Sixth Form Entry Criteria and Dress Code

Sixth Form Entry Criteria

A level applicants:
5 GCSEs of at least a grade 5 including Maths and English.

BTEC and Vocational courses:
5 GCSEs of at least grade 4 including Maths or English.

All applications will be considered on an individual basis. It is possible to choose some subjects if you have not studied them for GCSE.

You will be invited to attend a short, informal interview to discuss your application and talk through your options. All places offered will be conditional until you have received your GCSE results in August and enrolment will take place on GCSE Results Day.

Dress Code:

Sir John Talbot’s Sixth Form Dress Code shown below should be adhered to at all times throughout the academic year.

For clarification on any clothing, please speak to one of our Sixth Form team.

Appropriate for School	Not appropriate for School
All students should wear smart, modest work style wear. You set an example for other students in school, please remember that you are dressing for a school setting. If you are unsure whether your choice of clothes is suitable, please ask a member of the Sixth Form team before you wear it into school.	Casual round neck t-shirts (unless shirt worn over the top) Denim/ Leather or faux leather clothing Sportswear (including tracksuit style bottoms) Obvious logos or pictures on any item of clothing Ripped clothes Hoodies Sports or casual style shorts Hats or Caps Visible underwear/ bare midriffs (shoulders covered) Casual Shoes including open toe sandals, canvas shoes or trainers, Vans or Converse (even leather ones) or flip flops Leggings or Jeggings Short and or stretchy, elasticated skirts or dresses Extreme hair styles/ unnatural colours Fashion tights (tights worn should be a solid colour) Visible tattoos Facial piercings This list is not exhaustive, if you choose to wear something which does not fit within the spirit of the policy or is unsuitable to wear on the main school site you may be asked to go home and change.

Appropriate for School

Not appropriate for School

All students should wear smart, modest work style wear.

You set an example for other students in school, please remember that you are dressing for a school setting.

If you are unsure whether your choice of clothes is suitable, please ask a member of the Sixth Form team before you wear it into school.

Casual round neck t-shirts (unless shirt worn over the top)
Denim/ Leather or faux leather clothing
Sportswear (including tracksuit style bottoms)
Obvious logos or pictures on any item of clothing
Ripped clothes
Hoodies
Sports or casual style shorts
Hats or Caps
Visible underwear/ bare midriffs (shoulders covered)
Casual Shoes including open toe sandals, canvas shoes or trainers, Vans or Converse (even leather ones) or flip flops
Leggings or Jeggings
Short and or stretchy, elasticated skirts or dresses
Extreme hair styles/ unnatural colours
Fashion tights (tights worn should be a solid colour)
Visible tattoos
Facial piercings

This list is not exhaustive, if you choose to wear something which does not fit within the spirit of the policy or is unsuitable to wear on the main school site you may be asked to go home and change.