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Year 10 Taster Day - 15 July 2026

Booking for the BHASVIC Taster Day 2026 will open on Monday 16 March at 12pm. Check back on this page for the booking link and follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

The Taster Day is an opportunity to experience a day in the life of a sixth form college student. Students will attend lessons in a range of A Level and Level 3 BTEC subjects, be introduced to what it means to be a Level 3 learner, and access the college's facilities at breaks and lunchtime. The day is designed to provide a positive and inspiring experience, motivating students with their GCSE studies through Year 11 and also leading to an application to BHASVIC this coming Autumn. It can be helpful in deciding which subjects to study at Level 3 and whether BHASVIC is the right environment for you.

Our Open Evenings in November and the Admissions and Interview process provide all the information and guidance necessary to successfully support a student to transition to BHASVIC. We also keep our YouTube channel updated with videos that you might find useful. The course pages of our website provide an outline of the content covered on each of our Level 3 courses and give insights into what it is like to learn at BHASVIC.

Due to the nature of the Taster Day we are unable to run a waiting list so will not be able to process any requests for waiting list places. We invite only Year 10 students to apply to the Taster Day.

Additional Information

Please read the following information before filling in the Year 10 Taster Day application form.

We are delighted that you are keen to experience a day at BHASVIC to help you decide on your next steps after school. We hope that the day is a positive and inspiring experience, motivating you with your GCSE studies through Year 11 and also leading to an application to BHASVIC this coming Autumn.

Safety Information and parental consent

Before applying, we need parents and carers to understand and give consent to important differences between the BHASVIC Taster Day and attendance to a school-based external trip of visit. The Taster Day form needs to be completed with a parent/carer who provides the college with parental consent to host their young person for the day. Students will be asked by college staff to remain on the college premises throughout the day and to follow their timetable. If students choose to leave the college premises, this will not be monitored by college staff. The college has an open-access site and does not staff or monitor comings and goings of students at entrances/exits. Our entry points are not staffed, gated or locked. We are aware that this is quite different to most secondary schools.

In addition, unlike a school-run visit or trip, college staff do not monitor the movements of students or their attendance throughout the event. As a one-off event, the college will not provide mechanisms for reporting absences to parents or carers. Instead, we ask that students let their parent/carer know their movements to and from the event, particularly if leaving the college site during the event or finishing earlier than planned. We advise that students bring a charged and credited mobile phone with them on the day, or alternatively that they are briefed to go to our College Reception and report their absence should they need to leave the site before the end of the day.

Finally, because this application process requires the parent/carer to apply with their young person, we ask that the parents/carers discuss the choice of subjects with their young person to ensure they represent the young person’s preferences and interests. We ask that parents/carers follow their young person’s school absence procedures and report their absence for the day.

We would like to reassure all students, parents, carers and school staff that the Year 10 Taster Day is a highly successful, positive and popular event, where Year 10 attendees enjoy the experience of a day in the life of a sixth form college student (with the greater freedoms and responsibilities that this entails). Year 10 BHASVIC Taster Day students are very diligent in following college staff requests to stay on premises or notify our Reception if they intend to leave the college campus for any reason.

Please note: We are sorry that we will have to send students home or back to their school if they arrive on the day but haven’t booked a place. The event involves timetabling students into four classes and we need to ensure that these classes are not over-capacity. We also need to have parent/carer permission. It isn’t possible to prepare a timetable on the day for students who didn’t book a place. We hope that you understand if this applies to you.