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BETHANY IS ABOUT

INDEPENDENCE,

DISCOVERY,

ENJOYMENT,

ENCOURAGEMENT

AND SUCCESS

Our aim is to make your time with

us exciting and filled with

opportunity, helping you to identify

your passions and strengths and

learn how to fulfil your potential.

The choice of academic subjects weoffer is impressive and our co-curricular activities are exciting,rewarding and diverse. We’ll supportyou in every way we can through yourA levels to ensure you get the very

best results that you’re capable of. Butwe also want to provide you with richexperiences that teach you the lifeskills you’ll need.

When you leave us, we want you tobe confident, well-rounded and readyto embrace the challenges that lieahead with a bank of happy memoriesfrom your time spent with us.

Welcome toThe BethanySixth Form

60 acres ofbeautifulruralcampus

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O P P O R T U N I T I E S “Education is the passport tothe future, for tomorrowbelongs to those who preparefor it today.”

94% of leaversgoing to university

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INDEPENDENCE

As you enter the Sixth Form, we

recognise that you’re now a young

adult, with your own identity.

You’ll find you have greater freedomand choice, from what, how and whento study, to what you can wear. Andyour relationship with your tutor andteachers will feel more likea partnership.

The Sixth Form Centre and dedicatedboarding house include private ensuite rooms and an open plancommon room and kitchen withplenty of space to unwind with acoffee, catch up with friends or playpool.

We’re here to equip you with whatyou need to enjoy an exciting future, whether that’s by helping you toidentify your passions, goals andstrengths or teaching you how to liveindependently. We run a gourmet

cooking course to help you preparefor life at university and you’ll take partin our Body for Life health and fitnessprogramme.

Challenge yourself

Of course, you can take advantage ofour wide range of activities threetimes a week. They’re designed todevelop independent thinking,interpersonal skills, the ability to thinkcalmly in a crisis and find solutions ineven the most difficult of circumstances.

Life as a BethanySixthFormer

“There’s no such thing as aBethany type; we are allencouraged to be ourselves.And it’s a real community: thestaff know all the pupils reallywell and work with them tofollow their passions andachieve their best.”

Dan

OUR UNIQUE

APPROACH TO

LEARNING

We’ve developed the Virtue of

Learning by building on the ancient

philosophies of Aristotle and

Aquinas and adapting them to the

needs of the modern day. You’ll find

it behind everything we do

at Bethany.

Our Virtue of Learning highlights theimportance of developing essentiallearning habits, values and skills. It’s a

philosophy and approach that not onlyprepares you for success at A level,but also helps you to become a highlyeffective learner with the ability toadapt, thrive and succeed in a fast-changing world.

What will the Virtue of Learning

mean to you?

It means we want you to throwyourself into everything we offer: becurious, ambitious, bold, different andcourageous!

We want you to challenge yourself butalso develop a deeper understandingof who you are and your ownspirituality.

We want you to explore, discover andenjoy learning, leaving us with aphilosophy to life that will stand you ingood stead for many years to come.

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Our Virtueof LearningPhilosophy

"For me, Bethany was a placewhere you felt part of acommunity, and within thatcommunity you were givenample opportunity to discoverwhat you were good at."

Susie

L I F E L O N G S K I L L S A N D V A L U E S

A DIVERSE CHOICE

OF SUBJECTS AND

TEACHING

EXCELLENCE

We offer a diverse choice of 26

different subjects at A level which

range from the strictly academic to

the creative and the vocational.

We’ll support you in your chosensubjects, even if your choice is a littleunconventional. With the broadchoice we offer, it means you canchoose the subjects that you knowyou excel at as well as explore newinterests.

Our class sizes are small, with the latest technology, equipment and amenities and our teachers are all specialists in their subjects. Combinedwith our flexible approach to teaching,it’s an exciting environment in which tolearn, improve and excel.

Our Learning Support Departmenthas an international reputation for itshelp with dyslexia and we’ve beenCReSTed registered since 1994.Which means whether you’re abrilliant high flyer or just need a littleextra support, we can provide thesupport and resources you need.

Leadership and entrepreneurial skills

We’ll also help you to develop your

leadership skills in a variety of ways,including by taking on positions ofresponsibility in school and mentoringyounger pupils. And we run a number of schemes to help develop yourentrepreneurial talents including ourApprenticeship Challenge and ourYoung Enterprise scheme.

Be part of a broader, global

community

You’ll have lots of opportunities to getinvolved with charitable activities, bepart of a global community and enjoythe support of the Bethany Network.Our alumni have experience in everyfield and offer mentoring, workexperience or simply the right advice.

