The Sixth Form at Southmoor has had another year of fantastic results – with a third of our grades at A/A*, 71% at A*-C, an increasing number of students gaining AAB including at least 2 facilitating subjects, and 100% A*-C in Maths, English Language, English Literature, Drama, Fine Art and Photography. But for us it’s …
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Jun 11
Year 12 Cross the Global Bridge
Year 12 have created their own future careers and pathways profile using the Global Bridge platform which is an online profile to record information about activities they have been involved in within school, any work experience, subjects studied and their own personal goals and interests. Many employers are now asking for Global Bridge profiles as …
Jan 07
Sixth Form Open Evening January 2019
We’re once again delighted to throw open our doors and invite everyone to our last Open Evening of this Academic Year on Wednesday 23rd January at 6pm. As an institution that sent 9 out of 10 students to university in 2017, to top Universities including Cambridge, UCL, Glasgow’s school of Veterinary Medicine and Durham …
Dec 10
Medical Practice
Durham School invited prospective medics and vets for a Multiple Mock Interview (MMI) workshop where they experienced a variety of activities that tested empathy, situational judgement and motor skills. This included describing directions to a blind man and trying to thread string through a polo with tweezers.
Dec 10
Psychology Leeds Trip
Year 13 Psychology and Sociology students attended a ‘strong foundations workshop’ delivered by AQA examiners in Leeds. The interactive workshop encouraged students to reflect on topics from Year 12 and gave valuable exam tips for A-level finals. Students then went head to head with other sixth forms across the country to win prizes!




