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2021
Farmor’s School
AN ACADEMY
SIXTH
FORM
SIXTH FORM
PROSPECTUS
1
The Sixth Form
Leadership Team:
Welcome to Famor’s School 3
Study programme 4
Trips & visits 5
Choosing your courses 6
Application Process 7
Art & Design: Fine art 8
Art & Design: Digital photography 9 Laura Hubbard-Miles
Head of Y12
Biology 10 lhubbard-miles@farmors.
gloucs.sch.uk
Business studies 11
Chemistry 12
Computer science 13
Design & Technology: 3D Design 14
Design & Technology: Fashion & Textiles 15
Drama & theatre 16
Economics 17
English Language & Literature 18 Claire Andrews-Alsaigh
Head of Y13
English Literature 19 candrews-alsaigh@farmors.
gloucs.sch.uk
Extended Project Qualification 20
Food science & Nutrition 21
French 22
Geography 23
History 24
Core Mathematics 25
Mathematics 26
Further Mathematics 27 Clare Orgill
Sixth Form Pastoral Administrator
Media 28 corgill@farmors.gloucs.sch.uk
Music 29
Physical Education 30
Physics 31
Psychology 32
Sociology 33
Spanish 34
Next steps 35
Liz Lloyd
Careers Coordinator
llloyd@farmors.gloucs.sch.uk
2
Welcome to Famor’s School
EXCELLENCE “Their concept is We have a unique balance of
so unique and brilliant, I feel like freedom and academic rigour,
As Head of the school really puts the students
first” Student 2019.
of independence and support, of
routine and choice. This, coupled
Farmor’s Sixth OUTSTANDING purpose-built
with the breadth of our offer of
both A levels and Enrichment
Form, I’d like facilities complement the quality Programmes, attracts students
of A level teaching that you will
to offer you a enjoy. Our staff regularly ‘go
from many different schools. New
entrants make up over 20% of the
warm welcome the extra mile’ with one-to-one
tutorials and mentoring to ensure
cohort each year.
and give you students reach their potential. But don’t just take my word for it.
Come and see what we have to
a brief insight PERSONALISED advice, guidance
and pastoral support is available
offer.
into why I to all students. This unrivalled
support includes the Aspire
believe it is Programme for Oxbridge and
such a fantastic Medicine students and we are
successful in supporting students
place to study. onto these paths every year.
INDEPENDENCE is vitally
important as you prepare for
the next steps of your life after
A levels. Therefore, we will treat
you as an adult from day one,
responsible for your choices from
how you dress to the targets you
set yourself.
Emma White
Head of Sixth Form
ewhite@farmors.gloucs.sch.uk
For further information please visit: www.farmors.gloucs.sch.uk or call 01285 712302 3
Study Programme
As well as your academic courses, you will get the
opportunity to participate in a wide range of activities Why choose Farmor’s
that will give you the skills to stand out from the crowd. Sixth Form?
How many courses can I choose? Aspire Programme • Personalised teaching with
an average class size of
• Four A levels If you are aspiring to apply to
eleven, leading to great
• Three A levels + EPQ Oxford, Cambridge or for a
results.
Medicine course you are welcome
• Three A levels + Core Maths
to join our Aspire Programme. • Excellent facilities including
• Three A levels There is a range of trips and study areas, social spaces
speakers as well as support with and café.
Enrichment
the preparation of the application
You will have a range of • Diverse enrichment
including reading seminars and
enrichment programmes to choose opportunities including
tutorials. You will be offered an
from including: model United Nations,
interview which is filmed for you
DofE Gold and far moors
• Duke of Edinburgh Gold, to keep and review later. This is
mountain walkers.
• Sign Language a highly successful and valued
programme tailored to the needs • Flexible and individual
• Sports Coaching
of each individual. support for progression to a
• Three Peaks Challenge wide range of destinations
• Criminology Additional opportunities from Oxbridge to
• Social Committee • First aid apprenticeships.
• Charity Committee • Sports teams
• Model United Nations • Student Shadow Leadership Team
• Work experience
Speakers Programme
There is a fortnightly speakers’
programme of events from all
branches of industry and public life.
These include:
• Alan Rusbridger
• Living and working in war zones
• Mental health awareness
• Canine Partners
4 For further information please visit: www.farmors.gloucs.sch.uk or call 01285 712302
Trips & visits
Sixth Form students
have wide-ranging
opportunities for
experiences beyond
Fairford.
Recent destinations have
included Iceland, Russia,Vietnam,
Cambodia, Ethiopia, Chile,
Bolivia, India, France, Spain,
New York and Kenya across
a range of departments and
subject interests.Together with
the foreign destinations, visits
closer to home include London,
Wales,Bristol and Birmingham.
We are also linked with an
exciting educational project in
Zambia.
New York
Three Peaks
For further information please visit: www.farmors.gloucs.sch.uk or call 01285 712302 5
Choosing your courses
Your study programme will have three A levels at its core. We offer an
extensive range of subjects and ask you to choose three of these as the basis of
your curriculum.
You may choose these based on Academic enrichment If you are studying Maths A level
career ambitions at university To your core three A levels, you and have achieved a GCSE grade 8
or the workplace. For example, can then add a further academic or 9, you might like to add Further
if you want to study Medicine, course if you wish. These are: Maths, especially if you are thinking
Chemistry must be one of your of studying Maths at university.
• The Extended Project
choices. If you want to study It is important to recognise that no
Qualification
Law, History or English will be universities require four A levels
important. If you don’t have an • Core Maths
as a minimum. High achievement
ambition at the moment, that • An additional A level. at GCSE would indicate suitability
is fine. You should choose on For example, if you choose to for four A levels; however, we
the basis of what you enjoy, are study Geography, Psychology, believe a more balanced curriculum
good at, or are interested in. You Chemistry, Economics or to be more beneficial for those
will have many opportunities to Business, Core Maths would intending to continue their studies
discuss your choices and options be a really useful addition that at University level. Oxford and
with experienced sixth form staff would complement the maths Cambridge universities explicitly
during the application process. requirements in those A levels. prefer students to have three A
levels and the EPQ, for example.
Financial support
We have a bursary programme to support students who might
have financial barriers to their learning.This includes payments
to help with transport costs, with materials and resources,
with books. You will all be given the application form and
information but please ask if you need help.
