Notebook

How to Apply

Once you have decided which of our courses interest you, complete the application form here or from inside the prospectus. If you can’t quite decide what you want to do, don’t worry – we just want some indication of where your interests are, at this stage.

When you have filled in the form you need to get your parents or guardians to sign it and then hand it in.

If your school uses the 'Apply Sheffield' system, please apply here

If you attend one of our seven partner schools listed below, hand your form in at school. We will then contact you through the school to set up your Advisory Interview.

The seven partner schools are:

If you attend any other school or college, or have left school, send the application to the following address and we will contact you directly to arrange an advisory interview.

Admissions Office
Longley Park Sixth Form College
Horninglow Road
Sheffield
S5 6SG

Advisory Interviews and Getting Started

Once we have your application we will arrange an Advisory Interview. This normally lasts between 20 minutes and half-an-hour. It is not a selection interview where you have to prove how good you are. It’s for you to discuss what courses would be right for you. We will probably look at your career interests, and plans for further study after college alongside how you have been doing at school. If you have any concerns or questions about courses or the college, we will try to answer them. At the end of the process, we record the courses that you are most interested in. These are not set in stone if you change your mind later. Parents and guardians are very welcome at the interviews.

After the interview, we will write to you confirming the offer of a place at Longley Park SFC. This letter will set out the course discussed at the interview and secures you a place at the college as long as you get the GCSE grades needed for your particular choices. If for some reason you don’t get the GCSEs you were hoping for, we will offer you a place on a more appropriate course.

Our letter has a reply slip, which you send back to us accepting the place. In the summer, we will send you and your parents more information about starting at college. This will include details of your Enrolment Interview, at the college. You need to bring your GCSE results slips with you to this appointment and we will finalise your courses with you. College will start a few days after this.

Sometimes there are problems, which make it difficult for the college to run certain courses. This can be because they are full, because we don’t have enough applicants, or because we can’t get appropriate staff. We will deal with these problems in the following ways.

When courses are full:

We will give priority to applicants on the following basis and then set up waiting lists. All applicants on waiting lists will be informed and invited to discuss an alternative standby choice.

Priority will be given to all applicants who have submitted application forms to partner schools or the college by 31st January 2009. After this date, applicants will be added to waiting lists in the order they are received by the college.

When courses are not run either because appropriate staffing is not available or because we do not have enough applicants to make the course viable we will contact everyone affected as soon as the decision not to run the course is taken and invite them to discuss alternatives. Usually this decision is taken in the Spring, but sometimes, it can be much later.

If you feel that the college has not handled your application fairly or that we have not operated the process as we have said we would, please contact us on 0114 262 5757 and we will try to sort things out. If we can’t, you are entitled to appeal to our Governing Body. To do this, you should write setting out your concerns to:

The Clerk to the Corporation
Longley Park Sixth Form College
Horninglow Road
Sheffield
S5 6SG

Your Ideas

We are also interested to hear from you if there are courses you would like us to add to what we offer. We may be able to add extra qualifications if there is enough demand. You can either write to us at the address on the back of the brochure or e-mail us at enquiries@longleypark.ac.uk

Applying to Longley Park if you need extra help

Longley Park welcomes applications from students with all kinds of special needs. Our building has been designed to be as accessible as possible and we can provide extra specialist support to help you with your individual needs. We can do this better if you let us know what your needs are as early as possible and we understand that you may wish to do this in confidence.

Our arrangements to help you include:

We can discuss any needs you have at the Advisory Interview. If at any time during your course you feel you need further support, this can be accessed through your Progress Tutor or Student Services & Support. Full details of our help for people with disabilities will be published as our Disability Statement in the Student Diary.