The prestigious British boarding school Christ’s Hospital is launching a new preparatory course for senior, final-year classes — the Pre-Sixth Form Program. After Sixth Form (Year 12 and Year 13, most often the British A-level standard), students enter university, so the final years are a very intensive, in-depth, demanding course, and not every student can settle into it comfortably and productively.
The preparatory program will help develop critical thinking, analysis and research skills, build self-confidence, and learn independent work and time management. The course looks especially useful for international students: besides deepening their knowledge of academic subjects, they often need to quickly improve their level of English (such a support course, EAL — «English as an Additional Language», is already taught at Christ’s Hospital) and adapt to a new education system — from terminology to requirements and the grading scale.
Christ’s Hospital has been operating confidently since 1552, combining the traditions of a British boarding school with modern teaching methods and effective, up-to-date programs. Students here are offered well-rounded, balanced development: electives and interest clubs, art and music, theatre, sport, trips and excursions, extracurricular projects. The school admits students aged 11-18 both as day pupils and full boarders.
