21st January 2021

Dear Parent/Carer,

College Applications for Post 16 Study – Deadline 12th February 2021

We understand that it has been a confusing time for our Yr11 students and their families, with much conflicting information in the media so we are writing to you with some further guidance around applications for colleges.

Colleges and other post 16 learning providers have all extended their deadlines for applications this academic year following the continued disruption to education caused the pandemic. Year 11 students should make their applications now to every college / 6th Form that they are interested in attending. We have attached an overview of the local providers and ways to make those applications. Some colleges ask you to give your applications to your school. In those cases, please email your forms to Mrs Chandler [email protected]. Centre require a paper application, which is included along with this letter. These should be returned to Mrs Chandler.

Predicted Grades

This year teachers gave a band (grade 2-3 or 6-7 for example) in your last report to indicate the grades we predicted could be achieved in summer 2021. Please use the top grade of the band on your applications to college.

If you have any queries about your autumn report to email: [email protected]

Careers Guidance

A series of careers workshops will be available from 26th January – run on a Tuesday and Thursday 3.30-5pm to support students with understanding how to apply for college and sixth form courses. This will give them a chance to undertake tasks and ask information in order to make the best choice for them. Please check Show my homework from Friday 22nd for details and link to the workshop.

You will need to have access to a computer or tablet in order to complete your application. Parents are welcome to attend as a Q&A will be available.

If you have any immediate concerns around careers guidance then you can contact Ms. Rodney-Bartlette via email [email protected]

Attend any workshops DEADLINE Apply to colleges NOW offered 12th Feb

Yours faithfully

Ms E Rashid Mrs I Gosling Assistant Principal Head of Year 11

Providers Post 16 - Colleges and School Sixth Forms - Transition support for 2021 leavers - open days/evenings

Name Contact Activity (confirmed) Other Website: Virtual tour of Sixth Form You can email Ms Ellingham or Ms Ahmed https://sixthform.theshar https://tsltsixthform.theschooltour.co.uk/ for help with more detailed information on Shared Learning courses. Trust Sixth Form edlearningtrust.org.uk/ On this site, you have an opportunity [email protected] Telephone: 01582 601221 to watch our video, see our facilities, find (Chalk Hills/ Address: Chalk Hills - out about subjects you are interested in, [email protected] High Steet, Luton, LU4 0NE review our amazing enrichment Academy) - offer and meet the Sixth Form team based Rotherham Avenue, Luton, LU1 5PP over both secondary Academies.

Barnfield College Main Contact: Open Events: New Bedford Road Campus Aaron Caisley Saturday 21st November 2020 9am- (Art and Design, Barbering, Beauty [email protected] 1.30pm (both campuses) Therapy, Digital Gaming, Education and Website: Early Years, ESOL, Graphic Design, https://www.barnfield.ac.uk/ Detail on the Barnfield website and Hairdressing, Health and Social care, Telephone: 01582 569569 students can pre-register for the event Media, Music, Photography, Professional https://r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/2014- Cookery, Public Services, Skills for Life, Spa Address: New Bedford Road Campus - IE3/autumn-open-day-registration Therapy, Sport) New Bedford Rd, Luton, LU2 7BF Campus tours: Enterprise Way Campus Enterprise Way Campus - Enterprise Will be looking to run small socially- (Accounting, Business, Brickwork, Way, Luton, LU3 4BU distanced campus tours across the year Carpentry and Joinery, Computing, and details will be shared with applicants Construction, Electrical Installation, and schools once these are available. Engineering, Motor Vehicle: Mechanical/Body and Paint, Multi Skills, Plastering, Plumbing, Software and Games Design, Travel and Tourism

Central Website: Open Events (all held at the main To apply http://www.centralbeds.ac.uk/ campus): https://www.centralbeds.ac.uk/courses.ht College Telephone: 01582 477 776 https://www.centralbeds.ac.uk/about- ml Address: (Main Campus) - us/open-events.html Central Bedfordshire College, https://www.centralbeds.ac.uk/ Dunstable, LU5 4HG 21st Jan2021 Dunstable (Luton Road) - Central 18th Mar 2021 Bedfordshire College, 64 Luton Road, 17th Jun 2021 Dunstable, LU5 4JN 19th Aug 2021 20th Aug 2021 Leighton Buzzard Campus - Chartmoor Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 4TN

The Incuba - 1 Brewers Hill Road, Dunstable, LU6 1AA

Houghton Regis - Central Bedfordshire College, Parkside Drive, , Bedfordshire, LU5 5PY

Luton - Central Bedfordshire College, Road Community Centre, 234 Dallow Road, Luton, LU1 1TB

The Store – Kingsway, Dunstable, LU5 4HG Luton Sixth Form Website: https://www.lutonsfc.ac.uk/dashboard/we The ‘how to apply’ section on the website College https://www.lutonsfc.ac.uk/dashboar bsite-home has been updated d/website-home https://www.lutonsfc.ac.uk/pages/how-to- Telephone: 01582 877500 apply - application forms are already Address: Bradgers Hill Road, Luton, available for download and are looking to LU2 7EW placing an online version of prospectus.

