There is a nationwide phenomenon that happens every year, affecting the young people around you. And that is the jump from gcse to A Levels, this jump leaves many students bewildered and unsure if sixth form is the right place for them.   

 

 On August 22nd students flocked to their schools anticipating what result they would get, hoping their hard work was not in vain. In school halls across the country, they were filled with tears, laughter and also disappointment. However not even a week later many students were in a new school feeling like they were in year 7 again, meeting new people, learning the layout of the school, and learning new content. Many students leave friendship and teachers they have known for the last five years. Yet they are allowed more freedom with a new changed timetable where students have ‘free periods’, in this time students revise content by themselves, completing unfinished tasks, to stay on top of things. Many sixth forms allow students to wear their own clothes or business casual making students break free from uniforms and show their own personalities through fashion, which they could not show in uniform.  
 

 

With all these changes, there is also a change in curriculum, being able to learn different subjects which some couldn't study during gcse. But with this we curriculum there are new difficulties as in A Level there is a deeper understanding needed in subjects, which is a big jump from gcse.  
 

However, it may be a big jump, it is an experience that many students go through preparing them for the world post-secondary school.