Why Choose SNA Sixth Form?
Our ethos is built around ‘Pushing our boundaries to achieve more’, which is underpinned by the highest expectations of students in order for them to reach their full potential. Our Post-16 provision will build on the excellent foundations already achieved at GCSE and our students make a significant contribution to the life of the school and the wider community.
We offer a broad and balanced range of exciting courses which are designed to challenge and stimulate learning for all students, from academic A Levels to vocational Level 3 courses.
Our Sixth Form provision has been designed to enable students to benefit from state-of-the-art facilities which allows students to harness 21st century technology to support their learning.
We are proud of our students’ academic and personal successes and aim to support and encourage all students as they strive to achieve the very best they can and to progress to university, further training or employment.
South Nottinghamshire Academy Sixth Form study will be exciting and challenging, and we look forward to celebrating success with you. We hope that what you find will fill you with enthusiasm, and we look forward to welcoming you into South Nottinghamshire Academy Sixth Form.
Highlights
- Ofsted 2022 Good
- Proven success with excellent results at A’ level
- Challenging and exciting courses
- Proven track record of academic and personal success
- Smaller class sizes
- Excellent pastoral care
- State of the art facilities
- Individual guidance towards university, further training or employment
- Dynamic and exciting student life
- New leadership opportunities
- Innovative Co-curriculum
- Excellent teaching staff
- Freedom and responsibility to learn independently
- Special programme for Oxbridge and Medicine applications
- Personal Development Programme - ‘Stellar’
- Academic mentoring
Results & Performance Data
| A Level Results | 2020* | 2021* | 2022* | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress | 0.12 | 0.37 | -0.22 | -0.65 | -0.01 | -0.12 |
| Average Points per entry | 37.08 | 41.35 | 38.36 | 34.51 | 34.88 | 33.14 |
| Average Grade per entry | B- | B | B | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Pass Rate | 93% | 98% | 90% | 99% | 97% | 97% |
| A* - B Grades | 52% | 70% | 69% | 55% | 56% | 54% |
*Due to Covid-19, the 2020 and 2021 cohorts were awarded A-level grades based on Centre Assessed Grades and Teacher Assessed Grades respectively.
View our full 16-19 school performance tables here.
View Y13 destinations after 6th form here.
A Day in the Life of a Sixth Form Student
7:00 - I wake up, take a shower and remember I have a free first period, so I take a slow walk up to school and grab a costa coffee on the way.
8:15 - Around this time I’ll get to school and sign in, meet my friend in the common room and work on a past paper together. My favourite playlist always makes this a little more bearable.
9:25 - My first lesson of the day is physics, which makes me cringe a little. We end up doing a practical using different forms of radiation!
10:25 - Normally it would be tutor time now, but I head for my student council meeting. Today we discussed the planning of the May Ball for year 13 leavers, and different changes we could make around the school to improve our sixth form.
10:50 - BREAK TIME! I get my usual from my favourite dinner lady (sausage cob and a tropical juice, obviously) and chat to my friends about their lessons. We ended up playing a game of hangman on the whiteboard with another table.
11:10 - Now I have my last lesson of the day. Only having two periods makes life seem SO amazing.
12:10 - HOME TIME! I go home and grab a bite to eat, before getting in my car and heading to the gym. I love having time in the day out of school as it means I miss the busy after-school rush.
2:00 - I get home, get changed and get started on some homework. This is made so much easier by blasting music from my speaker.
5:00 onwards – DOWNTIME ! Today I watched one of my favourite films, “10 things I hate about you." It never fails to make me laugh. Later, I have a scheduled lecture run by the HE+ scheme to watch. This time, I picked computer science! But generally, when I use my free periods within the day, it gives me my evenings off. Such a relief.
- a Year 13 Student