Academic support


Subject surgeries

Teachers run weekly subject surgeries allowing students easy access to additional support, support with exam questions and parts of their course that they may find trickier.

Outstanding teaching facilities

CAST Sixth Form is equipped with modern teaching laboratories that are equipped to university level.  Whilst our fully interactive state of the art medical simulation suite contains a cutting-edge patient simulator.

Learning Plaza

The Learning Plaza provides a dedicated space for all CAST Sixth Form students to work between lessons.

Online resources

CAST Sixth Form Students have free access to a wide range of online resources:

Up Learn is an online learning platform that provides interactive videos, progress tracking and personalised revision plans using an AI-powered system to provide a personalised learning experience.

Integral is an award-winning online teaching and learning platform for A Level Mathematics designed to develop deep independent mathematical understanding.

Provides online access to A Level textbooks.

T Level students have online access to their textbooks.

Isaac Science provides interactive questions, explore varying difficulty levels, and strengthen problem-solving skills with concept guides, video lessons, and events.  It is particularly useful for those considering applying to top universities.

Each class has its own Teams Group.  Teachers use Teams to share teaching Powerpoints, resources and set independent study tasks.

Olympiads and other competitions

CAST Sixth Form provides many opportunities for students to extend their learning through participation in subject Olympiads, Senior Maths Challenge and other competitions.

United Learning Hub

United Learning comprises: United Learning Ltd (Registered in England No: 00018582. Charity No. 313999) UCST (Registered in England No: 2780748. Charity No. 1016538) and ULT (Registered in England No. 4439859. An Exempt Charity). Companies limited by guarantee.
Registered address: United Learning, Worldwide House, Thorpe Wood, Peterborough, PE3 6SB.

Financial Accountability and Freedom of Information

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