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Moving sixth form

Hi, I really hate the sixth form I'm at, and want to move back to my old secondary which had a sixth form with it . I know I would be so much happier and more motivated there, and it's not even about friends as there's a few people there I don't get on with, despite most of my friends going there. I had a lot of back and forth in the first month or two, and so I've really made my old secondary angry and they've said that because their deadline has passed (in october) they won't let me back, but when I was still back and forthing they would have let me back after the october deadline .

I know I would have so so much work to catch up on as at my current sixth form I am taking history, english lit, and German, but at my secondary I would be taking English lit, history and maths, and for history they do different courses, and for english lit we have been covering one of the same texts, just not the other one . I am a capable student and I think could catch up for either history and English lit, but with maths I definitely would have to get some sort of private tutor at this stage.

They have said I can't come back as the deadline has passed, but I genuinely can't stay at the sixth form I'm at. It was the worst decision of my life moving and I really can't stay there . Everyone says it will get better but there are certain things about it that won't change for me. I have lost any motivation for school because of this sixth form and I simply won't get the grades I'm capable of if I stay here .

Is it worth it to send one last email to the sixth form I want to go to begging them to let me back? If I do they will hate me more as I will waste more of their time on this email if I can't go back and my parents will hate me more as well
Original post by student-harper
Hi, I really hate the sixth form I'm at, and want to move back to my old secondary which had a sixth form with it . I know I would be so much happier and more motivated there, and it's not even about friends as there's a few people there I don't get on with, despite most of my friends going there. I had a lot of back and forth in the first month or two, and so I've really made my old secondary angry and they've said that because their deadline has passed (in october) they won't let me back, but when I was still back and forthing they would have let me back after the october deadline .

I know I would have so so much work to catch up on as at my current sixth form I am taking history, english lit, and German, but at my secondary I would be taking English lit, history and maths, and for history they do different courses, and for english lit we have been covering one of the same texts, just not the other one . I am a capable student and I think could catch up for either history and English lit, but with maths I definitely would have to get some sort of private tutor at this stage.

They have said I can't come back as the deadline has passed, but I genuinely can't stay at the sixth form I'm at. It was the worst decision of my life moving and I really can't stay there . Everyone says it will get better but there are certain things about it that won't change for me. I have lost any motivation for school because of this sixth form and I simply won't get the grades I'm capable of if I stay here .

Is it worth it to send one last email to the sixth form I want to go to begging them to let me back? If I do they will hate me more as I will waste more of their time on this email if I can't go back and my parents will hate me more as well

It seems unlikely that they will let you back. Would it be worth researching other options?
Original post by flowersinmyhair

It seems unlikely that they will let you back. Would it be worth researching other options?


My other options would be staying at the sixth form I'm at and seeing it through, or resit year 12 next year at the sixth form I want to go to which for me wouldn't really be ideal as I don't want to waste a year and also my parents would not like if I did that 🙁
Original post by student-harper


My other options would be staying at the sixth form I'm at and seeing it through, or resit year 12 next year at the sixth form I want to go to which for me wouldn't really be ideal as I don't want to waste a year and also my parents would not like if I did that 🙁


Best to suck it up and power through your current sixth form. I know it may seem hard and it's not gonna be like how it used to be in secondary, I would know because I went to a chill asf state school to a high achieving private school for sixth form. Remember why your there and you will get the grades you want as long as you study and work hard. Life isn't gonna be perfect and we can't go back and think "what if", so try and find some good friends in your new sixth form and work hard because you can't make any excuses now as your nearly an adult so you gotta act like one.
Original post by student-harper
Hi, I really hate the sixth form I'm at, and want to move back to my old secondary which had a sixth form with it . I know I would be so much happier and more motivated there, and it's not even about friends as there's a few people there I don't get on with, despite most of my friends going there. I had a lot of back and forth in the first month or two, and so I've really made my old secondary angry and they've said that because their deadline has passed (in october) they won't let me back, but when I was still back and forthing they would have let me back after the october deadline .

I know I would have so so much work to catch up on as at my current sixth form I am taking history, english lit, and German, but at my secondary I would be taking English lit, history and maths, and for history they do different courses, and for english lit we have been covering one of the same texts, just not the other one . I am a capable student and I think could catch up for either history and English lit, but with maths I definitely would have to get some sort of private tutor at this stage.

They have said I can't come back as the deadline has passed, but I genuinely can't stay at the sixth form I'm at. It was the worst decision of my life moving and I really can't stay there . Everyone says it will get better but there are certain things about it that won't change for me. I have lost any motivation for school because of this sixth form and I simply won't get the grades I'm capable of if I stay here .

Is it worth it to send one last email to the sixth form I want to go to begging them to let me back? If I do they will hate me more as I will waste more of their time on this email if I can't go back and my parents will hate me more as well
hi i had the same exact issue as you, they physically cannot accept an application made after october, however, rejoining in september should remain an option, that's what's happening to me right now

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