May 22
Last week the summer’s A-Level exams began with Geography on Wednesday, Psychology on Friday and Engineering on Thursday and Friday. Students have so far responded excellently to the pressure and rigour of the examination processes and have been pleased to get the ball rolling. Students are reminded that The Sixth Form is open from 7.45am each …
May 22
Last week in A-Level Computer Science students got the chance to get hands on with both advanced hardware and software as we were joined by a lecturers from Sunderland University. Students had the opportunity to programme simple circuit boards to control miniature robots similar to those found in modern robotic vacuums. As AI and robotics …
May 16
Two of our Year 12 students who would like to apply to American universities had a call with Steve Fenoglio, the managing director of Mayflower Education Consultancy. Steve is an expert in applications to American Universities, and spoke with the students for an hour to offer support with the process, and give advice on sports …
May 15
Students who have applied to join our sixth form as our new Year 12 next year should now be receiving their invites to our special Transition Days. These two days are always a big hit with our prospective students, and our current Year 12 and 13 students will attest to how important they are in getting …
May 15
As part of our efforts to support students with their well being we conducted the first of our ‘Pet Therapy’ sessions last week. After a trial run earlier last term, we gave sixth form students the chance to relieve some of the stress they may be feeling over exam season cuddling up with some of …
May 09
Last Friday 40 students from year 12 and 13 embarked on a practice expedition for their silver Duke of Edinburgh award. This was our biggest DofE Awars cohort yet, with students starting in Marrick and successfully navigating the 17-kilometre walk through the Yorkshire dales and, despite a soggy start, managed to avoid most of the …
