Dare to Dream
At Colmers, we offer students a unique school sixth form experience that prepares them for higher education and life beyond. We encourage every one of our sixth form students to dare to dream – to have the highest aspirations to gain a place at university or a high quality vocational alternative. We will support each young person to shape and achieve ambitious goals. We expect our students to achieve excellent examination results and we pursue this with every individual in every subject. Academic excellence is not enough on its own: our learners will benefit from fantastic opportunities to develop their leadership through contributing to the wider life of the school and participating in extensive enrichment activities that strengthen their curiosity, independence and creativity.
Our Colmers’ family is a community in which we value our individual differences while working together towards shared goals. Our sixth form students have a key role to play as ambassadors for learning both within our school and among our wider community. Here at Colmers, we bravely challenge how we think and act so that we broaden the horizons of our young people, expanding their life chances to benefit from new opportunities here in Birmingham and in the world beyond. It is our mission to develop our sixth form students as 21st century learners who gain the qualifications, confidence and resilience to make the most of these opportunities and achieve their ambitions.
Learning in our Sixth Form
Colmers Sixth Form is an academically focussed sixth form, large enough to offer students a rich and varied experience, yet small enough to ensure that everyone is known as an individual. We offer a carefully designed suite of subjects to enable students to progress to a range of university pathways, with particular specialisms in science, mathematics, humanities and social science related subjects.
Our A-level courses will build on students’ prior knowledge, skills and success. The individual support we offer both academically and pastorally is key to our students’ success. Our students have a busy week, with a minimum of 15 hours of timetabled A-level study plus four hours of enrichment including study skills, Sports or Arts Leaders Gold Award and a Learning for Life session. Essential to success will be the completion of between fifteen and twenty hours of independent study: this will need determination and planning to prepare students for the demands of higher education and the world of work.
Our curriculum offer is carefully chosen to enable access to a wide range of courses and careers. We deliver high quality teaching leading to high quality learning and outcomes. Every student has the support of specialist subject teachers and a tutor who meets them daily and engages them in on-going dialogue about their academic and personal progress.
You can find out more in our Prospectus
If you have any queries or would like further information, please contact Mr Love, Head of Sixth Form, by emailing tlove@colmers.school or by phoning 0121 453 1778 and asking to speak to Mr Love.
