Sixth Form
The sixth form is relatively small, with 20 students in year 13, and around 60 in year 12. There is a range of AS/A2 level courses available to take, and the classes are small. As of September 2006, the Quarrydale sixth form have entered into a programme where several of their students travel to Kirkby College for some of their courses (e.g. Chemistry), and vice versa, were students from Kirkby College travel to Quarrydale for various courses (e.g. Biology). The sixth form is a close community, with the students having spent five years in mainstream school together, and now an additional two more in the sixth form. Everyone knows everyone else, and old social groups have disappeared after the rest of the students leaving in year 11. The school has recently received a grant in order to refurbish the ground floor of the sixth form block.
In order with the rest of the school to keep its smart apparel the sixth form has a uniform: shirt, shoes, and trousers. There is still choice as to what type they are.
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