Getting to Sixth Form
There are lots of buses and many of our students drive in once
they have passed their test.There is no charge for this and there
is a carpark at the front of the school. Some parents also set up
lift-shares. If your household income is below £30,000 you can
apply for financial support with bus fares.
6 For further information please visit: www.farmors.gloucs.sch.uk or call 01285 712302
Application Process
New entrants regularly join us from many different schools and make up over
20% of our students each year.
Entry criteria
•A
grade 4 in English and Maths plus at least 3 more GCSEs at grade 4 Deadlines
or above. Short courses do not count.
•4
grades or above in the subjects you are wishing to study at A level October 2020
though a 5 grade would be desirable. Applications Open
•P
lease note that some subjects have specific entry requirements, see Friday 22nd
the Subject Information pages. January 2021
Application deadline
February/March 2021
Formal interview
July 2021
Preparatory
information and
handbooks
Thursday 19th
August 2021
GCSE
results day
Friday 20th
August 2021
Enrolment deadline
For further information please visit: www.farmors.gloucs.sch.uk or call 01285 712302 7
RESULTS 2019
A*-B 80% | A*-C 100%
Art & Design
Entry Requirements:
Fine art Sixth Form entry criteria plus
Minimum GCSE grade 5 in
Graphics, Art or Photography
You will develop skills and techniques in painting,
drawing, printing, sculpture and explore the work of
artists, designers and crafts people.
You will also participate in peer The exam board moderator
and teacher critiques, learning to praised the department for
talk about work and Fine Art and promoting a high level of
related Ideas. You will also set experimentation and pushing
up your own blog/Instagram to students in the development of
understand how to present work their ideas. He also praised the
to an audience. high level of rigour in this course.
Exams: Trips, industry links and work
• 1 5-hour exam in Y13 which makes experience:
up 40% of the final grade. • Artist and sculptor at Ernest
•Y
13 students follow their own Cook Trust Student Profile:
personal artistic investigation, • Visiting artists Gabe Fryer-Eccles
supported by their teachers. • Links with Stroud College
This includes a 3000-word
• Annual trip to such places as
essay alongside sketchbook
Barcelona, Paris, London and St
development work leading to Previous School
Ives. A different place is visited
substantial final pieces. This Sir Thomas Rich
each year so you will have the
makesup 60% of the final grade.
chance of at least two trips.
• Exam board: AQA
Career opportunities: Studied Fine Art,
• Art Foundation Course Maths, Geography
•D
egree courses in Architecture & EPQ
(this course is a requirement for
studying Architecture)
• Fashion Design
Achieved AAAA*
•S
et Design and for Theatre
and is now studying
and TV
Architecture at UCL
•A
ll art and design careers such
as Animation.
8 For further information please contact: Mrs Tara Parker-Woolway: tparker-w@farmors.gloucs.sch.uk
RESULTS 2019
A*-B 83% | A*-C 100%
Art & Design
Entry Requirements:
Digital Photography Sixth Form entry criteria plus
Minimum grade 4 at GCSE in a
creative subject*
You will learn how to take good quality, well
composed photographs, looking beyond the
lens to use the digital camera as a tool to
capture moments in time.
You will work on portraiture and Trips, industry links and work
landscape projects, completing experience:
sketchbooks and boards for a • Wimbledon Arts Studio: camera
display at the end of Y12. In Y13, skills and portraiture shoot
you will choose your own genre
• Landscape trips to the local area
of photography to research and
develop. • Arts trip to London or Europe
Exams:
•T
he course is assessed in Y13
My son has enjoyed the Student Profile:
through a personal investigation
including a 3000-word essay mature relationship he Stella Dalgleish
which makes up 60% of the grade has developed with Staff
and a final exam. in 6th form. Here has
• 1 5-hour exam, the wide range of been a great atmosphere Previous School
topics for which are released in
to foster Independent Farmor’s
March. Students are supported in
preparing for this practical exam learning. Thank you.
from March until May. This makes Parental Exit Survey
up 40% of the final grade.
Studied Photography,
• Exam board: AQA
English Language and
Career opportunities: Literature and French.
• Sports’ Photographer
• Fashion Photographer
• Advertising Achieved A*BC and is
• Journalism studying Photography at
• Teaching the Glasgow School of Art
• TV Work
*You will need your own Digital SLR camera and a basic knowledge of editing software would be an advantage
For further information please contact: Mrs Jo Dawson: jdawson@farmors.gloucs.sch.uk 9
RESULTS 2019
A*-B 32% | A*-C 76% | A*-E 96%
Entry Requirements:
Sixth Form entry criteria plus
Grades 56 in double science or 556
Biology in triple (6 in Biology) and grade 6 in
maths. If grade 5 achieved in maths you
should also take the core maths option
Areas of study include human biology such as
the nervous and endocrine systems as well as
genetics. Further study includes cell structure,
biological molecules, nucleic acids, enzymes, cell
division and organisation.
Also covered are means of • Environmental Science
transport in plants and animals as • Food Industry
well as diseases, immune systems,
• Biochemistry
biodiversity, classification and
evolution. You will also develop • Pharmaceutical Industry
practical skills through a range • Psychology
of activities. • Sports Science
Exams: • Biotechnology
Student Profile:
•3
exams at the end of Y13 plus • Veterinary Science
Henry Newman
a practical assessment course
Trips, industry links and work
which leads to an endorsement
experience:
qualification.
• Lecture days at Warwick
• Exam board: OCR Previous School
University
Farmor’s
Career opportunities: • Field trips
• Medicine • Science Support in
• Dentistry Primary School
Studied Biology,
Physics, Maths and
EPQ
Achieved AAAA and is
studying Civil Engineering
at Bristol University
10 For further information please contact: Mr Andrew Rowan: arowan@farmors.gloucs.sch.ukRESULTS 2019
A*-B: 54% | A*-C 92% | A*-E 100%
Entry Requirements:
Business Studies Sixth Form entry criteria plus
Minimum GCSE grade 4 in
Business if studied
Business Studies will be of interest to anyone
who wants a career in business, is thinking of
starting their own business or is curious about
how businesses are run.
