ED6 Sixth Form
Course overview
Our unique Social Sciences Pathway is specially designed to help you secure your place on a Social Sciences degree!
ED6 Pathways provide bespoke, tailored guidance, high-quality teaching and a structured framework for progression towards higher education destinations and higher apprenticeships. Our goal is to ensure students are prepared to an exceptional standards for their next steps of future study and careers!
Each pathway is supported by an array of academic, extracurricular and work experience opportunities to develop both subject-specific expertise and valuable transferable skills.
The Social Sciences Pathway includes mandatory study of A Level Psychology, alongside two additional subjects from the options: English Language, Law, Politics, Sociology and Level 3 Applied Certificate in Criminology.
You may also choose to study additional qualifications to broaden your knowledge even further, including the Level 3 Certificate in Mathematics in Context (Y1 only) and The Extended Project Qualification (Y2 only)
Job opportunities after this course
The Social Sciences Pathway is specifically tailored for students aspiring to careers in areas such as:
Civil service
Clinical psychologist
Counsellor
Criminal justice system
Criminologist
Educational psychologist
Finance
Forensic psychologist
Health and social care
Health care assistant
Health psychologist
Intermediary for people with disabilities
Intermediary in courts
Intervention co-ordinator (prisons, mental health and schools)
Lawyer
Mental health nurse
Mental health worker
Nurse (disability and Paediatric)
Outreach worker (in many fields)
Physiotherapist
Police officer
Policy maker
Politics
Project worker
Psychologist
Rehabilitation worker
Researcher
Social science teacher
Social worker
Sociologist
Speech and language therapist
Support worker
Teaching assistant
Therapist
Youth worker/childcare
Entry requirements
Our A Level Social Sciences Pathway requires:
English - 6
Maths - 4
G-Score - 5.0
To calculate your G-Score, add up your total number of GCSE grades as points for your best eight subjects, including English and Maths, and calculate the average.
For the latest qualifications and grades required by course type/level, please follow this link to check the most up-to-date entry criteria for direct entry and internal progression at the college.
Fees & Funding
Please read our Course Fees & Funding page.
How to apply
To apply online for this course, please click on the 'Apply' button at the top/bottom of this page.
Alternatively, if you need assistance with your application or you would like to apply over the phone or using a paper-based application form, please call Student Services on 0191 518 8222.
If you're not quite ready to apply for this course and would like some more information or to speak to a member of staff then please click on the 'Enquire' button at the top/bottom of this page.
