JCC Post 16

1. JCC Post 16 Achieve Your Aspirations

2. Welcome! Amy Waite: JCC Ambassador Janet Paterson: Head of Post 16

3. Why JCC? • A successful results record • A broad subject offer • Extensive enrichment opportunities • Specialist post-16 teaching & support PLUS • You keep your future options open! Ofsted 2012: ‘The sixth form is good’ Achieve Your Aspirations

4. Successful Results Results 2013 A2 passes 99 % A2 Top A*, A & B grades 47 % BTEC Top D & D*awards 61 % Students going to University190+ Joint highest points score in Leicestershire! Ofsted 2012: Success rates for students are high – they make good progress from their starting points’ Achieve Your Aspirations

5. Broad Subject Choice ICT Law Maths Media Music Music Tech Philosophy & Ethics Physics Psychology Sociology Spanish Sports Studies Textiles AS levels: Biology Business Chemistry Dance Drama Economics English Combined English Literature French Further Maths Geography Graphics History BTECs and Applied Subjects: Art and Design Applied Science Business Children’s Play & Learning Development: Single, Double & Triple Engineering: with NWHC Health & Social Care ICT BTEC Public Services: Single & Double Sport Achieve Your Aspirations

6. Specialist Post 16 Support • Personal tutor • Post 16 Head of House • Regular 1 to 1 interviews • Post 16 study support • Futures Conference • University programme • Vocational tutor group • Designated facilities: ‘JCC but not as you know it’ Achieve Your Aspirations

7. Enriching Experiences Ofsted 2012: Enrichment activities add to the wide range of learning opportunities tailored to compliment individual students’ chosen pathways’ Achieve Your Aspirations

8. Futures Conference 1st CA in Leicestershire! • Business mentors • Monthly work-place visits and expert lectures • Paid Summer internship Working with: • Caterpillar • Browne and Jacobson • Hammonds • British Gas • Wards Surveyors • Logistics UK Careers Day Includes IBM; NHS; Rolls Royce; Minster; CIPSE; RAF; Rare; Leicestershire Fire Service; British Association of Chemists; Leicestershire Police, Rare; DHL Higher Education Day Leicester University De Montfort University Aberystwyth University Coventry University Ex JCC students from all over! Get Motivated! Fuel Learning UK

9. Which courses are offered? All LEVEL 3 courses: • AS/A2 levels: Mostly exam based – some include coursework • BTEC & Applied: Work place focussed 100% coursework Single, Double & Triple Options Most students • pick 4 AS subjects in year 12 • choose 3 of these to continue in year 13 Both types of course can lead to work, training or University Achieve Your Aspirations

10. Which route? GCSE Year 12

11. Your Application Process October & November: RESEARCH! 1. Post 16 Options Evening 2. Read the Post 16 Subject Guide 3. Use www.fasttomato.com and www.ucas.com 4. Ask for an interview with Careers or the post 16 team 5. Discuss subjects with teachers in class and at Parents’ Evening 6. Contact Post 16 via asteans@jcc.leics.sch.uk with any questions Achieve Your Aspirations

12. Your Application December: APPLY Online Applications open on the JCC website: Dec 1st 2014 Application deadline: Dec 20th February onwards Interviews and offers Early July Post 16 taster Day End of August GCSE Results & Advice Clinics Early September Enrolment & Induction Achieve Your Aspirations

13. So…… • Find out as much as you can • Make the best choices for you • Have a back up plan By December 20th: Go on-line and apply Achieve Your Aspirations

14. JCC Post 16 Achieve Your Aspirations