The course provides you with the A-level Business provides the
opportunity to study how businesses opportunity for a range of
in the real world operate and how options for further study and
they make decisions. By studying careers including:
examples of real businesses, you will • Business management
learn about a diverse range of areas
• Accountancy
such as marketing, human resources,
international business, accounts and • Human Resources
business strategy. • Apprenticeships such as at
St James’s Place
Exams: Student Profile:
• Sponsored degrees such as
•3
exams at the end of Y13 Pippa Wildern
PWC Nottingham University
• Exam board: Edexcel
Trips, industry links and work
Career opportunities: experience: Previous School
Business provides a range of • Study a wide range of local, Farmor’s
knowledge and skills which will be national and international
useful in almost any career. These businesses.
include the ability: to critically analyse • Business competitions
business situations and data, to write Studied Business Studies,
• Guest speakers Geography, English Literature
clearly about business issues, to work
effectively as part of a team and to • Young Enterprise enrichment and EPQ
give business presentations.
Achieved AAAA
and is studying Rural Land
The subject and teaching is exceptional. Management at Royal
Student Exit Survey Agricultural University
For further information please contact: Mr Peter Imeson: pimeson@farmors.gloucs.sch.uk 11RESULTS 2019
A*-B 38% | A*-C 63% | A*-E 100%
Entry Requirements:
Sixth Form entry criteria plus Grades
56 in double science or 556 in triple (6
Chemistry in Chemistry) and grade 6 in maths. If
grade 5 achieved in maths you should
also take the core maths option
This course offers a solid foundation in all aspects
of Chemistry. You will explore areas of study that
include Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and
Physical Chemistry.
In addition, you will develop a Exams:
variety of practical skills, including • 3 exams at the end of Y13
use of scientific equipment, report plus a practical assessment
writing, communication, logical course which leads to an
thinking and reasoning as well as endorsement qualification.
researching and managing risk
• Exam board: AQA
through a range of activities.
Career opportunities:
Chemistry is a valuable subject
in the world of work and can Student Profile:
open the door to a variety of Will Spurway
desirable career paths.
• Medicine
• Bio Chemistry
• Chemical Engineering Previous School
Farmor’s
• Pharmacy
Trips, industry links and work
experience:
• Medical Society links and Studied Chemistry,
work experience in a range Physics and Maths
of hospitals
• Range of speakers including
Maxillofacial surgeon
• Science Live in Birmingham Achieved AAA and is
studying Medicine at
Manchester University
12 For further information please contact: Dr Nicola Crook: ncrook@farmors.gloucs.sch.ukNEW COURSE FOR 2019
Entry Requirements:
Sixth Form entry criteria plus
Computer Science
A keen interest in IT and how to use
applications more effectively
Grade 6 Computer Science
Grade 6 Mathematics
This course is designed to develop your knowledge and
understanding a range of computing topics which will
prepare you to solve complex and challenging tasks.
Computer Science is a methodical • Cyber Security Specialist
subject that requires you to • Information Systems Manager
be logically minded, inquisitive
• Network Engineer
and with a keen interest in how
computers work. This course does • Software Developer
not only cover the academic and • Systems Analyst
technical aspects of computing, but • Degree in Computer Science
it also allows you to use creative
• Application Analyst
skills with software development.
• Applications Developer
Exams/Assessments: • Cyber Security Analyst
Assessments will take place in the
Student Profile:
• Data Analyst
form of: Peter Hebden
• Database Administrator
•A
n on-screen practical coding -
• Forensic Computer Analyst
40%
• Games Developer
• A written examination - 40%
• Information Systems Manager Previous School
•A
non-examination assessment -
Farmor’s
20% Trips, industry links and work
• Exam board: AQA experience:
• Workshops on Cyber security
Career opportunities:
• Workshops on programming Studying Computer
In recent years, Computer Science Science, Maths, Further
has become one of the fastest • Trips to Oxford University
Maths and EPQ
growing subjects at both GCSE • University of Gloucestershire
and A Level. It is a sought-after • GCHQ
qualification for both universities
and employers. Specialist roles Ambition to study
could include: Maths and Computing
at Oxford University
For further information please contact: Mr Martin Alsaigh: malsaigh@farmors.gloucs.sch.uk 13RESULTS 2019
A*-B 50% | A*-C 100%
Entry Requirements:
Sixth Form entry criteria plus Minimum
Design & Technology
GCSE grade 5 in a design related
3D Design subject such as Resistant Materials,
Graphic Design, Product Design, Fine
Art, Textiles or Photography
This course is a creative and thought provoking
qualification. Three-Dimensional Design is
distinguishable by the emphasis placed upon functional
and utilitarian considerations. It covers a particularly
wide range of activities ranging in scale from jewellery
and body adornment to architectural and product or
furniture design, which may also include single items
of furniture that are concerned with functionality and
manual skills as well as aesthetic qualities.
You will investigate historical, Trips, industry links and work
cultural and economic influences experience:
of design as well as how • Cardiff University Fab Lab
technology has influenced
• Warwick University Workshops Student Profile:
products we use every day. You
will also explore the design and • Design Museum Tabitha Roberts
creation of products for the future. • Jaguar
• Gloucestershire University
Exams:
• Cardiff University Previous School
• 40% Externally set assignment Kingshill
• Design trips are regularly
•6
0% Design and Make personal
offered
project
• Exam board: Eduqas Studied Product Design,
Psychology, Business
Career opportunities:
and EPQ
• Business management degree
• Product Design
• Engineering
Achieved ABCC and is
•D
egrees in design related studying Advertising
courses Design at the University
• Apprenticeships of South Wales
• Manufacturing
14 For further information please contact: Ms Mindy Smith: msmith@farmors.gloucs.sch.ukRESULTS 2019
A*-B 50% | A*-C 75% | A*-E 100%
Entry Requirements:
Sixth Form entry criteria plus
Minimum GCSE grade 4 in a design
Design & Technology
related subject such as Resistant
Fashion & Textiles Materials, Graphic Design, Product
Design, Fine Art, Textiles, Photography,
or Technical Award is ideal*
This creative and thought-provoking A level gives
you the practical skills and theoretical knowledge to
succeed in the fashion and creative industries.
