At NCBIS we recognise that post 16 education is essential for those students who wish to go on to further education in colleges and universities around the world or here in Egypt.

For our international students, this means studying a range of subjects at both the AS and A full level.  For our local Egyptian students, AS-level or A-level qualifications are now often required for students with GCSE or IGCSE qualifications wishing to enter Egyptian university courses in medicine, architecture, engineering, information technology and other similar subjects.  Our Sixth Form Studies Unit has been set-up to accommodate both requirements.

The school uses the EdExcel AS and A-level syllabi, students study up to four AS subjects in their first year and up to three further A2 units in the second year.  The subjects available at present include Biology, Chemistry, Economics, English, French, General Studies, History, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Maths, Music and Physics.  Other subjects may also be offered if there is sufficient demand and appropriate staffing. 

Students will only be accepted into the Sixth Form if they have achieved a minimum of 5 A*-C at GCSE.  Certain subjects such as Maths requires a B or above to study at A level.

Expectations

Like all members of the NCBIS community, our Sixth Form students are expected to work extremely hard, attend all lessons, complete their assignments fully and on time, demonstrate appropriate standards of dress and behaviour at all times and set a good example to younger students.

The academic progress of our Sixth Form students is regularly monitored and assessed and these assessments, together with general behaviour, timekeeping and the general attitude to the courses of study help the school, parents and students make well-informed decisions.

The needs of individual students are carefully considered when timetabling Year 12 & 13 studies.  Where possible we try to cater for a wide range of AS of combination to meet the individual students requirements.

We would typically expect students to select 3 – 4 AS level courses.  Each AS course will take 8 periods of classroom based teaching.  This will mean students will have 8-16 private study periods.  These can be used for doing homework, extending the range of their subject knowledge or completing assessment tasks.  Students are expected to be in school from 7.55am until 2.30pm.