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W E M E A S U R E I M P R O V E M E N T A S W E L L A S R E S U L T S

A DYNAMIC AND

CHALLENGING

ACADEMIC

ENVIRONMENT

We want you to be the best you can

be, and we encourage both academic

excellence and personal

improvement and progress.

With half of our A level results beingA*, A and B grades. 94% of ourleavers go on to university, most ofthem to the course of their choice,and destinations include some of theUK’s most prestigious academic andcreative institutions.

The first thing we’ll do when you joinour Sixth Form is get an understandingof your passions and how you learn.Then we’ll adapt our teachingapproach to suit you and guide,support and challenge you to makesure you reach your full potential.More than anything, whatever yourpredicted grades when you arrive, ouraim is to help you surpass them.

When you’ve discovered your passion,don’t hold back. At Bethany, we offerthe resources and opportunities youneed to explore your interests to newdepths, including by way of theExtended Project Qualification (EPQ)which gives you UCAS points in theprocess.

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"Bethany is a welcomingcommunity which prepares youfor life outside of school in avariety of ways."

Will

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Table designedand crafted byMichael Roshier,Year 11

CREATIVITY AND

THE ARTS

Creativity is an essential part of

helping you develop as a whole

person, so you feel confident to

express yourself freely as you learn

valuable and transferrable life skills.

At Bethany we embrace creativity in allits many forms and will provide youwith all the resources and support youneed to develop your skills.

An outstanding Art department

Bethany’s exciting Art department

offers everything from traditionaldrawing and painting, to ceramics,textiles, design & technology, printingand photography. We have all the verylatest equipment and former pupilshave exhibited their work atnational level.

Music

We also have a fantastic Music Schoolwhich has recently been re-equipped with a range of brand newinstruments and professional,industry-standard microphones andPA system.

Drama and Dance

Drama and Dance ignite curiosity andimagination, and help build andimprove social skills, self-esteem andcommunication. You can get involvedin whatever aspect you enjoy most, bethat taking centre stage, prop makingor production. Or just take part in themany workshops and theatre trips wehave on offer.

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EXPLORING

SCIENCE

We offer a broad choice of science

subjects and have our own Bethany

STEM club.

We encourage participation in nationalevents like the BP Ultimate STEMChallenge at the Science Museum.We’ll encourage you to combine yourlove of science with other subjects sothat you develop the skills you need toenjoy a future in medicine,engineering, technology or whatever isyour thing.

Fantastic sport and fitness facilities

Our sport facilities are superb. Wehave a new 25 metre indoor pool, highropes, a flood-lit all-weather surface, afully equipped, state of the art fitnesscentre, an inside climbing wall,purpose-built PE classrooms, squashand tennis courts and a number ofoutdoor pitches.

Sports Leaders

HSL3 (Higher Sports Leaders Award)is a nationally recognised qualificationthat enables successful learners toindependently lead purposeful andenjoyable sport/physical activity.Learners must complete a minimum

of 30 hours of leadership throughout this qualification. Year 13 pupils areable to take part.

We run an impressive fixtures list inmajor team, individual and small teamsports. Our staff are specialists,offering professional-level coaching forpupils.

Our traditional sports such as football,rugby, tennis, cricket, hockey, roundersand netball regularly enjoy impressivesuccess against much larger schools.We’re also proud sponsors of theTunbridge Wells Rugby Club and havea close affiliation with Paris Saint-Germain Academy.

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Travel,explore,discover

“Sean flourished at Bethany.Being appointed Head of Schoolwas a particular thrill and wehave seen his confidence reallygrow.”

Mr & Mrs Evelegh,Bethany parents

S O U T H A F R I C A T A I W A N B E R L I N R O M E N E W Y O R K

T R A V E L T H E W O R L D

LIFE CHANGING

OVERSEAS TRAVEL

Trips and adventures are an

important part of life in the Sixth

Form at Bethany, giving you the

chance to put the skills you have

developed into practice.

Some trips are academic, some artistic,some sporting, but all are rewarding,and many are life-changing!

Recent trips have included camping ina game reserve in South Africa andgoing on safari. Our regular pupilexchanges with overseas schools givesyou a chance to explore the city andsurrounding areas before welcomingyour exchange student to the UK.

Other trips have included visits toNew York, Paris and Rome, and athree week visit to Costa Rica wherepupils participated in community

projects and immersed themselves inlocal culture. It’s all part of our aim togive you the chance to gain hands onexperience of what it means to bepart of a global community.

The Skene Catling Memorial Trust

And as you reach the end of your timewith us, the Skene Catling Trust offersa chance to win funding for a relevantgap year or school holiday project.

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P R O S P E C T U S

Bethany School makes every effort to ensure that the information providedin this publication is accurate at the time of going to press. However, theSchool reserves the right to make changes following publication.