Academic

The Gateways Sixth Form experience offers a breadth of subject choice, taught by highly qualified, experienced and specialist teachers in a challenging yet supportive environment. Students are developed as individuals and provided with the educational foundation to go forward and achieve to the best of their ability in either higher education or the workplace.

Teaching takes place in specialist rooms and groups are small, with an average of just 5 per class. This allows students to receive attention and support which is tailored to their individual needs and capabilities. Form and subject tutors assist students to set academic goals and develop potential. Attainment and progress is monitored closely. Sixth Formers are encouraged to think independently and are prepared for the self-directed learning that is expected of students in higher education.

We encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning through our Academic monitoring system where they, along with their Tutor, analyse Cambridge University’s ALIS (A Level Information System) predictions and their own performance to devise their own realistic student target grade which is then monitored over the course of their time in Sixth Form.

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“Gateways helped me to develop so many skills and supported me a way that I could never had imagined. I am grateful for the lifelong friendships I made whilst at Sixth Form and can’t express how amazing the teachers were on both an educational and pastoral level. I will be leaving school as a better version of myself and I have Gateways to thank for this.”