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Open Evening Postponement

Important information about changes to our planned open evenings this year.

Application Deadline Extended

Due to the sixth form’s unfortunate closure this week because of a burst water main on the school site, we have extended the deadline for first applications from Year 11 students wishing to join The Sixth Form in September 2022. The new deadline is now Thursday 16th December. We will process all applications between this new date …

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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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UK Parliament Week

To mark the annual UK Parliament Week, we were delighted to welcome into school Julie Elliott MP, the Member of Parliament for Sunderland Central. Julie met with our Student Council and selected other students where she answered questions about her role as a politician, how she first started in politics, what she stands for and …

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