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9 July 2010
Artwork to be displayed at the Annual Exhibition of British Artists in London
Artwork from a Blackpool Sixth student is set to be displayed at the prestigious Annual Exhibition of British Artists at the...
8 July 2010
Music students return from tour of Paris
47 students and 7 staff have returned from an incredible 5 day music tour of Paris
2 July 2010
Students take part in archaeological excavation in Thornton
Six Classical Civilisation students have unearthed some remains from the Bronze Age.
1 July 2010
Hero Enterprise Awards success for Blackpool Sixth
Blackpool Sixth students won a fantastic four awards at the Hero Awards 2010 last night which recognises young persons’...
29 June 2010
Blackpool Sixth celebrates its 21st birthday with a new brand and a new phase of building
Our 21st Birthday event included the launch of our new brand identity and an announcement that the third phase of its building...Announcements
A level Results Day
19th August
A2 Enrolment
19th August - 20th August
GCSE Results Day
24th August
League Table Success for Blackpool Sixth Form
14 January 2010
The Blackpool Sixth Form College has achieved another spectacular increase in its league table performance based on exam results in 2009 and continues to be the best college or state-funded sixth form in the Fylde for the average score per student.
Pictured above: Students receiving their results in August 2009
Six hundred and seventy two students took their qualifications with the College last year, the vast majority studying the equivalent of 4 A levels. On the key measure of average point score per student, there has been an increase of over 30 points to 897.8 and the average point score per examination entry has also risen nearly 8 points to 205.2. This is further evidence of the extremely high levels of achievement for its largest ever cohort of A level and BTEC students.
The College cites its emphasis on encouraging all its students to progress to excellent Higher Education and career routes as one of the main reasons which supports the increases.
The Principal, Felicity Greeves, comments: “We instill in our students right from the very start of their courses the desire and discipline to do as well as possible and pursue their ambitions. Their achievement means that they are in control of their futures and can choose the University courses or other routes which they most want to take. Nearly all our students last year achieved their first choice university courses.”
Other reasons for the College’s continuing success are the excellence of its teaching and learning and the quality of its support and guidance for each individual student. Both aspects were graded as “outstanding” in the Ofsted inspection of May 2009 which awarded the College an overall Grade 1: Outstanding.
