Level 3 courses
ACS Sixth Form offers a wide range of Level 3 course options for students to choose from. Students are able to follow a BTEC or A Level only pathway, or a combination of both. This two year programme of study poses a higher level of challenge than what students have been used to in Year 11.
Students are expected to match the hours of in-class teaching they experience with an equivalent number of independent study for each subject, in order to be successful in these courses.
A Levels
Each A Level is allocated 10 hours of classroom-based teaching time over 2 weeks.
A majority of A Level courses are assessed using examinations only, all of which take place in the Summer Term.
Applied BTEC Courses
BTEC qualifications earn students similar university entrance points as A Levels and are valued by both universities and employers, due to the high level of skills-based learning they involve.
A majority of BTEC courses involve coursework and exam-based assessments.
Level 3 Options
The subjects students will learn are set out below:
Curriculum Timetable Year 12
| Subject | No of lessons | No of groups |
| Applied Science | 10 | 1 |
| Art | 10 | 1 |
| Business Studies | 10 | 1 |
| BTec Business & Finance | 20 | 1 |
| Biology | 10 | 2 |
| Chemistry | 10 | 2 |
| Computer Science | 10 | 1 |
| Digital Photography | 10 | 1 |
| Drama | 10 | 1 |
| Economics | 10 | 2 |
| English Literature | 10 | 1 |
| Further Maths | 10 | 1 |
| Geography | 10 | 1 |
| Health & Social Care | 10 | 1 |
| History | 10 | 1 |
| ICT Single Award | 10 | 1 |
| ICT Double Award | 20 | 1 |
| Mathematics | 10 | 3 |
| Media Studies | 10 | 1 |
| Physical Education (PE) | 10 | 5 |
| Physics | 10 | 2 |
| Politics | 10 | 1 |
| Product Design | 10 | 1 |
| Psychology | 10 | 2 |
| Religious Studies | 10 | 1 |
| Sociology | 10 | 2 |
| Spanish | 10 | 1 |
| Textiles | 10 | 1 |
| GCSE English Language | 6 | 1 |
| GCSE Mathematics | 6 | 1 |
Curriculum Timetable Year 13
| Subject | No of lessons | No of groups |
| Applied Science | 0 | 0 |
| Art | 10 | 1 |
| Business Studies | 10 | 1 |
| BTec Business & Finance | 20 | 1 |
| Biology | 10 | 2 |
| Chemistry | 10 | 2 |
| Computer Science | 0 | 0 |
| Digital Photography | 10 | 1 |
| Drama | 0 | 0 |
| Economics | 10 | 2 |
| English Literature | 10 | 1 |
| Further Maths | 10 | 1 |
| Geography | 10 | 1 |
| Health & Social Care | 10 | 1 |
| History | 10 | 1 |
| ICT Single Award | 10 | 1 |
| ICT Double Award | 20 | 1 |
| Mathematics | 10 | 3 |
| Media Studies | 10 | 1 |
| Physical Education (PE) | 0 | 0 |
| Physics | 10 | 1 |
| Politics | 10 | 1 |
| Product Design | 0 | 0 |
| Psychology | 10 | 2 |
| Religious Studies | 10 | 1 |
| Sociology | 10 | 2 |
| Spanish | 0 | 0 |
| Textiles | 10 | 1 |
| GCSE English Language | 0 | 0 |
| GCSE Mathematics | 0 | 0 |
| EPQ | 0 | 0 |
