Wilmslow High School Sixth FormApplication Form- September 2014
Personal Details
Surname: ...... First Name: ...... ……….
Date of Birth:...... Male/Female
Address: ......
Post Code: ...... ………….Home Tel No: ......
Parent Mobile No: ...... StudentMobile No: ………………………………………......
Parent e-mail: ……………………………………………..Student e-mail: …………………………………………......
Name of present school: …………………………….....Form (if at WHS) …………………
GCSE Profile (list subjects and predicted grades)
Subject / Grade / Subject / GradeEnglish Language
English Literature
Mathematics
Science
Do you have any special educational needs? Yes / No If yes, please provide brief details below.
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Do you have any health issues? Yes / No If yes, please provide brief details below.
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Student Signature:…………………………………………...
Parent/Guardian Signature: ……………………………………………Date ……………………
Please complete the reverse of this form and return to:
Mrs K Flannery, WilmslowHigh School, Holly Road, Wilmslow, SK9 1LZ
All applications must be received by 3.30pm on Friday 6th December 2013.
OPTION PREFERENCES: please complete the relevant section below to indicate whether you wish to study A-level OR BTEC courses (referring to the subject specific sections of the prospectus).
A-Level Courses:please select any FOUR subjects from the lists below referring to the minimum entry criteria for each subject (summarised in the table below). In addition, include a FIFTH choice, which you would be willing to study if one of your four main choices were not available, or if your desired combination were not possible.
Sciences / Humanities / Technology / Business / ICT / Maths / Arts / Media / PE / LanguagesBiology / English Language / Graphic Comm / Business Studies / Art & Design / French
Chemistry / English Literature / Fashion & Textiles / Computing / Dance / German
Physics / Geography / Food Technology / Economics / Drama & Theatre / Spanish
Psychology / Govt & Politics / Product Design / ICT / Media Studies
History: 20th C / Systems & Control / iMedia (BTEC) / Music
History: 16th C / Maths / Music Technology
Law / Further Maths / PE
Philosophy / Photography
Religious Studies
Sociology
PLEASE NOTE: we will use the requests of students in order to devise option pools which facilitate the desired combination of the majority of students. The option pools will be published and sent to all students who are subsequently made a formal offer of a place in the sixth form. Students will then select their final choices from these option columns which, at this stage, will be fixed. All courses will only run if there are sufficient numbers to make them viable. Please be aware that not every combination of subjects may be possible.
Please consider your choices very carefully: these will determine the option columns for all students.
Option 1 / Option 2 / Option 3 / Option 4 / Option 5 (Back Up Choice)BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Sport (Performance and Excellence): tick this box only
You must achieve 5 A*-C grades at GCSE (or equivalent), including minimum C-grade English Language for this course.
A-Level Entry Requirements: Where students have studied a subject at GCSE, a minimum of C-grade (in
addition to the criteria below) must be achieved to be allowed onto the A-level course.
Specific Subject / Strongly Recommended GCSE GradeRequirement / Minimum GCSE Grade Requirement
Art and Design / B grade in Art / C grade in Art
Biology / Chemistry / Physics / A/A* grades in, Sciences, Maths, English / BB grades in the Sciences
Business Studies / B grade in English & Mathematics / C grade in English & Mathematics
Computing / B grade in Mathematics
Economics / B grade in Mathematics / B grade in English or History or Geography
English Language / B grade in English Literature / B grade in English Language
English Literature / B grade in English Language / B grade in English Literature
Fashion & Textiles /Food Technology / Product Design / / B grade in a Technology subject / C grade in a Technology subject or in Art (for textiles)
Graphic Communications / B grade in Technology or Art / C grade in a Technology subject or Art
Geography / B grade in Geography / C grade in Geography achieved on Higher paper
Government & Politics / Law / B grade in English Language / C grade in English Language
History: 16th & 20th Century / B grade in History or English Language / C grade in History (not essential)
ICT / I-media / B grade in English Language / C grade in ICT (not essential)
Mathematics / A grade in Mathematics / B grade in Mathematics
Mathematics – Further Maths / A* in Mathematics / Further Maths / A grade in Mathematics
Media Studies / Sociology / B grade in English Language / C grade in English Language
Modern Foreign Languages / B grade in specific language
Music / B grade in Music / Grade 5 in instrument & theory
Music Technology / B grade in Music / Ability to read and write music
PE / Dance / Theatre Studies / B grade in the subject at GCSE / C grade in the subject at GCSE (if studied)
Philosophy / Religious Studies / B grade English Literature / English Language / C grade in English language
Photography / C grade in Photography
Psychology / BB grades in Maths & English Language / BB grades in the Sciences
Systems & Control / B grade in Systems & Control or Electronics or Resistant Materials