Information for university and college admissions teams
St John Rigby College is an inclusive sixth form college with over 700 students enrolled in Year 13, almost 600 of whom apply to H.E. each year. The College recruits from a wide range of partner high schools in Wigan, Skelmersdale and the surrounding vicinity, including areas of high social deprivation. In March 2017, Ofsted judged the College to be outstanding in every category. The College is confident of the accuracy of students’ predicted grades as they are based on rigorous six-weekly assessment checks throughout both years and mock exams taken in November and March of Year 13. In addition, all students follow a College course entitled Values for Living, which allows students to discuss and evaluate personal, social and moral issues.
The College successfully supported students through remote lessons and provided pastoral care throughout the period of lockdown. However, we recognise the impact of this on our most vulnerable students and those who struggled to engage due to home circumstances or limited access to technology. The process of applying for university was started during lockdown. Therefore, our students did miss out on the usual face-to-face support that we provide. Students were able to complete in-class assessments in March 2021 and whilst the six-weekly assessment checks were affected last academic year, they have been reinstated this year and we remain confident of the accuracy of students’ predicted grades. Throughout last year, the College delivered a blended model of learning. When not in lockdown, students alternated weekly between face to face classes and remote live lessons. This year has seen the reintroduction of a normal timetable and time is being invested in developing learners’ skills of resilience, independence and examination techniques, as well as their subject knowledge from new content and that needing to be revisited from Year 12.
