Dear Sixth Form students and parents,
Welcome to our latest Sixth Form Newsletter, designed to keep parents, carers, and families informed about the key events and opportunities shaping the final months of the academic year. As we approach a crucial period for our students, we want to ensure you have all the information needed to support them through their Year 13 final exams, Year 12 end-of-year mocks, and upcoming work experience placements for Year 12.
For our Year 13 students, the focus is now on preparing for their live exams, with tailored revision sessions, study resources, and wellbeing support in place to help them perform at their best. Meanwhile, Year 12 students will be sitting their end-of-year mocks, an essential step in assessing progress and identifying areas for development ahead of their final year.
Additionally, we are excited to see Year 12 students taking part in work experience—a fantastic opportunity for them to explore potential career paths, develop essential skills, and enhance their post-18 applications.
We appreciate your ongoing support during this important time and encourage you to reach out if you have any questions or need further guidance.
Turn up, Turn in – reminder of key expectations
Since September we have been developing a culture of high expectations for our students and ensuring that they get the most out of their time at Sixth Form.
Turn up
- 100% attendance
- Equipment organised
- Ready to learn
- Positive intent
Turn in
- Complete 4-6 hours minimum of learning beyond your timetabled lessons a week per subject
- Hand in homework in time
- Complete classwork and homework to a high standard high standard
- Utilise independent study periods to complete this work effectively
1% better if…
- Chromebooks are consistently charged before getting to school.
- Students plan what they are going to do in their study periods so they are ready to study promptly and maximise their study time.
- Students use Google classroom to monitor their homework deadlines.
- Prompt arrival to advisory in the mornings, sessions start at 8.25am.
Small School Model – Knowing Our Students Well
Last module we shared the news that Ms. Snook had joined the Sixth Form Team to support the growth of the sixth form provision for students, we are now in a position to update you that both Ms. Dolan and Mrs. Pike have finished their roles with us and are starting their new chapters, we thank them again for their hard work and commitment to our students.
Ms. Bain-Simmons now joins us in the team as our pastoral support and Student Support Manager having worked very successfully in the Angelou team within lower school. Ms. Bain-Simmons can be contacted directly at: [email protected].
Main Communication
In order to ensure we triage queries from families, can we ask that all Sixth Form related queries are now sent to our central email at: [email protected] so that as a team we can support you effectively, this includes any attendance emails or absence emails.
Attendance
We have been impressed with students taking responsibility for their attendance and communicating known absence with the team directly, thanks to families for confirming absences with us also and providing evidence where appropriate.
A reminder that if a teacher is absent, students must still come in and work in the directed space for that lesson. This will either be within their subject area or in the Sixth Form study area so students need to attend school as usual. If families are unsure of arrangements, please contact us directly via [email protected].
Live exams
With the live summer examinations starting in less than 3 weeks, we remind you that JCQ have provided Wednesday 25th June as the final contingency date for exams and all students need to be available until this date in the unlikely event an exam is rescheduled. This is largely for Year 13 students however we have some Year 12 students sitting live exams this summer also.
For Year 12 the mock exam period commences Monday 16th June – Friday 27th June and we will distribute more detailed mock timetables to students in this module.
Year 12 Work Experience
Students have had ongoing support through our advisory programme in the mornings to ensure they have knowledge of how to search and apply for work experience. Students have been asked to complete the below so we can contact placements regarding the required paperwork and support students still seeking work experience. Please support your student with completing the below.
To confirm placement details please click here to complete the survey.
To ask for support with seeking work experience please click here to complete the support survey.
UCAS deadlines
For Year 13 who have offers from university, you must reply to your offers by 5th June 2025 to select your firm and insurance choice. To discuss offers further, please book in a time with Ms. S. Jacobson our UCAS coordinator.
Careers Day and Year 12 PPE Results
Year 12 will have a Careers day on Friday 11th July where they will receive key guidance on both university and apprenticeship application processes as well as career related talks and workshops.
At the end of this day, Year 12 PPE results day will be held for students to receive their results and discuss progression into Year 13. Parents are welcomed to attend, we will send further details in due course.
Turing Speaker Series
Last module our Turing Speaker Series talks were received well by students with talks from a Metropolitan Police officer, Aaron from Olympia Boxing and Harriet the Visit Service Learning Manager at Hever Castle.
This module students can attend talks from a Jewellery business owner to hear more about the creative industries and running a small business and an alumni student on their Engineering Apprenticeship.
If you are able to offer us a talk on one of the below dates to share your career journey, experience and industry insights with students we would love to host you. Please pop us an email at: [email protected].
8.25-8.55am Friday 23rd May, Friday 6th June, Friday 20th June, Friday 4th July.
Student shout outs and our Summer Ball
In our final assembly of module 4 we celebrated the students’ success by recognising students who have been awarded a module certificate. Students have been given a letter home to share with you, congratulations again on their hard work. We are in the process of finalising the reward trip for module 6, more details to follow!
A final reminder for those still wishing to reserve a place at the Sixth Form Summer Ball on Friday 4th July at the Spa Hotel 7-11.30pm please log onto Parent Pay to confirm your students place. If families are concerned about the ability to pay the full cost, please email the Sixth Form Team.
Kindest Regards,
Emma Stubbs | Assistant Principal for Sixth Form and Careers
