Personal Statement Help?

Your lecturer is wrong.

Even in academic PSs writing about how A levels equip you with skills for uni is a complete waste of time - the content will be the same for every single applicant with those A levels and so is FAR from being personal or useful to admissions staff.

Stick with your instincts - if they kick up a stink show them http://university.which.co.uk/advice/your-ucas-personal-statement-10-more-things-not-to-put-in and http://university.which.co.uk/advice/personal-statement-advice-physiotherapy-students (although that's for PT not OT the advice for both is similar).

So in summary (because this was really unclear):
-Thank you for the information you have provided.
-Does talking about my A Level Subjects in any way have any value on a personal statement particularly if they relate to Occupational Therapy?
- I have 5 lines left of my personal statement, should I use those five lines to talk about my newest volunteering position or my A Level Studies?

Thank for the help in advance

In a vocational personal statement, the most emphasis is placed on work experience etc. However, it's also important that everything involved is related to the subject you want to study. Your volunteering is probably more relevant than your A-levels, however, you mention discussing ECs as well. If some of these are basically unrelated to Occupational Therapy (e.g. being a prefect), it may be worth cutting these down/cutting them entirely so that you can include some mentions of the section of your A-levels that is relevant.

For courses like Occupational Therapy, some universities will have some guidance about the PS on their website. Make sure you check this for the universities you are thinking of applying to, and focus on their advice, not that of your college tutors.

In my opinion, explaining the skills your A-levels have given you is basically a waste of characters. All university lecturers are basically aware of the skills that A-levels give students, and of course it's not something that is unique to you. However, discussing "Topic X furthered my interest in Occupational Therapy because..." can add value to your personal statement- but only after you've discussed all the relevant volunteering/work experience you want to improve.

OK Thank you so very much, this has helped such a great deal in terms of my extra cirriculars though I've only used up four lines, is this too much? I've discussed that in my free time I attend martial arts classes and am a chief Instructor, I then related this to my course, would this be OK?
Thanks for the help guys

That sounds like it would be fine in terms of discussing your extra curricular activities. The usual advice is no more than 25% of the statement to discuss ECs and I can see how that could provide you with skills relevant to the course. However, if you wanted to cut down in favour of discussing your A-levels, I think that would be OK too. The personal statement is meant to be personal to you and no single sentence is going to make the difference between being accepted and being rejected.