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To support the previous table, the following occurs:
Spring
Term
2024
Tutor time and PD increasingly becoming devoted to higher education,
apprenticeships and careers guidance.
Summer
Term
2024
Talk on apprenticeships and gap years. Dates tbc.
UCAS and Apprenticeships Fair for all Lower Sixth Form students.
Attend University Open Days.
Autumn
Term
2024
Advice on writing the UCAS personal statement.
Opportunities for LNAT (Law) and UKCAT (Medicine) aptitude tests at
external centres.
BMAT (Medicine) and Oxford aptitude tests (ELAT, HAT, and TSA).
Spring
Term
2025
Next Steps talk delivered to all Upper Sixth students about what to
do once the offers start coming in, as well as advice on finance and
accommodation. This will be delivered centrally to all students in PD time.
Summer
Term
2025
Tutorial advice on post A Level results strategy. A Level results advice
document provided.
August
2025 Assistance available from Seaford College for post A Level results.
A Level and BTEC Tariff
A growing number of universities now
give offers to students based on UCAS
‘points’. To help you convert grades
into points, the following table should
be used.
So, a student currently sitting on
Challenge Grades of B, B, B would be
looking at 120 UCAS points, while a
student with Challenge Grades of A,
A, Distinction would be looking at 144
UCAS points.
UCAS Tariff
Points A Level BTEC
56 A* Distinction*
48 A Distinction
40 B
32 C Merit
24 D
16 E Pass