CFGS6 Courses

As the landscape of Key Stage 5 evolves, we are adapting our Sixth Form course offerings to provide students with the best opportunities including replacing defunded BTEC Extended Certificates with new AAQs in Health & Social Care and Applied Science so students can continue to take a combination of A Level and Level 3 BTEC courses where appropriate.

Choosing your options for Post-16 can be a daunting process, with a wide choice of providers, routes, qualifications and courses, but at CFGS Sixth Form we endeavour to make the process as easy and stress-free as possible for you.

Hopefully, step one has been completed and that you’ve decided CFGS Sixth Form is a place where you want to study. Step two is to decide on what level of course you can study (see Entry Requirements). Step three is, for some, the hardest: subjects.

To help you make this decision, ask yourself the following questions:

Enjoyable

What subjects do you enjoy and why?
Are the things you enjoy included in the Sixth Form course?

Suitable

Do your grades meet the entry requirements?
Can you make the jump to the next level and succeed?

Useful

What career/job do you want to get into?
Do you want or need to go to university?
Are there any specific course or grades you require?
What's the best choice to keep your options open?

Qualifications

A Levels

We offer linear A Levels, which means that each of the A Levels runs for two years with exams at the end of Year 13. There are no external exams in year 12, allowing more time to study in depth and achieve higher grades. Most students take 3 subjects, and can combine BTEC Level 3 courses with A Levels.

Find out more about our A Level offering:

Level 3 BTEC

BTEC Level 3 Business courses can be taken as an Extended Certificate (worth 1 A Level) or an Extended Diploma (worth 3 A Levels).

BTEC Level 3 Health and Social Care course can be taken as an Extended Diploma (worth 3 A Levels).

Level 3 BTEC AAQ – these are a replacement course for the defunded Extended Certificate BTEC courses in Medical Science and Health and Social Care.

Students will be able to choose 1 AAQ / BTEC and 2 A Levels or 2 AAQs / BTEC and 1 A Level.

Find out more about our Level 3 BTEC offering:

Business Studies | Health & Social Care | Medical Science

Level 2 BTEC

Our Level 2 BTEC Progression Programme is a 1 year programme designed for students who have 3's in GCSE English Language and Maths and provides a foundation to progress onto Level 3 courses or apprenticeships at the end of the programme.

The programme consists of re-sits for GCSE English Language and / or GCSE Mathematics as well as Level 2 BTEC courses. We are currently reviewing our Level 2 BTEC offer and will provide further information in the Spring Term.

Please note:

The blocking pattern which determines the combination of courses which can be taken will be published once we have collated all of the offers made to ensure as many students as possible have their first choice of combination.

Decisions on whether courses will run, and the combinations of courses available will be based on the number of applications we receive for each subject. If one of the courses you apply for is not available we will use the Reserve option you have stated on your application form.