Do your privately educated DCs stand an Oxbridge chance?
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Hi Sherry, yes you are right there are some A' levels which "don't count" for some courses at some universities.
However, closer to the time (e.g. when making A' level choices) it is very quick these days to look online at the subjects and grades required for specific subjects at specific universities.
I am sure that an able girl at a grammar school can afford to do an AS or A level that "doesn't count" as part of their overall education. The fact that a school offers these subjects should not be a "black mark", unless of course they are pushing children to do them who should not.
There is great free-flow between the grammar sixthforms in Kent. Students do not have to say at the same one they joined at 11. More bottoms on seats = more funding, so if a grammar school sixth form is trying to attract higher numbers by offering a broader range of courses that can only be good for the school I would have thought and will not detract from the "more serious" subjects.
During the GCCEs it would be advisable to look once more at what all the available sixth forms have on offer, the teaching quality in the subjects your daughter is interested in, the results in those specific subjects, the average group size in those subjects each year (tiny numbers not necessarily good).
Good luck
However, closer to the time (e.g. when making A' level choices) it is very quick these days to look online at the subjects and grades required for specific subjects at specific universities.
I am sure that an able girl at a grammar school can afford to do an AS or A level that "doesn't count" as part of their overall education. The fact that a school offers these subjects should not be a "black mark", unless of course they are pushing children to do them who should not.
There is great free-flow between the grammar sixthforms in Kent. Students do not have to say at the same one they joined at 11. More bottoms on seats = more funding, so if a grammar school sixth form is trying to attract higher numbers by offering a broader range of courses that can only be good for the school I would have thought and will not detract from the "more serious" subjects.
During the GCCEs it would be advisable to look once more at what all the available sixth forms have on offer, the teaching quality in the subjects your daughter is interested in, the results in those specific subjects, the average group size in those subjects each year (tiny numbers not necessarily good).
Good luck