This course is suited to you if Trips, industry links and work
you are interested in fashion and experience:
its influence on society. You will • Fashion and Textile Museum
experiment with a wide range
• V&A Museum
of fabrics and techniques before
refining your ideas for the final • Design Museum
assessed pieces in the second year. • Students are encouraged to
build links with live clients &
Exams: businesses
•4
0% externally set
•6
0% through a project with the
brief chosen by students Student Profile:
• Exam board: Eduqas Li Yang
Career opportunities:
• Art Foundation Course
Previous School
• Costume Design for TV and Film Farmor’s
• Fashion Buying and marketing
• Set design and the film industry
• Fashion Journalism Studied Textiles,
•A
pprenticeships in Retail and Biology, Chemistry
fashion and EPQ
• Merchandising
• Fashion design
• Engineering Achieved BBCC and is
• Illustration and publishing studying Biomedical Sciences
at Southampton University
•S
tore management and fashion
styling
*However, if you are enthusiastic about the creative aspects of this course and have not studied Art or D&T
subjects we would still be keen to hear from you.
For further information please contact: Mrs Claire Andrews-Alsaigh: candrews-alsaigh@farmors.gloucs.sch.uk 15RESULTS 2019
A*-B 19% | A*-C 63% | A*-E 100%
Entry Requirements:
Drama & Theatre Sixth Form entry criteria plus
A minimum of a 4 grade in GCSE
Drama if studied or grade 4 in English
On this course, you will see many live drama productions in a wide variety
of theatrical styles. This will help inform your own practical creativity in the
productions your devise and perform.
You will also research the • Politics Trips, industry links and work
relationship between theory and • Media Studies experience:
practice and gain many invaluable • Drama schools and courses.
• Directing
skills in understanding how
• Acting • Drama workshops
meaning is communicated to an
audience through choices of form, • Set Design • National Theatre summer schools
style and convention. • Costume & Fashion Design • National Theatre
• Puppet-Making • RSC
Exams:
• Playwriting •R
egional theatres from Oxford to
•4
0% exam at the end of Y13
Cardiff and Bristol to Birmingham.
•P
ractical exams in performing an • Community Theatre &
Education • Frantic Assembly
and also in devising theatre make
up 60% and are supported by • Outreach • Kneehigh
written notebooks and reflective • Lighting & Sound Design or • Headlong
reports. installation • Les Enfants Terribles.
• Exam board: AQA • Theatre-making • NT Live
Career opportunities: • Dance • Digital Theatre
Students of Drama and Theatre
develop skills that are not just
essential for drama but applicable
to a wide range of higher education Student Profile:
subjects and in the workplace. Alfie Brown
Whatever the future holds,
students of A-level Drama and
Theatre emerge with a toolkit Studied Drama,
of transferable skills preparing English Literature,
them for their next steps. Careers Geography and EPQ
include:
• Teaching Achieved BCCC and is studying
• Law Journalism at Cardiff University
• Business Leadership & Management
16 For further information please contact: Mr Thomas Newman: tnewman@farmors.gloucs.sch.ukRESULTS 2019
A*-B 55% | A*-C 100%
Entry Requirements:
Economics Sixth Form entry criteria plus
Minimum GCSE grade 5 in English
and Mathematics
The skills and knowledge developed when studying
A-level Economics will be useful in a variety of careers
and degree courses.
Students are taught to think Trips, industry links and work
critically about a variety of economic experience:
issues, to develop the ability to • Business competitions
write analytically, to use economic
• Guest speakers
data to support arguments and to
communicate clearly. • Young Enterprise enrichment
Exams:
•T
here are 3 exams at the end
of Y13
• Exam board: Edexcel
Student Profile:
Career opportunities: Alex Eaglestone
• Banking
• Accounting
• Management
Previous School
• Economics Degree
Farmor’s
• Business & Finance Degree
•A
pprenticeships such as St
James’ Place
• Sponsored degrees such as KPMG Studied Economics,
Geography, Maths and
Further Maths AS
I would like to thank the school and sixth form for the
education experience they have given my daughter
and for the business and economics teachers who have Achieved AA*AB and is
given extra support and encouragement. studying Geography at
Student Exit Survey Loughborough
For further information please contact: Mr Peter Imeson: pimeson@farmors.gloucs.sch.uk 17RESULTS 2019
A*-B 52% | A*-C 91% | A*-E 100%
English
Entry Requirements:
Language & Literature Sixth Form entry criteria plus
Minimum GCSE grade 5 in English
Literature and Language
You will study an anthology of fiction and non-fiction
texts as well as a modern play, poetry and two novels.
There will be a focus on the spoken as well as the
written word, and creative writing opportunities.
The NEA – a language rips, industry links and work
investigation of your own experience:
choosing - makes up 20% of • Creative writing opportunities
the final grade. You will work
• Theatre trips.
independently on this with tutorial
support from your teachers. • Swindon Poetry festival
• Cheltenham Literature Festival
Exams:
• Lectures
• 2 exams at the end of Y13 making
up 80% of the final grade.
Student Profile:
• Exam board: AQA
Hanna Doherty
Career opportunities:
English Language & Literature is
regarded as a facilitating subject Previous School
and is welcomed by universities Farmor’s
for almost any degree course.
• Law Degree
• English degree Studied English language
• Linguistics degree and Literature, History,
• Journalism French and EPQ
• Education degree
• Publishing
• Creative writing Achieved A*A*AA* and
is studying Modern and
•A
pprenticeships in journalism,
Medieval Languages at
marketing, publishing
Cambridge.
18 For further information please contact: Ms Sue Simmonds: ssimmonds@farmors.gloucs.sch.ukRESULTS 2019
A*-B 56% | A*-C 78% | A*-E 100%
English
Entry Requirements:
Literature Sixth Form entry criteria plus
Minimum GCSE grade 5 in English
Literature and Language
You will study two novels linked by a theme, one
Shakespeare play and one modern play, a selection of
modern poetry and poetry from a specific period.
A 3000-word coursework essay Trips, industry links and work
makes up 20% of the final grade. experience:
This is a comparative essay and • Creative Writing Club (A level
you can choose any two texts students work with lower
of your choice. You will work school students on their
independently on this with tutorial creative writing)
support from staff.
• Theatre trips to see plays.
Exams: • Swindon Poetry festival
•3
exams at the end of Y13 making • Cheltenham Literature Festival
up 80% of the final grade. • Lectures
• Exam board: Edexcel
Student Profile:
Charlotte Gleeson
Career opportunities:
English Literature is regarded as a One of the strongest
facilitating subject and is welcomed
departments and even Previous School
by universities for almost any
the most difficult essays Farmor’s
degree course.
