How to apply for a place at the college
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All students at the College have individual programmes of study specifically designed to meet their needs.
When you leave school you have a greater degree of responsibility for your own decisions. You are therefore expected to choose your course within a framework of information, advice and guidance (IAG) provided by College staff. This will enable you to decide on a programme of study which reflects your interests, abilities and aspirations for the future.
We aim to provide you with the support, guidance and encouragement necessary to ensure a smooth transition from school to the College.
Link Tutors
Link Tutors play a key role in admitting students to the College and work closely with partner schools. All Year 11 applicants are interviewed by their Link Tutor once, in the spring term before starting at the College, and again at the beginning of September.
The Link Tutors are:
Kathryn Aldred/Peter Needham
St Bernard's School
Kate Lawty
Cartmel Priory School
Roy Chisem
Adult applicants
Sue de Gruyther
Walney School
Alison Going
Furness Academy (South)
Malcolm Halsey
John Ruskin School
Annette Simcock
External applicants
Catherine Smith
Dowdales School
Mark Whitehead
Furness Academy (North)
Link Tutors also deal with applicants aged 17 and 18.
Applicants from local partner schools
Beginning in Year 10, a number of events are held which are designed to help you choose an appropriate programme of study.
Contact Details
Postal Address
Barrow-in-Furness Sixth Form College,Rating Lane,
Barrow-in-Furness,
Cumbria,
LA13 9LE
E-mail Addresses
Enquires: principal@barrow6fc.ac.uk
Problems with the Website: webmaster@barrow6fc.ac.uk
Telephone
01229 828377
Fax
01229 836874
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Directions
Leave the M6 at Junction 36 and follow signs for the A590 and Barrow (33 miles).
After 25 miles pass through Ulverston and then the villages of Swarthmoor and Lindal.
At the third roundabout after this take the first exit, signposted Furness General Hospital and Furness Abbey.
At the next roundabout take the second exit.
Pass Abbey House Hotel on the left and take the first turning on the left into Rating Lane.
The College is 400 yards down Rating Lane on the left hand side.