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Bales College - Private Sixth Form College
Located between Notting Hill, Maida Vale and Queens Park
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Outstanding Private Education
Small Classes, Giving Individual Attention and Maximising Each student's Potential.
"When we took our son out of the state school system, and taught him at home for a year, we could not envisage him even sitting his GCSEs. He is now taking A-levels with predicted A grades and has been accepted at Sussex University. This is a massive achievement for him and a huge credit to Bales College." Wendy Hutt, mother of David.
Now Enrolling for September 2010
Call 020 8960 5899 or 020 8969 1269 NOW to discuss giving your child the best education possible.
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The Sixth Form has always been the dominant force at Bales College. Since its foundation in 1966, the Sixth Form has seen many thousands of pupils progress to achieve great things. It is our mixture of experience and modern teaching principles that continues to drive Bales College forward.
The Sixth Form operates separately from the School, offering more informal rules - for example no uniform. We treat students as young adults, encouraging independent thinking and research. The Sixth Form has been established for much longer than the School and as a consequence most of our Sixth Form students still join us from other schools.
A Level Courses
• Complete two-year A-Level programme, for students starting Year 12 for the first time.
• Year 13 (final year of A-Level programme) for students transferring to Bales after one year elsewhere
• Retakes over one year
Subjects
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Teaching Principles
The same sound principles used in Bales Independent School are applied to the teaching of our AS and A-level courses. First among these is the ability within the College to be able to create strong groups from students sometimes of diverse backgrounds. While some of our A-level students come from Bales Independent School, many join from other schools, and so we put a great deal of effort into bringing people together. Our A-level students tend to form very good and cooperative working groups among themselves and in the classes, leading to a class situation of comfortable yet challenging discussions.
Class size is a very important aspect of the teaching here at Bales. To encourage students to feel like their contribution matters, we keep A-level classes to typically below six students per group. In this way each student can, and has to, make an important contribution to each lesson.
Monitored Progress
In these groups, we aim to foster academic rigour, where we use traditional teaching methods in conjunction with up to date materials and equipment. We monitor progress constantly. This is done using fortnightly tests and running trial examinations, as well as setting and marking regular homework, and having discussions with students regarding their progress.
When do students sit modules?
Now that AS and A2 are examined according to a unit system, we aim to be flexible regarding when units are taken. We believe that examination entry in year 12 must be linked to progress, as measured by the marks obtained in tests and trial examinations, and so we do not make all or nothing rulings for taking three units at the end of the year 12. Some students feel comfortable taking fewer, while some are encouraged to do 4 by faster-than-expected progress.
Managing the course structure
The experience and expertise gained by our long-serving teachers from Modern Tutorial College days has been successfully applied to the current era. Our present teachers are all very aware of the importance of successful time management of the courses. Some topics may only require twenty minutes, as opposed to others which might require some hours. The one-term courses at A-level that MTC taught were outstandingly successful because good group dynamics were established early, addressing individual needs, and students tackled relevant past examination paper questions very frequently, not as an after-thought. By adapting these methods to fit the current examination specifications, we ensure that every student is made fully aware of what they will encounter in their real examinations.
Year 12 Politics and Law trip to the Houses of Parliament.
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