Birkenhead Sixth Form College won the 2023 Social Mobility Award from SFCA for their excellent educational offer to a comprehensive intake in a grammar school area.
Our students at Birkenhead Sixth Form College come from some of the most socio-economically deprived areas in the UK, with one of the lowest average GCSE score intakes in the sector, yet they get some of the best results in the country.
Social mobility runs through the core of our college’s ethos, enabling students with the scientifically proven approach that all can succeed with purposeful hard work – we eschew the notion of ‘gifted and talented’. Our belief in the science of cognition is unwavering and informs the performance of all teachers and staff in the classroom: every interaction counts.
Right from an applicant’s guidance interview at the college, their circumstances and background, plus their future goals, are all part of profiling our students, even before they start with us. Our tutorial system means that a student’s personal tutor will foster a strong pastoral relationship with every student, while their teachers will be highly aware of students’ attainment and work ethic, so identifying suitable candidates for our specific social mobility programmes is a holistic process at the college. We aim to inspire every student to aspire to great things, and no one gets left behind.
