A normal working week is composed of a combination of taught lessons across the subjects you have selected (usually three or four subjects) alongside some private study lessons. You will have a combination of taught and private study periods. In addition to private study time during the working week there are no timetabled sixth form lessons on Saturday mornings, although a number of departments will use this time for additional subject clinics or revision sessions, especially as public exams approach.
The Sixth Form is very much viewed as being a “half-way house” between school and university in that more emphasis is placed on the individual student to maximise his or her potential through the development of self-discipline in terms of the planning, organisation and carrying out of the week’s academic work. You will therefore be encouraged, to a greater extent than previously, to be more individually responsible for your own work.