A warm welcome from Blackpool Sixth Principal Jill Gray.
Blackpool Sixth – OFSTED Outstanding.
Deborah, whose son has completed his studies at Blackpool Sixth, tells us about her experience of the college and how we supported her son to achieve more than he thought he could.
In this video, Assistant Principal (Vocational) Tina Cooper gives an overview of the college curriculum and explains how students can put together a study programme to meet their individual needs and future plans. She is joined by Peter Wright, Excellence Programme Lead, who talks about the college’s specific provision for academic high fliers.
This video covers the wide range of in-depth individualised support we provide our students, Head of Student Services, Tom Holland talks about our Pastoral Mentors and their central role in supporting students and being a key point of contact for parents and carers. The video also outlines the financial and transport support available to students.
In this video, Head of Additional Learning Support, David Williams, explains the college’s very extensive provision for students who require some additional help with their learning.
In this video, Head of Learning Resources and Careers, Debbi Hodson, talks about the college’s award-winning learning facilities and resources. The talk also includes some details of the 6Xtra programme which helps build students’ wider skills.
This talk by our Assistant Head of Student Services, Steve Hayes-Brown, gives an important overview of the main choices students have about what to do when they finish college such as university, higher apprenticeships, employment with training and gap years. This is something we encourage students to think about as early as possible and the video discusses the ways in which we help students make the right choice for them and support them with their applications, interviews and other selection processes.
This video is designed to help with understanding how students can go about planning their careers. It also covers how we support our students to develop the essential skills they need to make good career choices and make a great success of whatever they choose.
In this talk members of the Admissions and Liaison team go through the college’s admissions process from application to enrolment. This talk was produced for the November open event and includes a pre-recorded Q&A session, covering mainly of the most common questions we receive about our admissions processes and about the college more generally.
Former Blackpool Sixth student, Suny talks about her experiences of college and gives some important and inspiring advice for current Year 11 students.
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