On Thursday 7 February, The Sixth Form College, Solihull
held its final recruitment event of this academic year, when Information
Evening took place. My sore feet today indicate only one thing – that the event
was a success!
Thanks to everyone who visited us. We had visitors from 67
different schools! We hope you got all the information you wanted and had all
your questions answered. We had staff from all subject areas working, as well
as quite a few current students, all there to talk about what studying their
subjects is really like.
Rather than open up the whole campus – which we do for our
Open Day in October – this event was concentrated in our Sports Centre. In
effect, it had a careers fair “feel” to the event – giving prospective students
and parents the chance to see all that we offer in one place. Our Sports Hall
was packed with 33 stands for different subjects and College services. With the
Principal Paul Ashdown also giving talks to packed audiences in our Dance
Studio, there was no shortage of things to see and people to talk to.
Praise must go to our dedicated teachers and the students
who worked at the event, talking with enthusiasm and knowledge about the
subjects they study. Praise too must go to those that braved the cold and rain
to attend this event! It really was a filthy night to be out, but visitors came
in their hundreds.
It was gratifying to see the Information Evening bustling
with so many visitors – so much hard work goes into setting it up, not least
from our Site staff, who had more than 100 tables and 200 chairs to put out and
then pack away after the event finished at 8.00pm.
The attendance at this event is yet another indication of
the interest in The Sixth Form College, Solihull. Attendance at Open Day back
in October was a record-breaker and we have had more applications this year
than ever before. Those applications are still coming in – the deadline for
applying is Friday 29 March 2013.
If you did not get a chance to visit us or you just have
other questions that you forget to ask or which have occurred to you since, don’t
forget there are plenty of ways to get in touch. Our Admissions Office is happy
to take queries on 0121 709 7803. You can also post a question on our
Admissions Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SFCSAdmissions
or tweet us @sfcsapply.
We are currently working our way through all the
applications we have received. We have already made many offers to students,
but we have lots more applications to process. If students have not yet heard
about a date for their interview, they should not worry – we will definitely be
in touch. If you meet our entry requirements and complete your application
before the end of March, we promise you will get an interview and places are
not offered on a first come, first served basis. We have interview evenings
taking place in February, March, April and May, so there is plenty of time for
your application to be processed and offers made.
If you have applied, we look forward to welcoming you to the
College for your interview. If you also get an offer, we will also invite you
to attend a Summer Induction Day on either Thursday 27 or Friday
28 June, so look out for our communication to you about that later
in the year.
