Student Experience and Support

Student Experience and Support

Find out more about what it is like to study at NSFC from our students:

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The Sixth Form Day

The day at The National Sixth Form Centre is structured to ensure that all students receive appropriate time in the classroom, sessions with their tutors, together with private study time to support development of independent working that will be vital when studying at university.

Within a week each subject that a student takes will have six taught periods timetabled. In addition to this students will have one supervised study session per subject and one period of Enrichment. Students will also see their tutors in a timetabled slot throughout the week. Any periods of time that are not stipulated on a student's timetable may be taken as home study.

Student Support

We have a defined support system for all of our students, helping you to achieve your potential and aspire to reach further. We offer both pastoral and academic support, with guidance on financial, educational and career matters.

Personal tutors

You will receive regular updates on your progress from your course teachers and personal tutors. Based on your GSCE performance, we set all our students realistic yet challenging targets to reach their potential in their chosen courses. Support is tailored to ensure you can achieve your potential and can aspire to stretch yourself academically. We will also provide extra support where required.

You will be allocated a personal tutor for the duration of your time with us. You will meet your tutor daily to discuss academic and personal progress, and they will support you through the process of university applications, apprenticeships or work placements.

Counselling/Listening Services

On occasions, students may have an issue that they need confidential and specialist support for from our counsellor who is on site one day per week. Staff are happy to make referrals as needed.

If you are feeling anxious, stressed or just in need of someone to talk to, you can also find help through the Samaritans, Childline and Kooth; their contact details are below:

Samaritans – call free 24 hrs a day on 116123 or visit their website at   www.samaritans.org/

Childline – call free 24 hours a day on 0800 1111 or visit their website at https://childline.org.uk/

Kooth – chat with their counsellors https://kooth.com/ Monday – Friday 12pm – 10pm, Saturday – Sunday 6pm – 10pm

Young Minds – 24/7 text service that can be helpful for some young people who prefer not to speak

Text ‘Shout’ to 85258

https://www.youngminds.org.uk/young-person/shout-85258/