Talk:Sixth form college

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Merge[edit]

This should be merged with sixth form;otherwise the latter seems a bit redundant. --Catchthedream 21:54, 17 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No it should not —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.149.8.201 (talk • contribs)
It certainly should. I see no reason why not.--TDE 13:02, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree — sixth form provides an overview of the concept of sixth form education. This article is more specific, and talks about colleges (just one means by which sixth form education is taught). I think the topic of sixth form colleges has significantly more scope for expansion, and this would not belong in an article on the sixth form in general. _└^UkPaolo/_talk^┐ 14:22, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Not merged. The articles are related but cover different things. KayEss | talk 04:51, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see your point UkPaolo. There are indeed many other ways and the sixth form college article does not include sixth-forms at secondary schools. --TDE 19:43, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sixth form colleges are colleges where there is only a Sixth Form (or post-16) education offered. Many, many schools have Sixth forms as well as providing education to younger children. These should not be merged but linked. Robertsteadman 08:44, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. I went to two of the latter. jazzle 09:51, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Where do we put in sixth form schools like William Morris Sixth Form or Crossways Academy in :London ( that is, 16-19 schools only consisting of a sixth form but not incorporated as colleges) Zagubov (talk) 18:16, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Education will now end at 18[edit]

This page should show that education in secondary schools in England will now be compulsory to the age of 18, no longer 16 89.243.245.49 17:11, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 10:35, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

from 16 to 18[edit]

'In England and Wales, education is only compulsory until the end of year 11, the school year in which the pupil turns 16 (although this is changing in September 2013)[1].' This is only partially correct, as in Wales the age will remain 16 as stated by the Welsh Assembly Government. The school leaving age is only to change in England. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.11.223.222 (talk) 15:51, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Would someone please clarify exactly how the school leaving age will change in England in 2013? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.142.62.133 (talk) 02:06, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sixth Form Colleges in Northern Ireland[edit]

Regarding Sixth Form Colleges in Northern Ireland; are there any?Zagubov (talk) 22:51, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Compulsory sixth form college education[edit]

I edited the introduction paragraph, entire page needs updating (as it is now compulsory to go to a sixth form college. ManicOfMinecraft (talk) 15:45, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 26 April 2019[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. There is no consensus for a move. (closed by non-admin page mover) qedk (t 桜 c) 16:06, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It was proposed in this section that Sixth form college be renamed and moved to Sixth-form college.

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Sixth form college → Sixth-form college – standard spelling, as in dictionaries: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/sixth-form-college , https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/sixth-form-college , https://www.thefreedictionary.com/sixth-form+college Wipur (talk) 15:01, 26 April 2019 (UTC)--Relisting. -- Dane ^talk 17:24, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

And the Department for Education also lists it as "sixth-form" too. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 18:33, 26 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:54, 26 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Wipur and Timrollpickering: queried move request Anthony Appleyard (talk) 20:55, 26 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose The current spelling is the one that seems to predominate in the names of the institutions themselves. Timrollpickering (Talk) 20:26, 26 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Names of institutions are often not in line with spelling rules. This fact should not affect the encyclopedia entry. Wipur (talk) 23:15, 29 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Timrollpickering, I would think the institutions would be able to define their own name - a corporate WP:ABOUTSELF, "correcting" other people's names is fraught with danger. (Also note above comment is from nominator.) SnowFire (talk) 00:06, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support per MOS:HYPHEN (as sixth-form is being used as an attributive compound modifier). The opposition here seems to be a case of WP:SPECIALSTYLE. 142.160.89.97 (talk) 05:34, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.