Sixth Year - The Bridge to Higher Education and Beyond
The S6 year at Hutchesons' offers new approaches to learning, new fields of study and a new pastoral structure, as well as co-curricular and leadership opportunities. Every pupil is expected to create their own programme of academic study complemented by leadership and enrichment activities, all of which contribute to the pupil's sense of achievement during this final year at school.
It is in S6 at Hutchesons' that the richness and diversity of the school's curriculum really come into their own, as developing the high academic standards you have already established will remain a priority for you during this year.
Post-Higher qualifications such as A Level and Advanced Higher allow you to explore a subject in greater depth than ever before, firing your curiosity as well as providing an invaluable head start for your university course.
For many, a diet of at least three A Levels or Advanced Highers is the most appropriate route, whether to provide you with an increased level of intellectual challenge or as the gateway to applying to Oxford or Cambridge. For others, the option of taking up a range of subjects which were not available earlier or which you chose not to pursue, in the form of one or more 'crash' Highers, or even re-sitting to upgrade your qualifications, will prove to be a more suitable academic path through Sixth Year.