• Law Degree are broken down and
• English degree explained. They have
Studied English Literature,
• Linguistics degree allowed my confidence
French, Psychology
• Journalism in essay writing to grow and EPQ
• Education degree and both teachers are
• Publishing always approachable
• Creative writing and no task is ever too Achieved A*A*A*A*
•A
pprenticeships in journalism, much for them. and is studying Modern
marketing, publishing and Medieval Languages
Student Exit Survey
at Cambridge
For further information please contact: Ms Sue Simmonds: ssimmonds@farmors.gloucs.sch.uk 19Extended Project RESULTS 2019
Qualification A*-A: 55% | A*-B 84% | A*-E 100%
Entry Requirements:
Sixth Form entry criteria
This is an independent research project in an area
of your own interest. You are taught skills including
academic research and referencing, presentation,
decision-making and project management.
A supervisor supports you with Trips, industry links and work
individual tutorials to progress your experience:
project. You will produce an artefact • There are strong links with
and report or a research essay of Southampton University which
approximately 5000 words. Your delivers lectures.
production log records each stage
• You are strongly encouraged
of your journey.
supported in any extra-
Exams: activities which contribute to
the project.
• 1 00% assessed through
• You are encouraged to pursue Student Profile:
production log and essay / report
and artefact. There is no exam. your field of interest beyond Toby Jack
the school.
• Exam board: AQA
Career opportunities:
Previous School
EPQ is highly regarded by Farmor’s
universities and employers
because of the skills needed
to be successful.
Studied EPQ,
Many universities lower their Physics, Maths and
entry requirements if students Further Maths
have an A in their EPQ.
EPQ is an opportunity to
demonstrate an interest in a
Achieved A*A*A*A* and
potential career path for which
is studying Mechanical
there is no A level, such as
Engineering at Bristol
nursing, midwifery, law, politics,
University
archaeology. This sets students
apart.
20 For further information please contact: Dr R Dolton: rdolton@farmors.gloucs.sch.ukLevel 3 Applied
Certificate In Food RESULTS 2019
Science & Nutrition NEW COURSE FOR 2019
Entry Requirements:
Sixth Form entry criteria
You will study how to meet the nutritional needs
of specific groups. This will include exploring the
properties of nutrients and how food production
impacts on ingredients.
It is also a strongly practical course • Degree in Health and
including designing menus, meals Social Care
and dishes as well as dietary plans • Degree in Nutrition
for specific groups and preparing
• Degree in Public Health
them. Complex cooking skills are
Nutrition
also part of the course.
• Degree in Food Science
Exams: and Technology
• 50% Internal Assessment • Social Services
• 50% External Exam • Catering Industry
Student Profile:
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raded at Pass, Merit or • Hospitality Industry
Distinction
Lucy Blacker
Trips, industry links and work
• Exam board: WJEC
experience:
Career opportunities: • Links with restaurants in
Previous School
This course supports progression Cheltenham for visits and
Kingshill
into the fields of Health and visitors
Social care, Sport, understanding • Works experience at various
nutrition, government agencies restaurants is available
and the public service sector. It • Links with Swindon College Studying Food and
is recognised by UCAS and so Nutrition, Psychology,
progression onto university courses Business and Core Maths
is also open to you:
The staff are very supportive and give many opportunities. Ambition to study
Criminology at
There are many spaces to either study or relax. university
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For further information please contact: Mrs Tharshini Jayakanthan: tjayakanthan@farmors.gloucs.sch.uk 21RESULTS 2019
Languages A*-B 67% | A%-C 100%
French Entry Requirements:
Sixth Form entry criteria plus
Minimum GCSE grade 6 in French
You will study current issues and trends in society
as well as the cultural topics of religion, history,
literature, art and film. You will also have half an hour
per week of one-to-one speaking sessions to develop
spoken French.
This is a wonderful opportunity Japanese and languages not yet
for you to immerse yourself in the studied.
language and culture of France • Linguistics degrees
and therefore gain a skill for life.
• TEFL courses
Exams: • Studying abroad
•L
istening, Reading & Writing 50% • Degrees in any subject with a
•W
riting on film and literature 20% year abroad option.
•S
peaking on current trends in • Legal secretary Student Profile:
society 30% • Translation services Molly Davis
• Exam board: AQA
Trips, industry links and work
Career opportunities: experience:
French is regarded as a facilitating • Exchange trips Previous School
subject and is welcomed by • French newspaper available Farmor’s
universities for almost any in the LRC
degree course. Degree courses • Exchange trips and cultural trips
in languages, including Italian,
Studied Biology,
French, Chemistry
and EPQ
The small sixth form class sizes that you have been
able to offer really do make a difference to the
students’ enthusiasm and outlook and we would
Achieved A*ABA and
recommend the school wholeheartedly. Thank you. is studying Medicine at
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22 For further information please contact: Mme Andreline Gudefin: agudefin@farmors.gloucs.sch.ukRESULTS 2019
A*-B 56% | A*-C 81% | A*-E 100%
Entry Requirements:
Geography Sixth Form entry criteria plus
Minimum grade 4 in GCSE
Geography if taken
Geography will inspire you to learn more about the
world around you. The course is topical and will develop
your perceptions and stimulate your investigative and
analytical skills.
Course content includes both Physical Trips, industry links and work
and Human Geography. Physical experience:
Geography covers water and carbon A residential trip to South Wales
cycles as well as coastal landscapes. to investigate coastal landforms
Human Geography covers global and urban developments. A trip
systems and governance as well as to Bristol to study urbanisation
populations and the environment. first hand. Local trips including
primary data collection of the
Exams:
hydrology of the River Coln.
•T
here are two equally weighted An international field trip is Student Profile:
exams at the end of Y13 as well as often offered to enhance your
a piece of coursework that makes
Eleanor Middleton
geographical understanding on
up 20% of the final grade. This a number of topics.
coursework is a 3000 to 4000
word individual investigation.
