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OUR PRIORITY. your success. PROSPECTUS 21 20 WOKING COLLEGE PROSPECTUS 2021 WWW.WOKING.AC.UK Contents Welcome 3 Reasons to Choose Woking College 4 CONTENTS Student Voice 6 Choosing Your Study Programme 8 Course Overview 12 Extra-curricular 46 Excellence in Learning 50 Support for Learning 54 The Woking Way 56 Careers Department 58 Facilities 60 How Do I Get There? 62 Your Guide To Applying 64 STAY CONNECTED WokingCollege “Standards of teaching in the College are high, teaching staff are @WokingCollege well qualified and many use their experience of working in industry to WokingCollegeUK plan and deliver stimulating lessons. College leaders concentrate on wokingcollege raising student aspirations.” Ofsted Report 2 Welcome WELCOME FROM THE PRINCIPAL Woking College is a brilliant option for your sixth form education; we are rightly delighted of our students’ excellent results and progression onto University and Apprenticeships, and wide range of superb extra-curricular activities on offer, but we are even prouder of our friendly atmosphere and the wonderfully supportive community which makes Woking College a very happy to place to be. Your future success will be assured through enjoy learning – your successes will be as expert teaching, engaging lessons and a result of you working hard with a team our belief that all young people have of expert staff who are passionate about tremendous potential. The widest choice of helping you to achieve and prepare you A Levels and Vocational Courses, first-rate for your future successes – so you can make facilities and study support built around a positive impact in the world. Subject each individual's needs sits alongside a workshops and our tutorial system are brilliant range of extra-curricular activities. devoted to getting you the best possible results from your time at College. Weekly At Woking College all of our first-rate tutor group sessions will focus on our facilities and everything we do is focused innovative pastoral programme 'What entirely on the needs of sixth form students. Every 18-Year-Old Should Know'. From the first time you meet us you will receive the highest quality advice and At Woking College we are truly committed guidance to ensure that the courses you to extending your future life choices and select will put you on a positive path to the doing everything we can to support you in next stage of your life. Throughout your your ambitions; your success is our priority. time with us our exceptional Careers team I look forward to meeting you and then will advise and guide you on your next welcoming you into our community. steps, whether that be to higher education, competitive apprenticeships or into the workplace. Our sixth form specialist teachers will help Brett Freeman you become independent students who Principal Continued overleaf www.woking.ac.uk 3 CoursesReasons to Choose Woking College REASONS TO CHOOSE WOKING COLLEGE Woking College specialises in educating young people aged 16 to 19, with students from more than 70 schools across Surrey attending the college in an environment that promotes independence and confidence. OVER 70 EXTRA- 99% CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES A LEVEL PASS RATE Over the last nine years, the A Level pass rate at Woking College has been above the GREAT CHOICE OF COURSES national average. AND COMBINATIONS 60% 100% 75% High Grades BTEC Distinction/ A*-B at pass rate Merit at A Level BTEC Outstanding support for learning and excellent careers guidance Oxbridge Co-ordinator and Excellence Programmes Exceptional progression to first choice universities 4 Reasons to Choose Woking CollegeSection SPECIALIST EASY WHAT OUR SIXTH FORM TRANSPORT STUDENTS FACILITIES LINKS LOVE Excellent results Committed, supportive teachers Community atmosphere Great facilities Easy transport links OPEN EVENINGS THURSDAY WEDNESDAY 8TH 16TH OCTOBER JUNE 2020 2021 www.woking.ac.uk 5 Student Voice STUDENT VOICE We listen to our students. The results confirm that the overwhelming majority of students have found that their courses matched their expectations; that teaching and learning was of the highest standard; and that their Personal Tutor was very helpful, organised and supportive. In the words of the Student Union, “The great thing about the College is that all students matter and work together for the good of the College.” 6 StudentSection Voice The Student Union would like to welcome you to Woking College, a community that prides itself on pushing every student to succeed academically, personally and pastorally. The staff and students at Woking take your views and strive to keep College work hard to make the most the college moving forward. Building of your time here, and allow you to a forward thinking, proactive leave as independent and intelligent community involves all of us, and leaders who can make the most of you have as much a say in the the opportunities life presents. development of college life as anyone! Last year, the college maintained its outstanding 99% pass rate, with A specialist careers department over half of students studying their is always on hand to help A Levels achieving A*-B grades. with university applications, What's more we had a 100% BTEC apprenticeships and work pass rate, a testament to the tireless experience, and students are given support and guidance students the support to start thinking about are given to help them flourish our futures from day one. The and succeed. college has an excellent pastoral system that puts us at the heart However, Woking College aims of everything. Every student has a to do so much more than produce personal tutor and a designated impressive exam results. The college head of year. The learning support has a host of extra-curricular department is tireless in the activities, from rock climbing to help it offers, and a mentorship board game clubs, discussion groups programme is designed to give like the debating society and Gender students the help they need to move Sexuality Alliance, to sports such as on from your time at Woking College hockey, netball, cricket and football, stronger and more stable. so there is always something to develop the person you are outside Being a student at Woking College of the classroom too. As the Student is being part of a community that Union, we aim to aid your transition cares about your achievement, and to a new environment with freshers' your wellbeing. If you are looking for events, charity days and a summer a supportive environment to further BBQ, all to help you settle and meet your studies, as well as a selection of people you can grow with. social events along with state of the art facilities, Woking is the college The Student Union is not just an for you. We hope to welcome events committee though, our job is all of you into our community to take your voice to the leadership very soon. team and make real changes to the your success. college. We have weekly meetings THE WOKING COLLEGE OUR PRIORITY. with Brett, the Principal, where we STUDENT UNION www.woking.ac.uk 7 Choosing Your Study Programme CHOOSING YOUR STUDY PROGRAMME When you choose your subjects, think about how you’re giving yourself a good foundation for achieving your career aims. This Prospectus will help you choose courses that you are interested in studying and which give you the pathway to the next stages of your career aspirations whether that be to University, Apprenticeships or joining the workforce straight from College. We strongly recommend that you visit one of our Open Evenings where you will have the opportunity to meet staff and students and gather as much information about the courses on offer and what life at Woking College is like. We understand that choosing your courses can be daunting so we say a big “DON’T WORRY”, we will be there to provide you with help and guidance. We will discuss your subject options with you at your interview, at Welcome Day and at enrolment when you have received your GCSE grades. We want to make sure that you choose the best subject combinations to succeed and enjoy your time at College. We are here every step of the way to advise and guide you. You will have the opportunity to discuss your chosen courses in further detail at your personal interview following your application to the College. Here are some examples of typical student programmes. 8 Choosing Your Study ProgrammeSection ADVANCED LEVEL (A LEVEL COURSES) ADVANCED VOCATIONAL COURSES To study A Levels, you will need at least five If you want to concentrate on a particular GCSE passes with grades 4-9. subject area and prefer the focus of assessment to be on coursework and We will discuss final entry requirements for assignments rather than exams, our your chosen course during your interview. selection of Advanced Vocational courses Subjects such as Mathematics, English, will give you the chance to experience the and the Sciences will require students to world of work. To study these qualifications have specific grades - for example, to study you will need four or more GCSE passes with Physics you will need at least a 6 in GCSE grades 4-9, depending on the subject area Maths. Woking College offers a wide range and course chosen. See page 12 for the of subject choices (see page 12 onwards). range of subjects. Woking College offers two Most students study three A Levels but routes to achieving vocational qualifications it is possible to study four. You will be at Advanced Level. given careful guidance at your interview, Advanced Vocational courses are a two- helping you to select the right number and year programme equivalent to one, two, combination of subjects. or three A Levels.