St Brendan's Sixth Form College A GSG School
- St Brendan's Sixth Form College
Broomhill Road
Brislington
Bristol
BS4 5RQ - Head: Marion Curran
- T 01179 777766
- F 01179 723351
- E [email protected]
- W www.stbrn.ac.uk
- A state school for boys and girls aged from 16 to 19.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Bristol
- Pupils: 1,725; sixth formers: 1,725
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Open days: October
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Fantastic environment post GCSE for both high fliers and those needing to salvage something from weak GCSEs. Ideal transition from school to uni or work. Masses of recent building work has produced a harmonious, if brightly coloured, modern-looking campus, into which the few surviving but updated original buildings fit comfortably. It remains open until 5.30pm and has extensive computer facilities. Computer ‘break out’ areas (20-30 computers for general use) nestling in handy corners all over the college including…
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Curricula
Cambridge Pre-U - an alternative to A levels, with all exams at the end of the two-year course.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Principal
Since April 2020, Marion Curran, previously deputy head. Started her career in London, working in both schools and colleges. Then, after a brief stint of teaching in Japan, she worked in an outstanding school in Wiltshire where she was head of sixth form and the school’s IB co-ordinator. Thence to Bristol, where she became director of the North Bristol Post 16 Centre, a collaboration between Redland Green and Cotham. Currently chairs the Post 16 City Group.
Entrance
All students are admitted to the college rather than to a specific course or level. Choices are confirmed or made post-GCSE or equivalent results via extensive interview and discussion. Disappointing GCSE results can be rescued with a year consolidating GCSE before starting A level or its equivalent. As the college manages to offer the third year post-16 without any...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
We have a learning support unit with one to one work rooms plus a drop in IT Centre for all, manned by Learning Support staff. 09-09 with
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | Y |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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