Previous School
• Exam board: AQA Farmor’s
Career opportunities:
Geography is regarded as a facilitating
subject and is welcomed by universities Studied ADG,
for almost any degree course. Geography, Maths
• Degrees in Geography and EPQ
•D
egrees in Planning and Urban
development
• Degrees in Anthropology
Achieved A*BA*A*
• Degrees in Oceanography
and is studying
• Degrees in Environment Studies Architecture at UCL
•D
egrees in Teaching Estate
Management
For further information please contact: Mrs Caroline McLarty: cmclarty@farmors.gloucs.sch.uk 23RESULTS 2019
A*-B: 37% | A*-C 89% | A*-E 100%
Entry Requirements:
Sixth Form entry criteria plus
History Minimum GCSE grade 4 in History
if taken. Minimum GCSE Grade 5 in
English Language
You will study the Soviet Experiment and look at the
controversies about why it collapsed. You will also
study the division of Germany after WWII through to
reunification from an East German perspective.
In Y13 you will study the British Career opportunities:
empire 1763-1914 including the History is regarded as a
American Revolution, early Australian facilitating subject and is
history, the abolition of slavery, the welcomed by universities for
Indian Rebellion and much more. almost any degree course.
You will also have the opportunity
• Law degree
to do an historical enquiry which is
a 4000 word essay on an historical • Politics degree
controversy of your choice. • PPE degree
Exams:
• Journalism Student Profile:
•3
Exams at the end of Y13 which
• International studies Edward Conlan
make up 80% of the final grade. •M
any politicians have
History degrees
•T
he Historical Enquiry makes up
20% of the final grade. Trips, industry links and Previous School
• Exam board: Edexcel work experience: Farmor’s
• Russia and East Berlin
Studied History,
English Literature,
Psychology and EPQ
Achieved AABA and is
studying Law at Bristol
University
24 For further information please contact: Mr Jim Speake: jspeake@farmors.gloucs.sch.ukRESULTS 2019
Mathematics A*-B: 83% | A*-C 100%
Core Mathematics Entry Requirements:
Sixth Form entry criteria plus
A grade 4 at GCSE Mathematics*
Core Maths is a new course designed for post-16
students who want to continue studying maths. It will
help you retain, deepen and extend your maths to be
better prepared for higher education and employment.
You will apply clear, mathematical Trips, industry links and work
reasoning to real-life problems, experience:
analyse and interpret data in • The Meteorological Office
various contexts and confidently showing how maths is used
deal with everyday financial maths. in weather forecasting.
Core Maths is very different to
• Escape room team building trip
GCSE maths.
Exams:
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here are 2 exam papers at the Student Profile:
end of the 2 year course. This
leads to a level 3 qualification,
Charlotte Blakeley
which carries the same UCAS
points as an AS Level.
• Exam board: OCR
Career opportunities: Studied Psychology,
Fine Art, English
This course will improve your
Language and Literature,
career prospects in many ways
Core Maths and EPQ.
as taking maths after GCSE is
highly desirable and this course
We are very pleased
will set you apart. These practical
mathematical skills will help that our son has settled
you in particular with sciences, so well in sixth form and
Achieved CBCDB and
geography, business studies, that we have you to help is studying Advertising
psychology, and economics.
support him. and Marketing at the
University of Lincoln
Parent email
*50% of our students take a maths course post 16
For further information please contact: Mrs Alison Lines: alines@farmors.gloucs.sch.uk 25RESULTS 2019
A*-B 70% | A*-C 91% | A*-E 100%
Mathematics Entry Requirements:
Sixth Form entry criteria plus
Minimum grade 7 in GCSE Mathematics
You will study pure maths including extensive use of
algebra, calculus and trigonometry as well as applied
maths including statistics and mechanics focusing
on how maths can be used to model the real world in
order to solve problems.
Mechanics overlaps strongly with • Mathematics
Physics A-level whereas Statistics • Statistics
deals with probability, sampling
• Engineering
data and statistical hypotheses
which overlap with Geography, • Physics
Psychology and Biology. It is desirable for:
• Other physical sciences
Exams:
• Computing
• The final examinations consist of
• Architecture Student Profile:
3 two hour papers.
• Computer animation Charlotte Pearce
• Paper 1 – Pure Maths marked out
of 100. • Psychology and other social sciences
• Paper 2 – Pure Maths marked • Actuary
out of 100. • Meteorology Previous School
• Paper 3 – Applied Maths • Economics Farmor’s
including Mechanics and
• Accounting
Statistics also marked out of 100.
• And numerous other careers rely on
• Exam board: Edexcel
a good understanding of number.
Studied Maths,
Career opportunities:
Trips, industry links and work Chemistry, Geography
In an increasingly numerical world experience: and EPQ
A-level maths is useful in a large
Previous students have completed
number of degree courses and
work experience with a number of
careers. It is a subject that is
financial and engineering firms. The
highly valued both by universities,
department is developing links with Achieved A*A*A*A and
as a facilitating subject, and
the local STEM (Science, Technology, is studying Pharmacy at
employers for the problem solving
Engineering and Mathematics) Cardiff University
skills it develops. It is essential for
network which can arrange gap year
further study of:
placements with STEM firms.
26 For further information please contact: Mr Graeme Spurr: gspurr@farmors.gloucs.sch.ukRESULTS 2019
A*-B 67% | A*-C 100%
Entry Requirements:
Further Mathematics Sixth Form entry criteria plus
Minimum GCSE grade 8 in
Mathematics
You will choose Further Maths because of a real
enthusiasm for maths, and an aspiration to further
study in maths, engineering, the sciences and
economics.
You will explore complex numbers on to study Mathematics, Physics
and matrices, as well as building or Engineering at one of the
your understanding and knowledge Russell Group universities. Careers
of sophisticated mathematical where Further Maths is highly
ideas and techniques. You can desirable are those involved with
choose options to specialise in mathematics at a high level.
areas that are particularly relevant These include:
to your interests and aspirations.
