Sixth Form

Our aim is simple – to support students to reach their full potential.
Our Sixth Form focuses on academic excellence and preparing students for university education, apprenticeships and the world of work. We have a dedicated and passionate team of well-qualified and highly-skilled staff who provide a wide range of A Level courses to suit all interests as well as a small number of Level 3 BTEC qualifications.

Outstanding teaching enables our students to become creative thinkers and develop a love of learning. Students are encouraged to become independent learners; however, a real strength of the school is also the extensive individualised teaching support within classrooms and tracking of work which ensures all of our students can make outstanding progress. Alongside our national reputation for academic excellence, we also pride ourselves on our outstanding pastoral care, providing a very positive environment in which students thrive. At The Compton there is a strong and caring community with an emphasis on support for high achievement. Behaviour is recognised as outstanding. We place high emphasis on respect and positive behaviour, which ensures the Sixth Form is a happy and safe place to learn. There is a vibrant student body with a wide range of enrichment and leadership activities for students to get involved in.

Ofsted has graded the school as ‘outstanding’ on 5 consecutive inspections, most recently in March 2024.In March 2025, the Department of Education confirmed that The Compton Sixth Form is now in the top 20% of all schools and colleges nationally for the amount of Progress pupils make.

Since 1996 to the present day, The Compton School has continued to be recognised as an ambitious, safe and welcoming school where students achieve outstanding examination results. Our constant drive for innovation and improvement ensures that we provide the best possible education for each and every young person. For all these reasons and many more, we are immensely proud to be Headteachers at The Compton School. We very much look forward to you joining us and seeing for yourself what a wonderful place The Compton School is to be a part of.

Andrew Hammond and Louise Ismail
Heads of School