Shrewsbury Sixth Form College
college in Shropshire, England, UK
Shrewsbury College was a post-secondary co-educational sixth-form college located in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England. The college currently had as of 2007 an enrolment of approximately 1,650 students, generally ranging between the ages of 16 and 19. The curriculum consisted of AS, A levels and a small range of BTECs. GCSE English Language and Maths could only be taken alongside an A level programme as resits. The college was ranked as the 17th-best sixth-form college in 2012 (out of 400 institutions), had the best A-Level performance of any state-funded institution in Shropshire, and was awarded 'Beacon Status'. The college's Welsh Bridge campus included buildings of Grade II-listed status originally built in 1910 to house the Priory Grammar School for Boys.
History
Shrewsbury Sixth Form College was founded in 1981 and has developed into one of the top sixth forms in the country.
The college was at the top of the sixth-form college league tables for both AS and A2 level results for many years. Nationally the college was rated as 12th- and 27th-best in 2004 and 2005, respectively, with students having an average of 305.1 UCAS points (approximately ABB/ABC at A-Level) in 2004. In 2009 AS level pass rates were at 94.7%, with 66% achieving grades A-C. For A2 level in the same period, pass levels were up to 98.7%, with 79% achieving A-C grades.
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