• Statisticians
Exams: • Engineers
Student Profile:
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he final examinations consist of • Computer scientists
4 one and half hour papers. The Lydia Nuttall
• Physicists
first two papers are compulsory
• Economists
while paper 3 and 4 allow for a
number • Actuary Previous School
of options. Farmor’s
Trips, industry links and work
•P
aper 1 – Pure Maths marked out experience:
of 100. Studied Further
Previous students have completed
•P
aper 2 – Pure Maths marked out work experience with a number Mathematics, Mathematics,
of 100. of financial and engineering firms. and Physics
•P
aper 3 & 4 – More pure and The department is developing
applied maths options including links with the local STEM (Science,
Decision, Mechanics and Statistics Technology, Engineering and Achieved ABC and is
also marked out of 100. Mathematics) network which can studying Architecture,
• Exam board: Edexcel arrange gap year placements with Urbanism and Building
STEM firms. Sciences at Eindhoven
Career opportunities: University of Technology,
There will also be the opportunity
The students who choose to study Netherlands
to compete in a number of
Further Mathematics are more
mathematical competitions.
commonly the students who go
For further information please contact: Mr Graeme Spurr: gspurr@farmors.gloucs.sch.uk 27RESULTS 2019
A*-B 61% | A*-C 72% | A*-E 100%
Entry Requirements:
Sixth Form entry criteria plus
Media GCSE grade 5 in Media if taken
GCSE grade 4 or above in
English Language
You will study media in all its forms including
TV programmes, music videos, video games,
advertising, marketing, film making, newspapers,
radio, magazines, the film industry and online
media including blogs.
You will also study the theory of Trips, industry links and work
media that will allow you to both experience:
analyse these forms of media and • Pamela Armstrong
develop the skills to produce your
• Speakers’ Programme
own pieces.
• BBC
Exams:
•T
here are two exams at the
end of Y13 as well as a piece
Student Profile:
of coursework for which you
produce your own piece of Harry Palmer
media. This is worth 30% of
the final grade.
• Exam board: WJEC Previous School
Farmor’s
Career opportunities:
• Advertising
• Journalism
• Television / Film producing Studied Media, Psychology,
Business Studies, Economics
(AS) and EPQ
Media at this school is very well taught and i feel
confident in it, the feedback is detailed and you are
Achieved ABCBA and is
clearly told how to improve. The coursework is very studying Communication,
strong in how it is taught, it’s clear and precise. Media and Culture at
Oxford Brookes University
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28 For further information please contact: Mrs Emma Palmer: epalmer@farmors.gloucs.sch.ukRESULTS 2020
100% A*-C
Entry Requirements:
Music Sixth Form entry criteria plus
The ability to play an instrument
is a significant advantage
The Eduqas Music A Level is a relevant and
contemporary qualification that offers you the chance
to study a wide range of musical genres. It brings
listening, performance and composition to life in new
and engaging ways, and links to the world around us.
We know that every student range of skills including project
has different learning styles and management, appraising and
musical tastes, which is why our analysis, creativity and imagination.
course values all music styles, skills Students will be able to progress
and instruments. You will be able to to undergraduate study in Music
broaden your mind and foster your Performance, Popular Music
love of all music with a qualification Composition, Film and TV Sound
that you will enjoy no matter what and Production, Sound Engineering
your ability or background is. and many other courses requiring Student Profile:
a similar skill set. Charlotte Staynings
Exams:
• 1 . Appraising music 40% The subject can enhance a lifetime
hobby as well as lead to a career
•2
. Performance 35%
in recording, sound engineering,
(Maximum of 12 minutes Previous School
composing for film and media,
recorded performance) Kingshill
performing, teaching, radio or
•3
. Composition 25% television work and studio work.
(Maximum of 6 minutes)
• Exam board: Eduqas Trips, industry links and work
Studied Music,
experience:
Career opportunities: Psychology and English
• Trip to a West End Musical. Language and Literature
There are a huge variety of • Opportunity to perform in Sixth
potential careers available from form concerts and take part in
studying this course. The Music extra curricular groups such
industry is one of the biggest as Staff and Sixth Form choir, Achieved BBB and is
contributors to the UK economy. Orchestra and Jazz band. studying Psychology and
Music is constantly evolving, Child Development at the
• Also the chance to learn a
inspiring creativity and expression University of Winchester
musical instrument and have
in a way that no other subject can
lessons in school.
and is designed to develop a broad
For further information please contact: Jon Driver: jdriver@farmors.gloucs.sch.uk 29RESULTS 2018
A*-B 25% | A*-C 75% | A*-E 100%
(No entrants 2019)
Entry Requirements:
Sixth Form entry criteria plus
Minimum Grade 4 at GCSE PE if
studied. Participation in a sport
Physical Education at club level with regular training
outside school Grade 4 in a GCSE
science is essential
The course covers factors that affect performance in
sport and activity as well as considering factors that
affect optimal performance.
Exams: PE students are fit and healthy,
•2
exam papers in Y13 plus a good communicators and leaders,
practical assessment making up team players with good social
30% final grade. skills. They have the ability to
analyse, evaluate and self-reflect.
•T
he practical assessment film
These are qualities sought after by
evidence of performing at a
future employers.
competitive level and a written
analysis linking to theory topics. A level PE/ Btec Sports and
This requires a current and Exercise Science could lead you
serious commitment to one sport. towards numerous university
• Exam board: AQA courses including: Student Profile:
• Sports studies Sasha Gibbs
Career opportunities:
• Sports science
Sport and fitness is a huge industry.
From pushing the boundaries • Teacher training
of performance in elite sport • Leisure studies
through to amateur teams and Previous School
• Sports management
individuals who need activity to Farmor’s
• Events management
maintain health, sport and fitness
is a fast growing business. Physical • Strength and conditioning
Education has never played such • Exercise and health
an important part in society. It • Nutrition
Studied PE, Maths
takes a multi-disciplinary approach,
• Sports rehabilitation and Biology
including social, physiological,
biomechanical and psychological • Physiotherapy
insights into understanding human Trips, industry links and work
performances and as such requires experience:
a broad range of academic skills. A Achieved AAB and is
• Competitive sports competitions
level PE is regarded as an A level studying Sports Science at
Science subject when applying to • Sports tours have included
Bath University
courses in different fields of study. Barcelona, Ireland, Italy,
Barbados and various UK venues.
30 For further information please contact: Mrs Dawn Johnson: djohnson@farmors.gloucs.sch.ukRESULTS 2019
A*-B: 45% | A*-C 73% | A*-E 100%
Entry Requirements:
Sixth Form entry criteria plus
Grades 56 in double science
or 556 in triple (6 in Physics)
Physics and grade 6 in maths. It is
preferable to also study Maths at
AS or A Level for this course.