Newman Sixth Cardinal Newman Sixth Form http://newman6th.co.uk/newman-sixth- http://newman6th.co.uk/newman-sixth- Form Website: http://newman6th.co.uk/ virtual-open-evening virtual-open-evening Telephone: 01582 597125 Address: Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Warden Hill Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 7AE Manshead Sixth Manshead Sixth Form (Mrs H Murray Open Evening (Virtual) online from https://mansheadschool.co.uk/sixth-form- Form & Miss R Taylor) Thursday 19th November 2020. prospectus/ Website: https://mansheadschool.co.uk/ Telephone: 01582 679400 Ex 295 Address: Dunstable Road, Caddington, Bedfordshire, LU1 4BB Queensbury Sixth Queensbury Academy Virtual open evening will be online from https://www.queensburyacademy.com/55 Form Langdale Road, Dunstable, Wednesday 21st October 1/sixth-form-prospectus-2020 Bedfordshire, LU6 3BU https://www.queensburyacademy.com/55 01582 601241 8/announcements/announcement/69/6th- https://www.queensburyacademy.com/55 form-open-evening-21st-october-2020 0/introduction

Bedford College Website: https://www.bedford.ac.uk/ Bedford College Virtual Open Day – Need to register for event Telephone: 01234 291000 27th January 2021 https://www.bedford.ac.uk/events/2020/n Address: Main campus – Bedford 5.00pm-8.00pm ovember/bedford-college-virtual-open- College, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, Virtual day-november MK42 9AH

The Bedford Sixth Website: Open Events: Form (Part of https://www.bedfordsixthform.ac.uk/ Thursday 8th October 2020 5-8pm (virtual) Bedford College Telephone: 01234 291291 for A Address: Bromham Road, Bedford, Need to register for event Levels/BTECs) MK40 2BS https://www.bedfordsixthform.ac.uk/even ts/2020/november/the-bedford-sixth- form-virtual-november-open-day

Shuttleworth Website: Open Events: College (part of https://www.shuttleworth.ac.uk 7th November 9.30-12.30, 23rd January Bedford College) Telephone: 01767 626222 9.30-12.30, 13th March 9.30-12.30 (Virtual) Email: [email protected] Address: https://www.shuttleworth.ac.uk/events Shuttleworth College, Old Warden Park, Biggleswade, SG18 9DX Website: Virtual Open Events St Albans Campus Virtual Tour: (campuses in St https://www.oaklands.ac.uk/ Tuesday 2nd February | 4pm-7pm https://www.oaklands.ac.uk/about- Albans & Welwyn Telephone: 01727 737000 Wednesday 3rd February | 4pm-7pm us/college-campuses/st-albans-campus Garden City) Address: St.Alban’s Campus – Hatfield Welwyn Garden City Virtual Tour: Road, St Albans, AL4 0JA (Sat Nav: AL4 https://www.oaklands.ac.uk/about- 0XS) us/college-campuses/welwyn-garden-city- Welwyn Garden City Campus – The campus Campus, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6AH Borehamwood Campus - 163 Elstree Way, Borehamwood, WD6 1JY Harlington Upper Website: Open Events: https://www.harlington.org/sixth- School Sixth Form http://www.harlington.org/sixth-form Wednesday 14th October 2020 from 7pm form/how-to-apply Telephone: 01525 755100 (virtual) Address: , https://www.harlington.org/virtual- Goswell End Road, Harlington, LU5 opening-evening-sixth-form 6NX Milton Keynes Chaffron Way Campus Virtual Open Event (LIVE) Courses at Chaffron Way Campus Business College Chaffron Way Campus https://www.mkcollege.ac.uk/college- Care, Health & Childcare Woughton Campus West, Leadenhall, life/events/virtual-open-event-live/ Computing & Digital Technologies MK6 5LP Construction Engineering Tel: 01908 684444 https://www.mkcollege.ac.uk/college- English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) life/events/virtual-open-event-live-2/ Higher Education Inclusive Learning Bletchley Campus Media & Games Bletchley Campus https://www.mkcollege.ac.uk/study-with- Music Performance & Production Arts Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, MK3 6DR us/

