Kingscote sixth form
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I've been puzzled as to whether the sixth at Kingscote is one year or two. I think that in FL it says that Rowan is going to miss two years of school; but then Jan Scott in CT is, I think, referred to as having been in teams with Rowan and the sixth with Kay. And surely Lois was in the upper fifth with Rowan, but then stays on, but just for one year? Can anyone shed any light?
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Date: 2012-06-09 06:16 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-06-09 07:05 pm (UTC)Being in "the 6th" wasn't differentiated so much back then. Although it was a 2 year course to A level, the terms upper and lower weren't so much used. My mum just talks about first, second and third year 6th (she went to grammar school a year early and did 3 years in the 6th form so she was the right age to do A levels).
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Date: 2012-06-10 09:26 am (UTC)Also possibly not all the girls at Kingscote would be entered for A-levels, if they weren't planning on going to university, so might simply stay until they turned 18.
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Date: 2012-06-10 06:32 pm (UTC)I think it's what in Harry Potter circles is known as a "Flint" (after the character who ends up spending three years in the Sixth at Hogwarts) where one character doesn't age at the same rate as their compatriots.
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Date: 2012-06-09 07:46 pm (UTC)My mother, unusually, did Cambridge entry before her A levels, and therefore in the autumn term of second sixth. Then she did her A levels the following summer, and started at Cambridge that autumn.
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Date: 2012-06-10 02:15 am (UTC)Sue
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Date: 2012-06-10 06:25 am (UTC)Although many training colleges did require at least 2 A levels - I know one friend of mine was saying just the other day how much she'd enjoyed the 6th form, as with only 2 A levels to do, she had masses of free time.
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