BSix Sixth Form College

Hackney Sixth Form (formerly BSix Sixth Form College) is a sixth form college in Upper Clapton, London. Established in September 2002 as BSix, the college merged with New City College in August 2024 and now operates as part of its Hackney campus. The merger transferred BSix’s assets and liabilities to New City College Ltd, dissolving the BSix corporation effective 1 August 2024.^[1][2][3]

Hackney Sixth Form
Location
Upper Clapton, London England
Information
Former name	BSix Sixth Form College
Established	2002
Department for Education URN	130418 Tables
Ofsted	Reports

History

Merger and rebranding

In March 2024, a formal consultation was launched proposing the merger of Brooke House Sixth Form College (BSix) with New City College. The consultation concluded in May, and a statutory notice confirmed the dissolution of BSix Corporation effective 1 August 2024. The merger completed via a Type B asset transfer, with BSix rebranded as the Hackney Sixth Form campus of New City College.^[2][3]

BSix Brooke House Sixth Form College was opened on the Brooke House school site in September 2002, on a site that was previously part of Hackney College. It was set up by the then Secretary of State for Education, David Blunkett, and formed part of an unrealised plan to build eleven new sixth form colleges in London.^[4] BSix is unusual in the sixth form college sector because it offers courses at all levels and across a wide range of subjects, including vocational courses, like hair and beauty, business and art as well as a significant number of A-Levels.

After an initial surge of enthusiasm, the educational context changed rapidly. Hackney's local education authority, the Learning Trust, introduced a programme to create five City Academies in the borough, all with sixth forms. As a consequence, many other 11-16 schools applied to open their own sixth forms.^[5][6]

The growth in student recruitment was not as rapid as the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), the funding body, had anticipated. Although by 2019 it had seen improvements to A and AS level results.^[7]

In August 2024, BSix merged into New City College and became the Hackney Sixth Form campus.

Students

In 2014, around 88% of its pupils came from disadvantaged areas.^[8]