Personal Character and Place in Community

We believe that a student’s education is about much more than simply the grades they achieve and that Sixth Form should provide a range of other
opportunities to supplement and enhance their school experience.

With this in mind, we offer a number of additional activities to our Sixth Form students.

Timetabled Enrichment

The following activities are available as an option during the school day. You can express an interest in these on the Sixth Form application form:
• Extended Project Qualification*
• Core Maths*
These activities are for Sixth Form only and are in addition to the school-wide enrichment programme, which includes a range of additional after school and lunchtime activities. PSHE is timetabled in tutor time for all students, giving them the opportunity to further their knowledge on a range of cultural, personal and social topics such as mental health, as well as having the opportunity to do a First Aid course, a driver awareness course, attend university trips, have a mock interview and attend keynote speaker presentations.

Pay It Forward

Pay It Forward is a community programme and is timetabled for all Sixth Formers, giving them the opportunity to pay back to the wider school community whether this is by mentoring younger students, supporting KS3 and KS4 classes, or supporting key students in the Learning Department, running the Eco Club or performing at care homes. This enables our Sixth Formers to develop their team working and communication skills and understand the role they can play in the wider community.

Reading Buddies

Sixth Formers volunteer as Reading Buddies, supporting younger students with their reading at lunchtime, encouraging them in their confidence to read out loud.

Student Leadership

We are immensely proud of our Sixth Formers who are role models for the rest of our students. Many of them take full advantage of a range of leadership opportunities available to them including:
• Head Students and Sixth Form Student Leadership Team -
An elected role for students who are the main voice of the student
body and have regular meetings with the Executive Principal and
Head of School.
• Prefects - a traditional leadership opportunity available to
students who want to play a more active role in their school
community; helping out with school events and important
leadership roles during the school week.
• Peer Mentoring - full training is provided to enable our Sixth Form
to work as peer mentors for younger students.
• Year 11 Academic Mentoring - Year 13 students provide academic
mentoring and advice for some of our Year 11 higher attainers.
• Student Council Focus Groups - Our senior prefects work
in special teams focusing on whole-school projects that feed
into the school’s CARE values (Community, Aspiration, Respect
and Excellence).

In addition to these activities, our Sixth Form students enjoy numerous other enrichment opportunities including school trips, guest lectures, Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award, World Challenge UK and the Year 13 Prom