Peter Davison

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An Elephant in the Room

Year 12 were introduced to the ‘Elephant Access Programme’ – a nationwide widening participation initiative which supports students with accessing the top 3rd of universities in the country. Students will get a minimum entitlement of 16 activities throughout their time at Sixth Form including a day conference, a residential summer school, preparation for university admissions …

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Refreshing News

We’re proud to say that Year 12 student, Matilda Barry, has recently become the first Youth Ambassador for hydro-engineering company Clean Water Wave.  Matilda has written an excellent blog to introduce herself and will be releasing a weekly blog to give updates on the various issues of clean water access in the developing world, engineering innovations to …

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Aspiration Station

Our Sixth Formers progress to amazing destinations and this journey starts the moment they join Sixth Form in Year 12. We provide students with a range of opportunities to support their studies, explore academic and career interests and discover different options for future pathways. To this end, we’ve created this page to constantly update our students with new activities to sign …

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Southmoor Scholarship Fund 2020

Congratulations to Assia Mills, Suhaymah Zaharra, Shawana Shahab and Ellie Carlton who are this year’s recipients of the Southmoor Sixth Form Scholarship Fund. The fund is  a unique opportunity for a select number of students who meet our criteria – to win a scholarship to the value of up to £2600 per year of Sixth Form study available for up to five students of deserving students of academic promise. This …

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Next Steps Post-18

UCAS Introduction: PARENTS Q&A (Y13 UCAS) October 5th 2020 18:00 PM Join Zoom Meeting: Click here to join our Zoom Meeting on the date above. Meeting ID: 840 6290 7593 Passcode: 081978 Alternative Options to University: Our Careers Advisor has recorded a video to give an overview of the alternate options available to other than …

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UCAS Advice for Everyone

The Year 13s attended a UCAS dropdown morning to support their post-18 options. The day consisted of three virtual workshops, covering different aspects of the application process and decision-making. We had ‘choosing a course, choosing a university’ from Northumbria University, personal statement training from Durham University, and a student finance introduction from Newcastle University. The …

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