Would you like to enhance your employment prospects and facilitate foreign travel? French is a popular High School sixth-form choice for those linguists who have enjoyed their language-learning at GCSE. We follow the new AQA specification at A-Level, which is supported by tailor-made course-books and accompanying online material to promote independent learning. We explore the world of literature and film, encouraging students to develop their own personal and independent appreciation of French speaking cinema and the arts. The French course lends itself well to those who have a passion for language and all things French. We focus on maximizing exposure to the language in class and encouraging an active interest in up to the minute events and news occurring throughout the French-speaking world. You will have a regular conversation lesson, usually weekly and one-to-one, with the French Language Assistant and will make frequent use of digital resources, allowing you to access materials at your own pace and from your own device. In lessons, we try to use the target language as much as possible, so that you will quickly find your confidence growing and your fluency improving. In the Summer of 2023, many of our Sixth form students enjoyed a month-long study and work experience trip to Rouen, allowing students to become more confident in their spoken French and providing an excellent opportunity to immerse themselves in French culture. A number of our students go on to study Modern Languages at university level, sometimes using the linguistic skills they have developed to enable them to learn a new language, such as Arabic, Italian, Russian or Chinese, from scratch. Some use their A-level qualification in a modern language to demonstrate their breadth and versatility when they apply for a course in a completely different discipline such as Medicine, Chemical Engineering or History. It has become increasingly common, too, to go on to a tertiary-level course which combines a modern language with another subject area. Recent examples have included Business Studies, Law, Economics and Marketing, all of which encourage use of a European language in today’s global economy
Joining the Sixth Form is by interview and on the basis of academic achievement at GCSE. Applicants are invited to interview following a report from their current school indicating their predicted GCSE grades. The likely offer made, following a successful interview, will be conditional on a minimum of 5 A / 7 grades, with A / 7 grades in the subjects to be taken in the Sixth Form.
About Education Provider
| Region | East Midlands |
| Local Authority | Nottingham |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | £18,825 |
| Address | Waverley Mount, Nottingham, NG7 4ED |
Would you like to enhance your employment prospects and facilitate foreign travel? French is a popular High School sixth-form choice for those linguists who have enjoyed their language-learning at GCSE. We follow the new AQA specification at A-Level, which is supported by tailor-made course-books and accompanying online material to promote independent learning. We explore the world of literature and film, encouraging students to develop their own personal and independent appreciation of French speaking cinema and the arts. The French course lends itself well to those who have a passion for language and all things French. We focus on maximizing exposure to the language in class and encouraging an active interest in up to the minute events and news occurring throughout the French-speaking world. You will have a regular conversation lesson, usually weekly and one-to-one, with the French Language Assistant and will make frequent use of digital resources, allowing you to access materials at your own pace and from your own device. In lessons, we try to use the target language as much as possible, so that you will quickly find your confidence growing and your fluency improving. In the Summer of 2023, many of our Sixth form students enjoyed a month-long study and work experience trip to Rouen, allowing students to become more confident in their spoken French and providing an excellent opportunity to immerse themselves in French culture. A number of our students go on to study Modern Languages at university level, sometimes using the linguistic skills they have developed to enable them to learn a new language, such as Arabic, Italian, Russian or Chinese, from scratch. Some use their A-level qualification in a modern language to demonstrate their breadth and versatility when they apply for a course in a completely different discipline such as Medicine, Chemical Engineering or History. It has become increasingly common, too, to go on to a tertiary-level course which combines a modern language with another subject area. Recent examples have included Business Studies, Law, Economics and Marketing, all of which encourage use of a European language in today’s global economy
Joining the Sixth Form is by interview and on the basis of academic achievement at GCSE. Applicants are invited to interview following a report from their current school indicating their predicted GCSE grades. The likely offer made, following a successful interview, will be conditional on a minimum of 5 A / 7 grades, with A / 7 grades in the subjects to be taken in the Sixth Form.