1. Welcome Y12 UCAS Information Evening
ADS Have explained apprenticeships and foundation – there will be another art foundation evening. Explain this is primarily UCAS evening.

2. Gap year, work, apprenticeship
The Charter Sixth Form
85%
University
5-10%
Art Foundation
5-10%
Gap year, work, apprenticeship

3. Art Foundation
A one year course which prepares students of Fine Art or Photography for degree study.
An opportunity to explore a wider range of media and make informed decisions about their choice of degree course, as well as gain support in preparing a portfolio.
Past students have completed Art Foundation courses at: Camberwell Art College, Central St. Martins, Kingston University, Leeds College of Art, Falmouth and Prince’s Drawing School

4. Apprenticeships – more on this later
Wide range of paid apprenticeships at various levels available for students post A-Level including professional sectors such as Accountancy and Law.
Introduction of degree apprenticeships (limited subject range)
Apply directly to companies so can also apply to UCAS
Previous students have gained places on high level apprenticeship schemes at:
Sky Sports
Commerz Bank
Ernst and Young
Civil Service
Large government push on apprenticeships
No longer seen as poor alternative
Highly competitive programmes offered by many large companies
Debt free way of gaining qualifications
Not suited to all as many still wish to have that academic student experience

5. Gap Year
Students can apply for a deferred entry to start in 2019 or can choose to apply in UCAS 2018
An opportunity to work / travel / volunteer in relation to their chosen degree course
Previous students have:
Worked on charity projects in Mexico & Australia
Completed an internship in the City
Travelled
Volunteered

6. Aims of this talk on UCAS
What is UCAS?
How can you support your child with UCAS?
What’s coming up at school?
ADS

7. What is UCAS? A centralised organisation.
The application contains personal information,
a personal statement and a teacher’s reference.
Students choose 5 ‘choices’.
ADS
that coordinates all students’ online applications to university

8. How can you support your child with UCAS
How can you support your child with UCAS? Sit together and look at unifrog

9. A search for History with predicted grades of AAB on unifrog

10. For History BA A Level Universities A levels A*, A, A
Warwick, Durham, Cambridge
A levels A, A, A
Oxford, York, Bristol, Liverpool, LSE, UCL, Nottingham, Leeds
A, A, B
Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle, Exeter, UEA, Reading, Southampton, SOAS, Birmingham
A, B, B
Queen Mary University, Roehampton, Leicester
B, B, B
Essex, Keele, Northampton
B,C,C
Birkbeck, Chichester, Wolverhampton
ADS – an example History BA; talk about other types of degrees

11. Variety between same subject degrees
History BA - Warwick (AAA)
History BA - East Anglia (AAB)
Choose between Renaissance and Modern or Modern stream
If you select Renaissance and Modern stream you have to study Italian because you study in Venice for one term in the third year.
Choose modules from medieval through to twentieth century.
In the first year you have to study ‘established methodological approaches and theoretical concepts of historical enquiry in the ‘History, Controversy and Debate’ module.’ 

12. The Guardian league table
Rank 2017
Rank 2016
University
Russell Group? 1
Cambridge Y 2
Oxford 3
St Andrews N 4
Surrey 5 11
Loughborough 6
Durham 7 8
Imperial College 10
Lancaster 9
Warwick
Bath
League tables are important but positions change frequently and year to year.
Russell Group membership can sometimes indicate a university is good – but note that half of the top ten unis are not Russell Group

13. Predicted A Level or BTEC grades form the basis of your University offers
A University will make a conditional offer to your child. Your child may receive as many as 5 or as few as 0 offers. UCAS tariff points are used by some universities (around a third). Instead of asking for grades (e.g. BBC), a university may express the offer as 112 points. The more traditional universities are more likely to stipulate grades and not points. Also, universities may not, for example, consider BBB at A level to be the same as ABC at A level.
A Level grade
BTEC grade
UCAS points
EPQ points
AS points A*
Distinction * 56 28 A
Distinction 48 24 20 B 40 16 C
Merit 32 12 D 10 E
Pass 8 6
ADS
Y12 AS grades have to be declared on UCAS
AS grades will inform predicted grades
Students will also have predicted grades from subject teachers
One third of courses have a tariff

15. Destinations Week – July 2017
The Year Ahead!
Destinations Week – July 2017
Before October half term
October or December 2017
This can take between 1 day and several months
You might find out straight away or have to wait until April 2018
May 2018 – Firm and Insurance
Results Day August 2018

16. What should you and your child be doing now and in the summer?
Look together at prospectuses online, unifrog and league tables
Go to 3 open days.
Students should talk to their teacher about predicted grades – these will be confirmed in September once we have all AS and End of Year exam grades.
Make informed ‘choices’ including both subject/location.
Over the summer, complete their personal statement, approximately one page long (Second draft deadline: Friday 8th September).
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Stress how offers come as soon as you make your application. The sooner you get it in the sooner you get offers.

17. What’s coming up at school?
Normal school until Wednesday 21st June
End of Year 12 Exams – Wednesday 21st-30th June – there are no registration/lessons.
UCAS exhibition in Greenwich – Wednesday 21st June
Students are back in reg/lessons 3rd-6th July
Destinations Week and Y13 Enrolment – 10th-13th July
Last day of school for Y12 – Thursday 13th July
AS Results and Y13 Enrolment– results will be available to collect from :00 on 17 August. Students must enrol in Y13 once they have collected their results. Students must have a minimum of 2 Merits/Ds to progress to Y13.
Fantastic Opportunity! EPQ Monday 3rd July 3-5pm.
NB New DOL – Janet Nejo

18. Extended Project Qualification
An opportunity to undertake an independent piece of work and gain an extra qualification, which is recognised by all universities and may be considered in their offer by some universities.
Supports UCAS statements and may be discussed at any University interview. (Particularly important if you are applying for top universities and competitive courses.)
May take the form of an extended essay / art work / film / event.
Develops independent research, planning, critical thinking and creative skills
Good preparation for the independence of degree study.

19. Attend all lessons and complete all homework Research ‘choices’
Y13 Enrolment – either during Destinations Week or AS Results Day
Make the most of the summer holidays!
Research other routes if university is not for you
Personal statement.
Deadline 8th September
Attend the EPQ training in 3 July

20. 12 June 13 June 14 June 15 June 16 June 19 June 20 June 21 June
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
12 June
13 June
14 June
15 June
16 June
Registration and lessons as usual
19 June
20 June
21 June
22 June
23 June
UCAS exhibition
End of Year 12 Exams
No lessons
26 June
27 June
28 June
29 June
30 June
INSET DAY
3 July
4 July
5 July
6 July
7 July
EPQ 3-5pm
10 July
11 July
12 July
13 July
14 July
Destinations Week
Workshops
Seminars
Enrolment interviews
Financial Awareness
Finishing personal statement
Meet TCS Alumni
Guest speakers
Register UCAS
Mock interviews
Celebration and picnic!
Summer Holidays