Tel: 01908 684444 Courses at Bletchley Campus Art & Design (Fashion, Graphic Design & Photography) Hairdressing, Beauty & Holistic Therapy Higher Education Hospitality & Catering Motor Vehicle Science Sports Science Uniformed Public Services Andrew Peck Building - Bletchley Campus Apprenticeships Redborne Sixth Website: Virtual Open evening available from 7th https://www.redbornecommunitycollege.c Form https://www.redbornecommunitycoll October 2020. om/page/?title=Sixth+Form+Prospectus&pi ege.com/page/?title=Sixth+Form&pid https://www.redborne.com/sixth-form d=52 =46 Telephone: 01525 404462 Address: Road, Bedford, MK45 2NU Harpenden Website: Open evening video. https://roundwoodpark.co.uk/prospectus- Schools https://roundwoodpark.co.uk/sixth- https://roundwoodpark.co.uk/virtual- handbooks/ Consortium: form-welcome/ open-evening-2020/ Telephone: 01582 765344 Roundwood Park, Address: Roundwood Park School, Harpenden, AL5 3AE

Harpenden Name: Ms Rickard, Head of Sixth Post 16 Information Evening scheduled for Schools Form or Mrs Honour-Jones, Sixth Form 12th January 2021 •Video presentations in place of proposed Consortium: Manager Information Evening will be available from Email: [email protected] Likely to be a virtual event but this will be 12th January to view on their website Sir John Lawes (Admissions Queries - confirmed closer to the date [email protected]) https://www.redborne.com/sixth-form https://www.sjl.herts.sch.uk/727/sixth- form-1 Website: https://www.sjl.herts.sch.uk/727/sixt h-form-1 https://www.sjl.herts.sch.uk/

Telephone: 01582 760043 Address: Manland Way, Harpenden, AL5 4QP Harpenden Name: Sylvia Warden, Sixth Form  Virtual Open Evening available from The Sixth Form Day Application packs will Schools Secretary October 2020 not be available until November 2020. To Consortium: Email: (https://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/p request a pack students/parents will need [email protected] age/?title=Virtual+Open+Evening+Oct+ to complete an on-line form on the St Georges Website: 2020&pid=1207) website Schools https://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/Si (https://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/page/ xth-Form  Opportunities at 16+ Evening: ?title=Sixth+Form+Day+Application+Reque Telephone: 01582 765477 January 2021 by appointment only, sts+for+Year+12+Entry+in+Sept+2021&pid Address: Sun Lane, Harpenden, AL5 general and subject specific talks (no =1139) 4TD tours of the School during this evening). Full details will be in the Sixth Form Application Packs for entry in September 2021 (these will not be available until November 2020) Hitchin Schools The Priory School The Priory School Priory School. Sixth Form Open Evening https://www.priory.herts.sch.uk/events/six Sixth Form Bedford Road Hitchin SG5 2UR 01462 22nd October (tbc) th-form-virtual-open-event-2020/ Consortium: 622300 Headteacher: Mr G Edwards Video virtual open evening The Priory School Head of Sixth: Mr D Hassett https://www.priory.herts.sch.uk/events/six https://www.priory.herts.sch.uk th-form-virtual-open-event-2020/

Hitchin Schools Hitchin Boys’ School Hitchin Boys’ Open evening video link Sixth Form School Grammar School Walk Hitchin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb- Consortium: SG5 1JB 01462 432181 A9EGhiy8&feature=youtu.be Headteacher: Mr F Moane Hitchin Boys Head of Sixth: Mrs E Christou https://www.hbs.herts.sch.uk/do/pages/ar ticle/2517/information www.hbs.herts.sch.uk

Video virtual open evening https://sites.google.com/hgs.herts.sch.uk/ hitchinconsortium/home Hitchin Schools Hitchin Girls’ School Hitchin Girls’ Video virtual open evening Sixth Form School Highbury Road Hitchin SG4 9RS https://www.hgs.herts.sch.uk/page/?title= Consortium: 01462 621300 Sixth+Form&pid=9 Headteacher: Mrs F Manning Hitchin Girls Head of Sixth: Miss T Stojko www.hgs.herts.sch.uk Loreto Sixth Form Website: Saturday 10th October 2020 10am – 12pm College https://www.loreto.herts.sch.uk/ (virtual) Telephone: 01727 856206 Address: Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL1 Sunday 18th October 2020 10am - 12pm 3RQ (virtual) North Website: https://www.nhc.ac.uk/ https://www.nhc.ac.uk/how-to-apply/ Hertfordshire Telephone: 01462 424242 College Address: Hitchin Campus - Cambridge Road, Hitchin, SG4 0JD Stevenage Campus - Monkswood Way, Stevenage, SG1 1LA Engineering and Construction Campus - Fulton Close, Stevenage, SG1 2AF Phoenix Starr Website: Open Events: https://www.phoenixstarrcollege.com 20th Jan 2021 – 10am – 2pm /s Telephone: 01582 729555 Address: Bedford College, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AH PRO: DIRECT Website: Open Events: Academy https://www.prodirectacademy.com/ Thursday 29th October - 12-1pm (1st trial Address: Please see website for date for Luton Boys Academy) further details as there are many

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