Peter Davison

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Let them go!

Yesterday saw the final finishing line for Year 13.  Exams now over, they all came for one last celebration in the Sixth Form that they helped to create.  When they started as the first year group through they were told they would set the tone, and that they did.  We wouldn’t be the thriving, caring …

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Year 12 in the Making

Last week we welcomed Year 11 students from Southmoor and across the city, as new recruits to our Sixth Form. We hosted a jam-packed two day transition event, where students engaged in a number of activities including lots of team bonding and a series of taster lessons. As always, Helen, our Sixth Form catering manager …

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Student Handbook 2016

Click the link below to download our latest version of The Southmoor Sixth Form Student Handbook. New Student Handbook 2016

A Fond Farewell

  And that’s it. The end. Our first sixth formers have competed their A-level courses, and now all that remains is some final revision and exams – before a long summer break. It has been an absolute pleasure to guide these wonderful students through their sixth form studies – in fact, the whole process has …

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In or Out?

Should I stay, or should I go?’ To coin a phrase from The Clash: should we stay in the EU or should we go? This perplexing question, to be answered by the nation in the referendum on June, 23rd, was posed to our Year 13 students on Wednesday morning when they listened to an exciting, …

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UCAS Exhibition

Around this time of year our Year12 sixth form students begin to really focus on their future and start to make plans for life beyond Southmoor. To help them along their way, we took all students to the annual UCAS Exhibition at Northumbria University. This was a chance to get talking with university admissions staff …

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