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UCAS Applications Update

Offers for our Year 13 students are starting to roll in thick and fast with some fantastic destinations opening to this year’s group.   Matthew Alcock has received an offer from Manchester university to study Maths whilst Maddie Wilson has been given a significantly reduced offer to study Psychology at Newcastle university.  Also: Ali Iqbal has received three offers …

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UCAS Applications Update

One of our applicants, James Mapstone, has received three University offers within just a few days of sending his UCAS application. James is aspiring to study Geography at Durham or Newcastle. This adds to the offers our students have already received from other top Universities including Bristol and York.    On top of this we are …

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French Film Study Day

Year 12 and 13 French students visited the Tyneside Cinema to take part in a film study day. Students attended a screening of the film La Haine which they study at A level, followed by a lecture, conducted totally in French and then a small group discussion of the film, again conducted totally in French. …

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SMSC Theme of the Week

Last week’s SMSC Theme of the Week is Remembrance. This is a very important event in not only our school calendar but also for the whole Nation, in addition to this year celebrating 100 years of the Royal British Legion. In assemblies, Mr Wareham talked to students about “Why do we Remember?”. In a special …

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Planting Poppies

The Sixth Form gardening team got got their hands in the mud as they began work on the Sixth Form garden and courtyard by planting poppy seeds in one of our planters. They won’t come up until the Spring but on a day of remembrance it was poignant to be laying seeds that would, in …

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Police Training Workshop

At the Sixth Form we are passionate about finding opportunities for all students to fulfil their dreams.  Several Year 12 & 13 students are interested in a career in the Police Service so we were joined by a former police officer and a current applicant for the Police Service.  They spoke passionately about the role …

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