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You Asked, We Acted

In this new, regular article for our blog, we share comments from the Sixth Form Council about an issue they have encountered or would like changed in the Sixth Form and how we acted to make it happen! The Sixth Form Council highlighted that students felt that they didn’t know how to support their own mental health and how they could access …

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Understanding Crime & Poverty with Sunderland University

Durham University presented their research on the links between crime and poverty – we discussed the nature of academic research at university and how this world leading research is shaping current government policy.

Careers in Law

Sunderland University presented to Year 12/13 Law students – providing information regarding law degrees and what careers you can enter with a law degree for example solicitor, Ministry of Justice, HR, researcher the list goes on. We also explored how you qualify to become a solicitor and barrister, what law school offers you and the skills it promotes …

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MyTutor Advanced Sessions

Year 12 students have begun one-to-one, online tutoring sessions online with the platform MyTutor. In this program students have been paired with university student tutors in specific subject areas to provide additional teaching and exam practice for Year 12s that have shown outstanding effort this year. These sessions have been a roaring success so far …

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Fantastic Feedback

We are delighted to share with you the following feedback we received  from a Sixth Form parent about the quality and dedication of our fantastic sixth form staff: ‘I would just like to say how supportive we have found the teaching and non-teaching staff in sixth form.   My son joined Southmoor sixth form later than other students due …

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Curtain Call for Year 13 Drama

Year 13 A level Drama students have completed their final performance.  They chose to consider issues of power in relationships and identified issues such a domestic violence, coercion and abuse.  They explored how these issues are not just connected to one age group, gender or ethnicity but how these hidden issues can be experienced by all people.  The thoughtful nature of their work was …

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