GUIDE TO SIXTH FORM ENTRY AND SIXTH FORM SCHOLARSHIPS SEPTEMBER 2021 GUIDE TO SIXTH FORM AND SIXTH FORM SCHOLARSHIPS ACADEMIC YEAR OF ENTRY 2021 ................................................................................................................................................................... 2 ......................................................................... 2 ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 .................................................................................. 3 ..................................................................................................................................... 4 .................................................................................................................................................... 4 ................................................................................................................................................ 4 ............................................................................................................................................. 5 ..................................................................................................................... 6 .............................................................................................................................................................. 7 ............................................................................................................................. 8 ............................................................................................... 8 ....................................................................................................................................................... 9 ........................................................................................................................................................10 ....................................................................................................................................................... 10 ........................................................................................................................... 11 ..................................................................................................................................... 12 ................................................................................................. 13 ............................................................................................................................................................. 14 .................................................................................................................................... 15 1 INTRODUCTION NORMAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND APPLICATION PROCEDURE We are delighted that you are interested in joining Eastbourne College for your A-level studies. Applicants for the sixth form should be predicted a Competition for entry to our sixth form is strong and GCSE grade average of 6 or above, and receive a very as well as academic ability we seek pupils who wish to positive reference from their current school. We be part of a vibrant community to which they will normally expect sixth form applicants to complete a contribute fully. minimum of 8 GCSEs. There are two methods of entry: If you would like to be considered for entry to the sixth form at the College in September 2021 normal entry (following a visit and based on GCSE please contact us to arrange either a personal or predictions where relevant) virtual visit. This should be done as early as possible and certainly no later than by the end of the first term of scholarship entry (assessments take place at the Year 11. College in November in the preceding year of entry, ie the first term of Year 11). If you would like to make an application for the sixth form, your parents will need to complete a registration Our sixth form entry is an important cohort for the form (available upon request or online) and return it College and brings with it fresh ideas, energy and together with a £100 registration fee. Early registration ambition. We embrace all our new sixth form entrants is recommended (preferably before the end of and are particularly excited about scholarship November of Year 11) and applications will be candidates applying to join the College. considered in the order that they are received, with offers made subject to availability. Applications received The College is pleased to offer a range of A-level after December of Year 11 will be considered in the subjects and a robust enrichment programme for our normal manner if spaces are available. sixth form pupils, as well as many different scholarship options. On receipt of a positive reference from your current school, having met you and your meeting our entrance Scholarships are offered across multiple disciplines requirements, we will make conditional offers of a sixth including academic, art, design, drama, music and sport. form place to applicants. These offers are conditional on As a College we are very fortunate to attract a high level final GCSE grades. For some applicants we will consider of interest in our scholarship programme. In addition to making unconditional offers of a place. our core scholarship awards, we are also able to offer sixth form named awards to some candidates. All sixth form applicants holding conditional offers of a place are required to provide copies of their statements In celebration of our 150th anniversary, the College of GCSE results (or equivalent) as soon as they are announced the Professor Soddy awards for talented published to confirm their place at the College. academic pupils. This award and some of the other named awards can be applied for on an individual basis; Provisional confirmation of A-level subjects is requested all named awards are dependent on availability. Please in the Lent term when the relevant options information see the Sixth Form Named Award sections in this booklet is made available to those who have accepted a booklet for more information. place. 2 It is anticipated that any pupil beginning an A-level For all potential scholars we look for academic leadership programme at the College will choose A-level options in and intellectual curiosity. We try to distinguish the bright subjects where they obtain some of their highest grades. from the well drilled, the inspired from the effective and For some A-level subjects there may be GCSE grade we aim to uncover flair. recommendations in order to access that A- level subject. Scholarship candidates who are not successful are nevertheless normally offered a place at the College If you are applying after December 2020, it would be subject to gaining the external entry requirements at advantageous for parents to provide an email address of GCSE; all pupils who are offered a scholarship, regardless the appropriate member of staff to whom the College of the discipline, must also fulfil these same requirements should write for a reference. Offers of places from 1 in order to take up their place and their award. Academic December 2020 onwards are based on receipt of a scholars will be expected to meet or exceed their satisfactory reference and predicted GCSE grades being predicted grades. received from your present school. SCHOLARSHIP ENTRY The following scholarships are offered to new pupils entering the College in the sixth form: Please contact the admissions office for the relevant link to the online application form. For candidates who have Academic incl the Professor Soddy Award yet to register with the College, please also complete a Art registration form (available upon request or online) and Art Textiles return it together with the registration fee of £100. The Design & Technology registration fee for Professor Soddy applicants is waived. Drama Music Ideally all scholarship candidates should have visited the Sport College prior to the scholarship assessments. Please note that in line with most top independent The closing date for receipt of entries is Friday schools, the majority of awards given at Eastbourne 16 October 2020. On submission of your online College will be between 5 per cent and 20 per cent of scholarship application, your current headteacher will be the day or boarding fee, but more may be offered (up automatically contacted for a confidential reference to a maximum of 50 per cent). which will include your GCSE predicted grades. We will then invite short-listed candidates to the assessments at The Professor Soddy award is an academic award for the end of October (ie in the first term of Year 11). highly talented individuals and provides an award of 100 per cent of the day or boarding fee. Please make sure that your headteacher is aware that we will be sending an electronic reference request to All scholarships may be supplemented on a means- him / her on your behalf. All references must be tested basis and in exceptional circumstances this funding returned by 22 October. Any delay in receiving a can extend beyond the normal 60 per cent bursary limit. completed reference may jeopardise your scholarship For awards with significant financial benefit, we may ask application. a family to complete a means tested bursary application form. In keeping with regulations governing all HMC schools, parents and candidates will be informed of the results Whereas candidates for all other disciplines should