You will study core content including: measurements
and their errors, particles and radiation, waves,
mechanics and materials, electricity, thermal physics,
fields and their consequences, nuclear physics and
medical physics.
Exams: Trips, industry links and work
•3
exams at the end of Y13 plus experience:
a practical assesment course • Honda Car Plant
which leads to an endorement • Intel Microchip processor plant
qualification.
•Annual trip to CERN in Geneva to
• Exam board: AQA explore the Hadron Collider and
associated scientific museums
Career opportunities:
and research facilities. Student Profile:
Potential careers available from
this course: Christina Elliott
• Architecture degree
•E
ngineering degree or
apprenticeships
Previous School
•M
edical degree (most medical Farmor’s
courses require Chemistry and
another science)
• Mechanical Engineering
• Astro-physics degree Studied Physics,
Maths, Further Maths
and EPQ
Farmor’s is not just as academy, it is a family that
inspires, supports, enables and provides not just
Achieved A*A*AA and is
learning but cultures the life skills that these children studying Actuarial Science
will take with them and use for the rest of their life. and Mathematics at
Parent email Manchester University
For further information please contact: Mr Dave Tatlow: dtatlow@farmors.gloucs.sch.uk 31RESULTS 2019
A*-B 57% | A*-C 86% | A*-E 96%
Entry Requirements:
Sixth Form entry criteria plus
Psychology If Maths GCSE grade is below 6
then Core Maths must be taken
as well
Psychology is a fascinating and incredibly popular
area of study. It will help you understand human
behaviour and mental processes and allow you to
better understand how we think, act and feel.
Why do people act the way they Career opportunities:
do? What shapes our personality? • Professional Psychology e.g.
How do we learn and change Clinical, Forensic, Occupational
throughout our life? Psychology
• Advertising & Marketing
develops valuable skills such as
analysis of evidence, reasoning • Social Work
and evaluation. • Teaching
• Nursing
Exams:
• Counselling
•3
exams all of 2 hour duration
Student Profile:
at the end of Y13. Trips, industry links and work
experience:
Ellie Barnes
• Exam board: AQA
• Exam Preparation courses
• Phillip Zimbardo Conference
• Social Sciences Conference Previous School
Farmor’s
Studied Psychology,
Biology and Chemistry
Achieved A*A*A and
is studying Medicine at
the University of Bristol
32 For further information please contact: Mr Jeremy Johnson: jjohnson@farmors.gloucs.sch.ukRESULTS 2019
A*-B 11% | A*-C 44% | A*-E 100%
Entry Requirements:
Sociology Sixth Form entry criteria plus
Minimum grade 4 in GCSE
Sociology if studied
You will study many different aspects of society and
acquire critical understanding of the sociological
research methods to evaluate them.
Areas of study include poverty Exams:
and wealth amongst different • 3 exams at the end of Y13
social groups, welfare provision
• Exam board: AQA
and the importance of work,
unemployment and education, Career opportunities:
global developments like
The most obvious career directions
inequality, globalisation and
are Nursing, Social Work and
population growth as well as
Teaching. However, students
crime and deviance, considering
also go on to become lawyers,
the different social, psychological
managers, journalists and police
and cultural influences.
officers. It is a very useful course Student Profile:
for developing your understanding
David Chimbaza
of society and facilitates entry onto
many university courses.
Trips, industry links and work
experience: Previous School
• A range of speakers in the Highworth Warneford
speakers’ programme.
• Social Sciences Conference
Studying Sociology,
English Literature,
Business Studies and EPQ
Sixth form has been fantastic for my daughter.
She has been encouraged to mature and be a far
more independent learner and we can’t believe
Ambition to study
the improvement she has made. Business Management at
Parental Exit Survey UCFB University
For further information please contact: Mr Andrew Wright: awright@farmors.gloucs.sch.uk 33RESULTS 2019
A*-B 75% | A*-D 100%
Languages
Entry Requirements:
Spanish Sixth Form entry criteria plus
Minimum GCSE grade 6 in
Spanish
You will study current issues and trends in society
as well as the cultural topics of religion, history,
literature, art and film.
You also have half an hour per Degree courses in languages,
week of one-to-one speaking including Italian, Japanese and
sessions to develop spoken Spanish. languages not yet studied.
This is a wonderful opportunity • Linguistics degrees
for you to immerse yourself in the
• TEFL courses
language and culture of Spain and
therefore gain a skill for life. • Studying abroad
• Degrees in any subject with
Exams: a year abroad option
•A
t the end of Y13 • Legal secretary
• Listening, Reading & Writing 50%, • Translation services
Student Profile:
• Writing on film and literature 20%
•S
peaking on current trends in
Trips, industry links and work Annabelle Foley
experience:
society 30%
• European exchange trips
• Exam board: AQA
• Exchange trips and cultural trips
Previous School
Career opportunities:
Kingshill
panish is regarded as a facilitating
S
subject and is welcomed by
universities for almost any degree
course. Studied Spanish,
Psychology and Biology
I am very happy with the 6th form, and both
Achieved BBC and after
my children have benefited hugely from the enjoying a gap year is
encouragement, support and ethos. studying Psychology at
Parental Exit Survey Oxford Brookes University
34 For further information please contact: Mr Simon Pike: spike@farmors.gloucs.sch.ukNext steps
Our UCAS system is
second to none: 90%
of our students gain a
place at their first choice
university, including
Oxford, Cambridge, and
medical courses.
Other popular destinations include
gap years, apprenticeships,
Edinburgh
drama schools, art colleges and
employment. Whatever your
ambition, there is individual
support, advice and guidance to
help you on your way.
Sunderland
In addition, you will be emailed
Leeds
a weekly careers bulletin with
a round-up of all the new Sheffield
opportunities available locally,
nationally and globally.
Nottingham
In addition to locations around
the UK, we have also had Derby
students move on to destinations Manchester
Birmingham Coventry
in California, Florida, Finland,
Holland, Zurich, Spain, Thailand Gloucestershire
Worcester
and even Australia. Bath Cambridge
UCL
Aberystwyth London
Oxford
Bristol Portsmouth
Cardiff Winchester
Swansea
Exeter Sussex
Plymouth
Falmouth
For further information please visit: www.farmors.gloucs.sch.uk or call 01285 712302 35You can also read
