February 1, 2021 archive

UCAS Applications Are In!

Year 13 have now finished their UCAS applications.  There have been 111 applications to a wide variety of university courses including study for Oxford and Cambridge and a wide range of subjects such as Medical School, Music Production, Social Work, Architecture as well as Urban Planning at Newcastle University, Accounting at Durham, Nursing, Law, History …

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Maths Masterclass

Well done to those Year 12 and 13 students who have been resitting their GCSE Maths Exams recently. A Massive 75% of them have successfully passed their resit, with 83.3% of those gaining a grade 4 or 5! 75% also gained a grade 4 or 5 for the first time as well as improving their …

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Sixth Form 60

Excitingly The Sixth Form 60 programme begins for Year 12s this week with all students receiving booklets in the post! As part of our development programme, this challenge will see each student completing as many of 60 tasks as possible to support them in promoting positive working habits and develop them in a range of …

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Sixth Forms Stars Taking Off

Each week in sixth form students are nominated by teachers for work or extra-curricular engagement that has gone ‘above and beyond’. This has continued over lockdown with nominations pouring in as teachers are left impressed by the effort of sixth formers amidst changing and challenging circumstances! A big well done to everyone nominated – a …

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