Huddersfield New College SUCCESS FOR ALL 2015-16 EQUALITY STATEMENT Huddersfield New College encourages, celebrates and values the diversity of all those who make up our community. We aim to ensure that everyone within our community is treated fairly, with respect and dignity, and we will actively seek to eliminate any form of inequality or discrimination from our campus. EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY The college celebrates Equality and Diversity irrespective of age, gender, disability, sexuality, race or religion or belief. Welcome ..................................................................................... 04 Our Values .................................................................................. 06 Celebrating Success - Class of 2014 ....................................... 08 Aspire to HNC ............................................................................ 10 Support at College .................................................................... 12 Enrichment ................................................................................. 16 Sport Academies ....................................................................... 24 Learning from you ..................................................................... 26 Facilities ..................................................................................... 28 Choosing the right course ........................................................ 30 Courses 2015-2016 .................................................................... 34 Art ............................................................................................... 38 Business ..................................................................................... 40 Design ......................................................................................... 44 Early Years ................................................................................. 46 English ........................................................................................ 48 CONTENTS Health and Social Care .............................................................. 50 Humanities ................................................................................. 52 I.T. ................................................................................................ 56 Modern Foreign Languages ...................................................... 58 Maths .......................................................................................... 60 PAGE Media .......................................................................................... 62 Performing Arts ......................................................................... 64 Science ....................................................................................... 70 Social Sciences .......................................................................... 72 Sport ........................................................................................... 74 Travel and Tourism ..................................................................... 78 How to Apply .............................................................................. 80 Getting to Huddersfield New College ...................................... 85 WELCOME THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING HUDDERSFIELD NEW COLLEGE AS YOUR COLLEGE FOR 2015-16. WE HOPE THAT YOU FIND THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS HELPFUL IN MAKING YOUR CHOICE ABOUT COLLEGE LIFE. We are a very friendly and caring community of staff and students. Our aim is to give our students an excellent educational experience which enables them to realise their potential and to progress successfully to higher education and employment. Looking through the prospectus, you will see examples of our students who have achieved academic success studying with us and who have progressed to the university and career of their choice and we hope that you will find inspiration from their stories. We take great pride at Huddersfield New College that we develop well rounded young people who have more to offer than just academic qualifications, and in this prospectus you will get a glimpse of the wide variety of extra curricular enrichment activities on offer to our students to help them to grow and develop into confident and caring young adults. In November 2011 Ofsted recognised us as a ‘good college with outstanding features’. We hope that after reading this prospectus that you will want to visit us on one of our Open Events, which are listed on the next page, to find out why we are a good college. We look forward to welcoming you to Huddersfield New College. Angela Williams Principal OUR MISSION STATEMENT Our mission is to provide the highest quality education, in a friendly, safe and supportive environment, enabling all our students to be successful and to progress with confidence to higher education and employment. 5 EXCELLENCE We will provide you with the highest standards of teaching and learning, to enable you to achieve your personal goals and we EQUALITY OF will value your absolute OPPORTUNITY commitment to work hard DIVERSITY We will work hard to to achieve these We will welcome you remove any obstacles goals. irrespective of your gender, to your success. race, belief, sexuality, skills & talents, disability or background. RESPECT We will encourage you to recognise your responsibilities to yourself, INDIVIDUALITY to others and to the We will place your community in which personal goals at you live. the centre of our work. ENRICHMENT SUPPORT We will provide you We will strive to give with opportunities to get you outstanding support, involved in college life, inside and outside the to meet new people and classroom. make new friends, to develop your skills OUR & talents & to enjoy VALUES your time with us. 6 OPEN DAYS 2014 - 2015 Thursday 23rd October 2014 6.30 - 9.00pm Saturday 22nd November 2014 10.00am - 1.00pm Wednesday 14th January 2015 6.30pm - 9.00pm 7 CELEBRATING SUCCESS CLASS OF 2014 IN ENGLAND IN ENGLAND TOP % FOR STUDENT TOP % FOR STUDENT PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE 10WE’RE IN THE (ON A LEVELS & VOCATIONAL A LEVELS) WE’RE IN THE 22 (ON AS LEVELS) WE’RE THE WE’RE IN THE TOP 10% IN ENGLAND IN ENGLAND FOR STUDENT PERFORMANCE FOR STUDENT#ONE ON FINE ART, CLASSICS PERFORMANCE (ON AS PHOTOGRAPHY & AS EXTENDED PROJECT) & FURTHER MATHS 99% OF OUR STUDENTS WE’VE A100% PASSED RATE ON 47 A/AS THEIR A LEVELS, OR EQUIVALENT LEVEL COURSESPASS (ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE) OF OUR STUDENTS OF OUR STUDENTS 371 ACHIEVED 45% ACHIEVED ‘GOLD STANDARD’ AN A*, A OR B GRADE ABBTHE OR ABOVE (AT A LEVEL OR EQUIVALENT) (AT A LEVEL OR EQUIVALENT) 8 Kizzie Johnson (The North Halifax Grammar School), Midwifery at Cardiff University Daniel Popowych (Almondbury Community School) Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of York Joel Robinson (Rastrick High School) Music at the Leeds College of Music Maryam Ilias (Greenhead College) Optometry at the University of Bradford AMONGST THOSE CELEBRATING 9 HNC ASPIRE PROGRAMME At Huddersfield New College we strive for the success of each and every one of our students - and have been doing so for 40 years. This includes those who are academic high flyers and whose GCSE results were exceptionally good. To allow such students to achieve their potential and realise their ambitions and goals, we offer the Aspire programme - a programme of teaching/support, additional courses, enrichment and events that provide the best possible preparation for entry to the most competitive universities and courses in the country. WHO CAN TAKE PART? Typically, students who have achieved a high number of A or A* grades at GCSE will want to be part of the programme. In addition, students who want to study at Oxford or Cambridge or apply for the most demanding and competitive courses at university, including Medicine, Dentistry or Veterinary Science will also benefit greatly. Some students may have been identified as ‘gifted’ in a particular subject at school and will want to continue on a similar ‘gifted’ programme at sixth form. WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WILL I HAVE? • An opportunity to complete the Extended Project Qualification. • Individualised preparation/support when applying for challenging and competitive university courses, including Medicine and Veterinary Science, and Russell Group universities including Oxbridge. • Additional one-to-one ‘stretch and challenge’ work with subject specialists. • Additional enrichment opportunities such as: UK Senior Maths Challenge, Philosophy Club, Journalism Club and HE+ Master Classes. • Organised visits to the country’s leading universities. • Talks by guest academic speakers. • Access to academic resources and electronic texts from various university libraries. 10 Casey Hartley-Walker (Holmfirth High Munashe School) A*, A*, A* ‘Phillip’ Muza Business and Economics at the (St Bede’s Catholic University of Grammar School) Manchester A, B, B, Biomedical Sciences at Cardiff University Shauna Halstead (Honley High School) A*, A*, A* MSc Biology, University of Jamie Walsh Sheffield (Queensbury School) A*, A, B, Biology at the University of York 11 SUPPORT AT COLLEGE PASTORAL MANAGEMENT TEAM The Pastoral Management Team is located in the Guidance and Careers Centre. WE ARE ALWAYS They will help and advise you on a range THERE FOR YOU of student welfare issues. Strong pastoral care, support and STUDENT SERVICES TEAM guidance is an extremely important The Student Services Team is located factor in helping students to achieve in the media centre. They will help their potential. There