3-Year A-level Foundation Course

Foundation Year: Year 1 of 3 in the Bournemouth Collegiate Sixth Form

Who is the course aimed at?

This course is for international students who have English as an additional language and whose English is at a level that prevents them from accessing the full AS/A level curriculum without the support of a third year of study. The course is also suitable for international students with limited English skills and who wish to study at universities in the UK on completion of their A levels in the UK.

Year 1: Foundation Year

The first year includes lessons in:

• Mathematics
• Further Mathematics (if applicable)
• Science
• A choice of other AS level or GCSE level courses

The compulsory lessons in this first year also include:

• “In the News”: a conversational programme based on current local and world news events helping to support students with their English and current affairs
• “Cultural Studies”: a course aimed at learning more about British and European Culture, the working environment in the EU, and the main cultural traditions within the UK and the EU.
• Preparatory lessons in IELTS.  (Our students average level 7 in IELTS).
• A block of timetabled lessons in which Foundation A Level students shadow other class groups in the school
• A full programme of physical education and games.
• A full programme of Personal, Social, and Health Education (PSHE)
• Full participation in the Enrichment Programme followed by BCS Sixth Form students
• Support with finding the right university, and visits to universities in the UK, including Oxford and Cambridge

The students will be fully part of the BCS sixth form.

Year 2: AS levels and some A levels (as appropriate)

Year 3: A levels

Full EAL support is given in each year and IELTS is continued each year.