Sixth form college

The municipal government of the city of Paris uses the phrase 'sixth form college' as the English name for a lycée (high school).

[note 1][2] In the English state educational system, pupils may either stay at a secondary school with an attached sixth form, transfer to a local sixth form college, or go to a more vocational further education college, although in some places not all these options are available.

In addition, they offer a broader range of courses at a lower cost per student than most school sixth forms.

Students that fail these exams are not accepted into the sixth form program and can do either: courses in other further education facilities, or begin work with high school degrees.

The sixth form in Malaysia is one of types of education prior continuing to degree level.

Starting 2023, the sixth form education has undergo a reform due to lack of interest among SPM leavers.

[5] Since then sixth form colleges have spread across England and have proved popular with students, their parents, and other groups in the community.

[8] Later the FEFC's functions were taken over by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), a reorganisation that included changes in the funding and supervision of sixth form colleges.

The SFCA sets up several committees to deliver its range of support services for SFCs as well as facilitating lobbying work with the central government.

There are also some sixth form colleges in the independent sector, specialising in A levels for which fees are paid; these are unconnected with the SFCA.

[10] Scotland does not, in general, have separate sixth form colleges (or, indeed, the same concept of the terminal two years of secondary education as being distinct from the other time spent there); as such, Scottish students who opt to remain in full-time education will typically remain in the same school for fifth and sixth year (the equivalent to the English lower- and upper-sixth forms), studying Higher Grade and Advanced Higher qualifications.