TUES 22 & WED 23OCTOBER

6.30PM-9PM

For entry in September 2020

WELCOME TO OUR OPEN EVENINGROOM LOCATIONSArt & Design - 3D Design 30

Art & Design - Art 25

Art & Design - Graphic Design 1.1

Art & Design - Textiles 24

Art & Design (Level 2) 24

Biology 34

Business Studies 22

Chemistry 36.1

Childcare & Education 15

Classical Civilisation 103

Computer Games Development 17

Computer Science 17

Creative Media Production 6

Criminology 10

Dance Gym

Drama & Theatre Studies 37

Economics 2

Engineering 33.2

English Language & Literature 110

Environmental Sustainability 14.3

Extended Project Qualification 12

Film Studies 5

Geography 14.3

Health & Social Care 16

History (Early Modern & Modern) 104

IT 17

International Baccalaureate 107

Languages (French,German,Spanish) 106

Law 101

Maths 38

Media Studies 4

Music Technology Music Room

Nutrition & Health (Level 2) Fitness Suite

Performing Arts 37

Philosophy 13

Photography 31

Physics 33.2

Politics 102

Psychology 9 & 10

Public Services 14.1

Sociology 12

Sport (all courses) Fitness Suite

Statistics 38

Travel & Tourism 23.1

OPEN EVENING VISITORS’

GUIDE

Feel free to visit all the subject areas you are interested in. Listed are all our subjects with the rooms they are located in this evening, together with a map to help you find your way around.

Also this evening ……• Visit our Library & Careers Centre to meet

the Principal, Phil Harland and other senior members of staff to answer any questions.

• Our Vice Principal, Donna-Marie Janson will also be available in the Main Reception.

• Our Additional Support Team are available in Room 14.2.

• Representatives from our two local universities are present in the Hall.

• Information about our Adult Education Programme is available from the Hall.

• Refreshments - available free of charge from our Library (2nd floor) or can be purchased from the Hone Room Cafeteria (1st floor).

• Our 2020 College Prospectus is available from the Hall or Reception.

Talks take place on:-Why Study Science 6.45-7.15pm - Room 35(Tuesday evening only)

The International Baccalaureate 6.50pm & 7.50pm - Room 107

Careers in Medicine, Veterinary & Dentistry by Matt Cowdock, Brighton & Sussex

Medical School 7.30-8.10pm - Room 35

Watch:-The College Promotional Video continuous throughout the evening - Room 23.2

Dance - ‘Sharing of Work in Progress’ by our Dance students 7pm & 8pm - The Gym

Music - students perform throughout the evening - Student Common Room.

All information can be found in our College Prospectus or at:WWW.VARNDEAN.AC.UK

IB Diploma or 4 A Levels A mixture of at least 7 GCSEs at Grades 6-9 including English, Maths and Science

3 A Levels A mixture of at least 6 GCSEs at Grades 4-9 including English

Level 3 Vocational A mixture of at least 5 GCSEs at Grades courses 4-9 including English

GCSEs and vocational At least 5 GCSEs at Grade 3 including Level 2 courses English

Any student who has not achieved a Grade 4 in GCSE English and/or Maths must include further study of these subjects in their programme.

Some individual subjects have their own specific entry grade requirements and these can be found in our main College Prospectus or on our website www.varndean.ac.uk

Varndean College, BHASVIC and Brighton Met together form the Accord Colleges. The three colleges have a coordinated application process in which you will not be able to make an application to both Varndean College and BHASVIC. You will only be able to make an application to one of these two colleges.

August

Following your GCSE results in August, you will then be invited in for a further Enrolment Interview in late August, at which the outcome of these results and your programme of study can be discussed and finalised.

Visit as many colleges as you can in order to make the right choice for you. If you decide to apply to Varndean College, you will need to fill in an online application form on the College website www.varndean.ac.uk. The online application form is available from mid-September.

The priority closing date for entry in September 2020 is Friday 6th December 2019.

September - December

January - February

Following the receipt of your application, you will be invited to attend an Application Interview, most usually in January or February, at which your application will be discussed in more detail and whether we can offer you a place dependent upon your predicted GCSE grades and school report.

June

If you are offered a place, then you will get invited to attend a New Students’ Day in late June.

Varndean College offers over 30 A Levels, a wide range of vocational BTECs, a small but significant number of GCSEs, as well as being the only state-run college in the area to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma.

THE APPLICATION PROCESS

COURSE LEVEL GENERAL GCSE GRADE MINIUMUMENTRY REQUIREMENTS

OUR ENTRY REQUIREMENTSTHE COURSES WE OFFER