Our Admissions Policy

Minimum Entry Requirements:

• 5 GCSEs including 2 grade Bs and 3 Grade Cs or better.
  
  
• Mathematics and English should both be at grade C or better or 4 GCSEs including 2 grade Bs and 3 Grade Cs or better and a vocational course such as BTEC at merit or better.
  
  

Further Admissions Information:

• In certain circumstances pupils from one of our partner schools may be given a preferential offer.
  
  
• Applications for entry September 2011 will close in March 2011 and we strongly recommend that you get your application in as soon as possible.
  
  
• All AS students follow an enrichment programme that consists of Key Skills and General Studies or Critical Thinking.
  
  
• Once you have accepted a place, your place is secure and we are committed to you. You make your final choice of subjects in September when you have your GCSE results.
  
  
• You choose your second year subjects when you have your first year AS results. You do not choose these until August at the end of your first year.
  
  
• College is free. All basic materials - books, handouts - are supplied. A £25 refunded deposit is collected.
  
  
• There are no enrolment or tuition fees and we have access funds to help students who need extra financial help.
  
  
• The college is part of the Birmingham EMA (Educational Maintenance Allowances) scheme. If your family income is £30,000 or less, you are entitled to a weekly allowance with termly bonuses for good attendance, and an end-of-year bonus for obtaining your qualifications. This is obviously subject to satisfactory attendance and doing the work which forms a part of your courses.
  
  
• We take students from over 90 schools in Birmingham and the surrounding area.