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Talks for AS students in the Summer Term 2016
The past few weeks have been extremely busy for the AS students, and their schedule has included two UCAS related talks, which are designed to make them better informed when…
UCAS dates for summer 2016
Completed CF and CI choices Since coming back from the Easter break in mid-April, the careers department at Brampton College has been busy encouraging all the A2 and A1 students…
Thinking of applying to Oxford or Cambridge 2017?
If a student has an exceptionally strong academic profile then we are keen to discuss the possibility of an application to either Oxford or Cambridge, otherwise known as Oxbridge. This…
Memory
Why don’t students remember what they’ve learned? Many students will tell us they have ‘spent hours learning material’ but in stressful situations they cannot recall it. At Brampton College we…
Researching Degrees
Researching degree choices and universities can take time, and we encourage our students to start this process in the AS year. The Spring term is a good time for AS…
Effective Learning
Many students when they come to Brampton College think they are revising sensibly by putting in hours just before a test or exam (sometimes staying up most of the night!)…
#Brampton is Brilliant
Christmas is a time to spread the festive cheer and share the joy. So we asked our students to tell us what they love about Brampton! Here are some of…
The Best Use of the Christmas Break
For many of our students the end of term is very welcome. We have covered a lot of material in lessons (more than half the content of the course gets…
Students give Brampton top marks
At the end of the day, all that matters is our students’ happiness, well being and sense of achievement. The rest is academic! We can measure educational achievement via exam…
‘Titan schools’: why quantity can never be more important that quality in education
Recently there’s been a lot of news about how the shortage of school places could lead to the development of ‘titan’ schools to cope with thousands of extra pupils. According…
