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Success at Sixth Form. STUDENT SERVICES & ACADEMIC SUPPORT. Success at Sixth Form. ACADEMIC SUPPORT Available to all students during their time at QE. Learning Needs. Assessments – screening tests and individual assessments
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Success at Sixth Form STUDENT SERVICES & ACADEMIC SUPPORT
Success at Sixth Form ACADEMIC SUPPORT Available to all students during their time at QE
Learning Needs • Assessments – screening tests and individual assessments • Specialist Teaching for students with SpLD or a sensory impairment • Access Arrangements in examinations • Note-takers • Practical assistants • 1:1 assistants • Specialist equipment, including laptop loans and dictaphones • Academic Coaching – for any student who would benefit from generic support, e.g. time management, organisation, note-taking skills, revision and exam technique
Medical Needs • Personal Emergency and Evacuation Plans (PEEP) • Individual risk assessments • Storage of medication • Specialist equipment & furniture • Liaison between college staff and external agencies, e.g. health professionals • Collation of work during periods of student absence • Photocopying of notes & handouts • Liaison between subject staff, parents and students • Access arrangements in exams, these may include rest breaks, extra time or a separate venue
Welfare & Safeguarding • Welfare • Signposting to external agencies • Close liaison between health services, including CAMHS • Discreet counselling; the college has 2 qualified counsellors • Financial and housing advice • Safeguarding • The college has a number of staff who are trained to support members of the college community with any safeguarding issues.
Student Services deals with: • Financial Support • 16-19 Bursary Fund Scheme • Which is made up of: • Vulnerable Young People (VYP Support) • Regular Payments • Specific Costs Support • Transport • Attendance • Student Executive • Student Services Shop and lots more…
Financial Support • The college receives funds to help individual students with their course costs; the ’16-19 Bursary Fund Scheme’. • The 16-19 Bursary Fund Scheme is split into 3 main parts: • Vulnerable Young People support • Regular Payments • Specific Costs Support - including: Transport, trips, visits etc. • All applications are means tested and require evidence of financial circumstances.
Transport • Subsidised transport may be available from your Local Authority (LA) for the current academic year 2014-15. Both Leicester and Leicestershire LAs will charge for student passes. More information on travel can be found at www.wqeic.ac.uk/transport/ • Leicester City LA • Standard Student pass: £215.00 • Home to college only Monday to Friday using Arriva or First. • No concessions available. • Leicestershire LA • Standard Student pass: £252.00 • Home to college only Monday to Friday using Arriva or First • No concessions other than direct debit monthly installments.
Attendance Issues • Student attendance is recorded by Teacher on-line registers. • Students can check their attendance on any in-college computer • If a student feels that their registered record is incorrect, they can come to Student Services to query their attendance • Maintaining a good attendance record is important for all students and not just those in receipt of financial support
Procedures • Absence from college: • If a student is going to be absent from college and they know about the absence in advance, they must complete a slip with their personal tutor in advance • If a student is ill they must phone the college voice mail, before 10.00am if possible, on Tel. (0116) 247 1147 Option 1 for each day of absence • If a student becomes ill during the college day they must sign out at the General Office