IB Social and Cultural Anthropology

Applications Open - 12 November 2025

Applications Close

Entry Requirements - All entry requirements can be found in our course directory here.

How to Apply - To apply for Post-16 at Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy, please follow the link to Applicca, our admissions registration form:https://sgla.applicaa.com/sixthform

You are welcome to come to Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy on Friday 21st August to enrol if you have the entry requirements.Please bring a parent with you together with a paper copy of your GCSE results, proof of address, proof of Date of Birth (Passport or Birth Certificate) proof of immigration status (if applicable)

You can email Head of P-16 - sophie.dickinson@sgla.latrust.org.uk with any questions

In studying this course, students will come to appreciate how Anthropology as a discipline contributes to an understanding of contemporary issues, such as war and conflict, the environment, poverty, injustice, inequality and human and cultural rights. The study of Social and Cultural Anthropology offers critical insight into the continuities as well as dynamics of social change and the development of societies, and challenges cultural assumptions.

Students undertaking this course will have the opportunity to become acquainted with anthropological perspectives and ways of thinking, and to develop critical, reflexive knowledge. Social and Cultural Anthropology contributes to a distinctive approach to intercultural awareness and understanding. It allows students to develop the capacity to recognize preconceptions and assumptions of their own social and cultural environments, through an exploration of both the familiar and unfamiliar worlds of other people.

5+ GCSE 9-4 grades

Grade 5 in English Language or Literature

Careers could include:

• Historian
• Museum curator
• Politician
• Lawyer
• Solicitor
• Senior Business Leader