form is attached to a secondary school whilst a sixth form college is a separate institution. They are essentially the same, both are places you go for two years to study A-levels. However a college is more likely to offer equivalent, more vocational qualifications such as NVQs, Btech and the new National Diplomas. Colleges are usually bigger and so offer more courses and have better facilities. But in my experience (just of my local sixth and my local college) the sixth form offered far better teaching and students received better grades in academic A-levels.

I guess when you say you want to study law you mean a law degree, this is at least three years at a university. To do this you need 3 A-levels in well respected, academic subjects, usually ones that require a lot of reading and writing, english lit and history are good choices. You can do a law A-level but this won't be available everywhere, unis know this so you don't need the law A-level but if you can do it then it wouldn't be a bad idea. Like I say I think you would be better off at a sixth form for this but you could do it from a college and be fine

Sixth forms may have some leisure and tourism courses but colleges will have LOADS. I don't know if your cousin would want or need to go to uni after.

My advice is to check out what courses are offered by your local sixth forms and sixth form colleges, you can probably go and visit too. It might also be worth checking what grades their students got last year in the subjects you are interested in, this is usually made public.

Answer 5

I don't really know the difference between sixth form and college..

But I know for sure you have to go to one of those before going to Uni

Answer 6

if u go to sixth form you will still get treated like a child as the teachers have known you for years and are used to being that way.

college is more grown up and you are given more Independence and freedom.