Sixth Form College
Sixth Form College
Confidence & Compassion
At CLC, students are supported to choose their own path, developing their individual strengths and building confidence in their own sense of identity.
We know Sixth Form is about far more than just getting top grades, it’s a crucial time for building the confidence, character and friendships that will last a lifetime.
Beyond Sixth Form, students go onto join our inspirational network of Guild members, who continue to make an impact in more that 70 countries worldwide.
Life in Sixth Form
We firmly believe that fun also creates success. If students are happy, they will do better.
So Sixth Form life is about working hard and playing hard, with an expansive curriculum, an extensive range of clubs and societies and many leadership opportunities. Our boarding houses and new Sixth Form Centre that will form a hub for fun and friendships, discussions and debates, sports and contests, laughter and memories.
World-Leading Facilites
Our new Sixth Form Centre development is due to open next academic year!
The new centre will promote intellectual excellence and wellbeing for all our Sixth Form students, through an inclusive and accessible environment, that is supported by world-class teaching facilities and prepares our students for university, work and life.
To find out more, book a place on an upcoming Open Day.
How will it support students?
Through space and design, the new centre will promote independent learning, creating a strong foundation for adulthood. It will encourage academic confidence, self-motivation and resilience, through real-world professional experiences and environments that mirror a university education.
Beyond this, the centre will support our holistic approach to fostering emotional, creative, and spiritual growth beyond academic learning.
What's included?
Academic Pathways
CLC offers two main academic pathways, A Levels and IB, and an expansive curriculum, including a strong academic enrichment programme, volunteering opportunities and leadership roles.
These pathways opportunities open up future options and allow girls with diverse strengths and interests to thrive, during this crucial stage of education. As such, pupils go onto diverse courses in some of the best universities in the UK, US and around the world, as well as varied and fulfilling careers.
The IB Diploma Programme is a two-year course of studies that suits well-motivated students with a breadth of interests. It is a rigorous qualification that is recognised by universities in the UK and across the world.
There is an emphasis on the development of research and critical reflection, and on the importance of individual commitment to creativity, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and service to others. The global awareness and cultural understanding that is inherent in the IB is particularly well-suited to the values of College.
The IB has a university-style approach to teaching and learning and prepares students for university life and beyond with an emphasis on key transferable skills identified in the IB Learner Profile. The range of assessment within the programme develops excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
The curriculum is made up of the Diploma Programme core and six subject groups.
The core components are central to the Diploma Programme and it embodies the philosophy of the IB. The core must be successfully completed in order to be awarded the Diploma. It consists of:
The Extended Essay (EE): This is a piece of academic research chosen from any one of the subjects in the six groups. It develops research skills, enables the student to practise the thesis approach to writing required at university and to experience the excitement of intellectual challenge and discovery. |
Theory of Knowledge (TOK): This programme of study enables students to make connections between different areas of knowledge and encourages them to consider the cultural, social and moral aspects of knowledge. |
Creativity, Action & Service (CAS): IB students are required to be involved in activities in each of the three CAS areas - meeting personal aims, challenges and working with others. Over the two years of the IB Diploma Programme, CAS will contribute a minimum of 150 hours. |
IB students also choose six subjects. Three of the subjects are taken at Higher Level (HL) and three at Standard Level (SL), one from each of the six groups and they study them for two years (five terms). The groups are as follows:
Group 1: Studies in Language and Literature - most girls will study English Literature. |
Group 2: Language Acquisition - the study of a second language. |
Group 3: Individuals and Societies - the Humanities. |
Group 4: Sciences. |
Group 5: Mathematics. |
Group 6: The Arts – this group also contains the elective, allowing students to choose another subject from Groups 2-4. |
Our size and success mean that we are able to offer a wide range of courses.
A Level candidates usually undertake three or four A Level subjects, with the number varying depending on each student finding the right balance between academic and co-curricular. A Levels are taken as a linear course with examinations in all subjects at the end of the second year. In the first term, all A Level students take a Skills for Academic Learning course to equip them with the skills essential for academic study, such as research, discursive writing, critical thinking, presentation and numerical reasoning.
Typically at A Level we offer: Fine Art (Art and Design), Biology, Chemistry, Classics (Greek & Latin), Computer Science, Drama and Theatre, Economics, English Literature, French, Geography, German, History, History of Art, Italian, Mandarin, Mathematics, Further Mathematics (AS Level also usually available), Music, Physics, Politics, Psychology, Religious Studies, and Spanish.
Many students also undertake the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), which enables independent study in an area of personal interest.
Beyond CLC
Last year, students secured 120 places at Russell Group and Ivy League universities. UK places included UCL, LSE, Durham, Imperial, Cambridge, Oxford, and Bath. Offers from the US included Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Princeton and UPenn, and as well as MIT, NYU, Northwestern.
When students leave CLC, they become part of Guild, a global network of over 8,500 alumnae in over 70 countries, offering support and community wherever their next steps take them.
We have to continually evolve to ensure that we are best equipping pupils for the future. We are preparing them for the workforce of the 2030s, the 2040s, and beyond.
Dr David Gamblin, Vice Principal Academic
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