About the Sixth Form

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WELCOME TO THE CALUDON CASTLE POST-16 CENTRE

Welcome to our sixth form! We are an extremely supportive team that will work hard to help you gain the qualifications, experience and skills you need for the next stage in life. The students here are active members of our school and local community and we are very proud of the sixth formers and their accomplishments, both during their time here and in their future achievements.

Caludon offers a range of excellent courses for all our students, whatever their interests and abilities. We run a wide range of Advanced Level courses and an exciting combined one-year level 2/3 course, incorporating a BTEC and resit GCSEs. We are also part of the East Federation, a group of 9 secondary schools and students are able to access more courses through this Federation.

The sixth form has its own purpose built facilities within the school building. These include a large common room, designated study area with ICT facilities and access to the onsite community library. The sixth form office or “hub” sits at the heart of this and has an open door policy so that students are fully supported.

We aim for your time in the sixth form to be enjoyable and for you to be well prepared for your next steps whether you come into the sixth form for one, two or three years. We do expect your wholehearted commitment to the courses that you will study; in return we promise you our utmost support and investment in you.

This information is not intended to tell you everything, but it is expected that it will give you ideas and spark questions, which staff will be only too happy to answer.

Sarah Kenrick
Headteacher


WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT?

Caludon Castle’s large sixth form is situated in the heart of the school and provides a vibrant, exciting and stimulating place to study. There is an open door policy and students will be able to access staff support throughout the day. Indeed the office was described by Ofsted as the ‘hub’ of the centre. Expectations are high and results are extremely good.  All our students have access to a wide range of courses which are personalised to suit each individual’s ability, needs and future aspirations. In addition to an extensive range of courses and enrichment activities, we offer a dedicated sixth form team who support, encourage and monitor student progress throughout the year. All we ask is a positive attitude and willingness to learn. Students say, and inspectors agreed, that the care and guidance they are offered is excellent and they are clearly proud to play a part in the caring culture of the provision.

2023 results

We are very proud of our A level results for 2023, with the attainment measures being comparable to 2019.

Results 2023
% A* 7.0
% A*-A 22.9
% A*-C 49.0
% A*-E 99.0

Notable individual students results (with their destinations) include

A*s in Maths, Further Maths, Biology, Chemistry Biomedical Science, Warwick
A*s in English Lit and History and Sociology Human, Social and Political Sciences, Cambridge
A* in English Lit, History and Psychology, A in Drama Speech and Language Therapy, Sheffield
A* In Chemistry, A in Maths and Biology, B in Further Maths Bioengineering, Sheffield
A* in Photography and Art, D* in Creative iMedia Animation Production, Bournemouth
A* in Psychology, A in Biology and Chemistry Medicine, Birmingham
A* in Maths, Further Maths and Biology, B in Art Maths, Imperial College
A* in Psychology and Sociology, A in English Lit Sociology, Birmingham