了解外语或外国学校的请看这段文章中 sixth-form college

了解外语或外国学校的请看这段文章中 sixth-form college
Most students in the UK leave school or sixth-form college at the age of 18 and go to study for three years in a University,but in recent years many students have chosen to take a one-year break between finishing school and starting university.
这段话中 sixth-form college

Sixth Form的概念等于国内拥有普通高中教育资格的学校
A Level即英国正是教育体制下的高中
Foundation course（预科）是英国为了吸引国外留学生在大学之前设置的短期预学课程
由于近年来读预科的外科学生越来越多,普通大学对预科学生的要求也有了相应的调整
但如果你是一个外国学生,但以优异的成绩在A Level毕业,当然要比预科的学习经历和成绩更能吸引大学的招生人员.另提醒,英国大学招生通过UCAS对学生进行筛选时,更重要的是考察学生的素质而非学习成绩,所以通常通过两年正规A Level学习的学生有更多的机会融入英国本土文化,相对于大多数foundation course的学习环境要更容易获得大学招生人员的青睐
下面是从wikipedia上找的解释：A sixth form college is an educational institution in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong or Malta where students aged 16 to 19 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A-levels, or school-level qualifications such as GCSEs. In Singapore and India, this is known as a junior college. The municipal government of the city of Paris uses the word "sixth form college" as the English name for a lycée.[1]
In England and Wales, education is only compulsory until the end of year 11, the school year in which the pupil turns 16 (although this is changing in September 2013)[2] In the English and Welsh state educational systems, those wishing to continue may either stay on at a secondary school with an attached sixth form, transfer to a local sixth form college, or go to a more vocational further education college, although, depending on geographical location, there may be little choice as to which of these options can be taken. In the independent sector, sixth forms are an integral part of secondary schools (public schools), and there is also a number of smaller-scale independent sixth form colleges.
Students at sixth form college typically study for two years (known as Years 12 and 13, Years 13 and 14 in Northern Ireland and/or lower sixth and upper sixth). Some students sit AS examinations at the end of the first year, and A-level examinations at the end of the second. In addition, in recent years a variety of vocational courses have been added to the curriculum.
There are currently over 90 sixth form colleges in operation in England and Wales. Most perform extremely well in national examination league tables. In addition, they offer a broader range of courses at a lower cost per student than most school sixth forms. In a few areas, authorities run sixth form schools which function like sixth form colleges but are completely under the control of the local education authorities. Unlike further education colleges, sixth form colleges rarely accept part-time students or run evening classes[citation needed], although one boarding sixth form college exists.
Scotland does not, in general, have separate sixth form colleges (or, indeed, the same concept of the terminal two years of secondary education as being distinct from the other time spent there); as such, Scottish students who opt to remain in full-time education will typically remain in the same school for fifth, and possibly a sixth year (the equivalent to the English lower- and upper-sixth forms), studying Higher Grade and Advanced Higher qualifications.