Offers for our Year 13 students are continuing to pile up! Chloe Todd, Chris Watson and Rosie Patterson have been preparing for their Oxbridge interviews by having mock interviews both with sixth form staff and with relevant external academics and practitioners. Suhaymah Zahraa has also received an offer to study pharmacy at Sunderland, Maddison Wilson has an interview at Leicester for medicine and Mahima Atkhar …
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Dec 06
Nuffield Research Placement Prodidgy
Over the summer Year 12 student Chloe Todd participated in the Nuffield Research Placements scheme with associate professor Matthew Pound of Northumbria University, a Doctor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences at the university. Chloe contributed towards a project that is due to be presented at the American Geophysical Union (13th-17th December) in New Orleans. This is the biggest international …
Dec 06
Medical Marvels
A group of our Year 13 bio-medical students had mock interviews with a GP in order to sharpen their skills as they look toward course interviews for Universities. We had some fantastic feedback of how our students performed which you can read below! ‘We were so impressed with the confidence and impressive answers that all the students gave …
Nov 29
Sisterly Success
Sixth Form alumni sisters Lucy and Laura Giles have once again been in the news as they both undertake their studies at Sunderland University on the same course, the MBChB Medicine degree, as part of Sunderland university’s brand new school of medicine. The sisters were both inspired to train as doctors following their grandfather’s experiences as a …
Nov 29
Mental Health Workshops
Mental health charities Sunderland Mind and Kooth held two separate workshops for our students on the subject of wellbeing and mental health. 80% of young people with mental health needs agreed that the coronavirus pandemic had made their mental health worse and nearly half of 17-19 year-olds with a diagnosable mental health disorder has self-harmed or attempted suicide at …
Nov 29
Sandhill Students at the Sixth Form
We were delighted to welcome Year 11 students from Sandhill View who joined us for a sixth form taster day. Pupils had the chance to see what our sixth form can offer. This includes not only the facilities available to them but also a chance to try out some of the courses we offer and meet the faces of …