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A sixth form college is an educational institution in the United Kingdom (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) or Hong Kong and Malta where students aged 16 to 18 complete further education qualifications, such as A-levels. After completing college, students generally pass onto university, however some go straight to employment.
In the English, Welsh and Northern Irish education systems, students finish secondary school, and compulsory education, at age 16. Those wishing to continue may either stay on at a secondary school with an attached sixth form, transfer to a local Sixth Form College, or go to a more vocational further education college (depending on geographical location there may be little choice as to which of these options can be taken).
Students at a Sixth Form College typically study for two years (known as Years 12 and 13 or lower sixth and upper sixth). Many students sit
AS exams at the end of the first year, and
A-level exams at the end of the second. In addition, in recent years a variety of
vocational courses have been added to the
curriculum.
There are currently over 90 Sixth Form Colleges in operation in England and Wales. Most perform extremely well in national examination league tables. In addition, they offer a broader range of courses at a lower cost per student than most school sixth forms.
England
The first comprehensive intake Sixth Form Colleges in England were established at the end of the 1960s and they have since proved popular with students, their parents, and other groups in the community. Until 1992, these colleges were controlled and funded by local education authorities (LEAs), but the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992 transferred all institutions within the sector to the FEFC, a national agency with strategic responsibility for the operation of general FE colleges. Later the FEFC's functions were taken over by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC); a reorganisation that included changes in the funding and supervision of Sixth Form Colleges. Sixth Form Colleges take responsibility for their own employment, pensions and pay arrangements with the support and advice of the Sixth Form College Forum (SFCF). The Forum is made up of representative Principals from SFCs across the UK. The Forum or Council, sets up several Committees to deliver its range of support services for SFCs as well as facilitating lobbying work with Central Government.
Colleges for the most part do not charge full-time daytime students, however adult students (most of whom attend evening classes) may have to pay a fee (for exams, tutor's time and other costs).
Wales
See
Further education in Wales
See also
