The New School at West Heath - Post 16

Post 16

As well as the school teaching students from Years 7 to 11, the school operates a section allowing students to get "support" from the school while going to college - the school itself does and cannot afford staff to teach A-level quality subjects itself. Many continue boarding at the school while going to college from there. Due to many of the students living far away, once they start a College course while staying with the Post 16 section of the school, it is very hard for them to move to another college if they change their mind and wish to stop boarding at the school.Often students are given the option of abandoning their college course and the qualification they have worked for a year on, or moving to another college and leaving the school.Most students just cannot afford their own transportand Local Education Authorities (LEAs) work on a yearly basis and will not help pay for transport if a student wishes to leave the school.