College or Sixth Form?

[cocaine]

id prefer sixth form.. all the thick and lazy people, rebels and rejects seem to go to colleges around here.. while the more intelligent people attend sixth form. plus, at college the youngest people are 16 - and share the same priviledges with everyone. at sixth form, there are year 7s and up, and as we get special priviledges that the lower years dont, it makes the atmosphere a lot nicer knowing you are more priviledged than the lower years.

[PaulMacC]

id prefer sixth form.. all the thick and lazy people, rebels and rejects seem to go to colleges around here.. while the more intelligent people attend sixth form. plus, at college the youngest people are 16 - and share the same priviledges with everyone. at sixth form, there are year 7s and up, and as we get special priviledges that the lower years dont, it makes the atmosphere a lot nicer knowing you are more priviledged than the lower years.

This.
The only thing I dislike about my sixth form is that we aren't allowed to go home even if we have no class after lunch. We have to go to study which is basically were we have our frees. Although we don't do anything there we're allowed to chat and stuff despite the name study.

[luce]

Sixth form because the one college over here doesn't do A levels and i'm an accademic not a practical person. Although i could do it i would enjoy my brain being worked to it's limits much more.

[H0BJ0B]

Sixth form is definitely the way to go. Colleges tend not to be anywhere near the quality of a sixth form.

From around my area, college is for the less-able students, where as sixth form is for those who want to work hard and get good marks.

That's my opinion anyway.

[Shockwave.2CC]

I'm at College

2 days a week baby

[ifuseekamy]

Sixth Form is the better of the two, but if you can't get in or you decide against it, college is the next best option as you can work your way up. A few years slower, but still.

In terms of prestige, not sure in terms of practicality. Unis are full and they are now putting caps on the amount of British students allowed in because government cant fund the number of places being taken up by home students. Considering there are, on average, 50 graduates going for the same job, I think it would be better if people were shown more options during school.

[Kyle]

Sixth form is pretty much school with more laid back teachers whereas college is some kind of social club, people go in when they want and leave when they want and nobody gives a toss. College is more focused on practical skills and sixth form is focused on academic subjects. I'd prefer sixth form to college.

[Cysne]

This.
The only thing I dislike about my sixth form is that we aren't allowed to go home even if we have no class after lunch. We have to go to study which is basically were we have our frees. Although we don't do anything there we're allowed to chat and stuff despite the name study.

Your post 16- you can't be forced to stay in school.

Fyi.

[Aces]

wait a second, I always thought 6th form was for those who didn't make it into college.. UK school system confuses me.

Here in sweden we have something like Sixth Forms but they are for people who have decided what they wanna do and the schools have a reputation of being for those with bad grades.

[Glitter]

I go to sixth form, and although id rather go to college cause they dont seem to care if you fail/dont turn up i think a sixth forms probably better cause they push you to work and do well!