It’s no secret that education budgets are under increasing pressure in the current climate, and many schools and colleges, including some in the local area, are being forced to offer less subjects in Sixth Form than they would ordinarily like to.

One subject area that is being squeezed nationwide is the Arts, so we’re all the more proud that within Sixth Form at KEVI, we’re able to offer a broad curriculum, with Art and Humanities subjects equally as prominent as Sciences and Maths.

Within our Arts provision, we not only offer the traditional A Levels of Art and Music, but also more vocational options, such as Art Graphics, Design Technology, Music Technology and Media Studies, all of which provide students with a range of transferable skills that can be applied to many, many careers, such as critical thinking, teamwork, research skills, and creativity; there’s also evidence that literacy improves through studying subjects like these.

Combined with the huge range of additional opportunities on offer within Sixth Form at KEVI, such as Debate Club, Youth Parliament, Peer Mentoring and School Council, students studying the vocational arts are well equipped to develop quickly into young leaders, more than capable of taking their burgeoning careers in any direction they wish.

And because we’re affiliated with the National Citizen Service, they can also gain valuable volunteering experience to help them stand out from the crowd.

As well as being intellectually stimulating, these subjects are becoming ever more relevant to 21st century life and because many projects within such courses are self-directed, students quickly become highly motivated, analytical and independent. Students develop themselves into critics and themselves become resilient in order to grow and learn from critique and feedback. Students are able to develop a wide portfolio of practical skills and experience using different tools and software, such as making and editing visual and sound-based media, for which the range of career path options is vast.

We remain committed to providing the broadest curriculum possible to our students. Why not come and see for yourself? Arrange a visit by contacting Susan Brown, our Post-16 Office Manager, on 01670 501 520.

Our full list of Arts and Humanities-based Sixth Form subjects is as follows:

  • Art, Craft and Design
  • Art and Design: Graphic Communications
  • Art and Design: Photography
  • Design Technology
  • History
  • Geography
  • Media Studies
  • Music
  • Music Technology
  • Psychology
  • Religious Studies
  • Sociology
  • Theatre and Drama Studies
  • Extended Project Qualification