Birkenhead Sixth Form College

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Birkenhead Sixth Form College

College logo since 2013
Type	Sixth form college
Established	1988
Principal	Mike Kilbride
Deputy principal	Robert Myatt
Location	Park Road West, Claughton, Birkenhead, CH43 8SQ England
Website	http://www.bsfc.ac.uk

Birkenhead Sixth Form College specialises in A Level & BTEC education and is rated as 'Outstanding' by Ofsted. In February 2018, TES FE Awards named the College UK 'Sixth Form College of the Year'. It is Wirral's only specialist sixth form provider, with teachers that solely teach A Level and BTECs to ages 16+.

Social mobility is at the heart of the College's ethos, and that has been recognised with national and regional awards. The Association of Colleges named Birkenhead Sixth Form College as the winner of their Beacon Award for Social Mobility and Widening Participation 2018/19, while the Sixth Form Colleges Association and Educate North awards have also recognised the College's commitment to social mobility with award wins.

Independent data analyst specialists Alps have placed Birkenhead Sixth Form College's A Level results in the top 10% nationally for student progression for the last four consecutive years, and progress scores in both A Levels and BTECs are consistently in the top in area-wide results.

More than 50% of results in summer 2019 were high grades of A*-B at A Level and Distinction* or Distinction at BTEC. Nearly 90% of students go on to university each year, with a quarter of that figure going to Russell Group universities. Many who go onto higher education are the first generation in their families to do so. Other graduates have gone onto prestigious apprenticeships with the likes of Unilever and Hill Dickinson.

Values[]

Birkenhead Sixth Form College's ethos is centred on the values of Positivity, Ambition, Resilience and Thoughtfulness, and that underpins everything that the students and staff do.

The College operates with the belief that all students can succeed and fulfil their potential, no matter their starting point or background. The College rejects the talent myth, and instead backs the scientifically proven stance that success is achieved through purposeful hard work, and that success is not limited for a chosen few.

Location[]

Birkenhead Sixth Form College is situated in Claughton Village, near Birkenhead Park on the Wirral peninsula within the county of Merseyside. The College is easily reached by road and rail. Birkenhead Park railway station is situated nearby and a variety of local bus routes serve the area.

Facilities[]

Birkenhead Sixth Form College underwent a £3.5 million refurbishment which was completed in 2014.^[1] This saw the addition of:

• New School of Art and Design
• New Humanities building
• New Science Laboratories
• New Learning Support area
• 8SQ student refectory and canteen
• New Reception and frontage

The refurbishment was led by Rachel Clegg, a former student of Birkenhead Sixth Form College who is now a practising Architect.

References[]

External links[]

• Birkenhead Sixth Form College homepage

Coordinates: 53°23′42″N 3°03′17″W / 53.3949°N 3.0547°W / 53.3949; -3.0547

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