Dec 13
We are delighted to announce that Year 12 students Sam Ford, Adil Hussein, Abbie Swallow, Jack Stead and Neive Howat have all been accepted to participate in the ‘Aim for Oxford’ programme. Aim for Oxford is a two-year-long programme, which supports over 50 high-achieving state school students from the beginning of Year 12, through making strong applications for, and then arriving at, Oxford. In 2019-20, 37% …
Dec 13
Mrs Teasdale’s Year 12 Biology class are studying biological molecules. After their live lesson on nucleic acids, they were asked to find some things at home to make a model of DNA with. They were very resourceful and came up with some fantastic ways of representing DNA and its nucleotides.
Dec 13
Year 12 and 13 French students took part in a special virtual online lecture for A-Level students from the British Film Institute (BFI) in London. The lecture covered an important part of their A Level course and looked at French New Wave and Contemporary Cinema. It was delivered entirely in French by Muriel Huet, a …
Dec 10
Due to the sixth form’s unfortunate closure this week because of a burst water main on the school site, we have extended the deadline for first applications from Year 11 students wishing to join The Sixth Form in September 2022. The new deadline is now Thursday 16th December. We will process all applications between this new date …
Dec 06
We hosted the long-awaited return of our annual Southmoor Careers Fair. We were delighted that so many further education, higher education, training providers and employers were able to attend the event and spend the day talking to students in Years 8 to 13 about their future plans. It provided the opportunity for students to explore …
Dec 06
Offers for our Year 13 students are continuing to pile up! Chloe Todd, Chris Watson and Rosie Patterson have been preparing for their Oxbridge interviews by having mock interviews both with sixth form staff and with relevant external academics and practitioners. Suhaymah Zahraa has also received an offer to study pharmacy at Sunderland, Maddison Wilson has an interview at Leicester for medicine and Mahima Atkhar …
