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Year 12 Induction Evening
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12 September 2019
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2019 Results
GCSE
• 36.1% of all entries achieved the very top grade of 9
• 82.1% of all results were graded at 7 or above
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2019 Results
A Level
• 91% of examinations graded at A*-B
• 99% graded at A*-C
• Students have also had stunning success with university applicants
placed
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The Sixth Form Team
• Mrs Galvin Head of Sixth Form
• Miss Hickman Senior Tutor Year 12
• 12-1 Mrs Willmott
• 12-2 Mrs Stokes
• 12-3 Mr Emms
• 12-4 Mr Davenport
• 12-5 Miss Provost
• 12-6 Mrs Hulme
• 12-7 Mrs Langridge
• 12-8 Mrs Carrington
• Mrs Egan Sixth Form Administrator
• Mrs Quigley Sixth Form Administrator
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The school day
8.40 Registration
8.45 Assembly or form time
9.05 Lesson 1
10.05 Lesson 2
11:05 Rec
11.25 Lesson 3
12.25 Lunch
1.30 Lesson 4
2.30 Lesson 5
3.30 School officially ends
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The school day
• 6th form libraries available until:
4.15pm Monday
5pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
3pm on Friday
• Main school library available until 5pm each day
• Extra curricular activities after school and at lunchtimes
• Students are may go home in the afternoon if they do not have lessons periods 4 and 5 and have parental permission
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Sixth Form curriculum
• New linear specifications in all subjects
• 3 subjects studied for 2 years
• Importance of choosing the right subjects
• EPQ
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Independent study
• 10 hours of teaching per subject per cycle (2 weeks)
• 3 A levels =30 hours of teaching in total per cycle
• 20 study periods per cycle
• 10 hours extra study expected per subject per 10 day cycle
• Regular attendance and punctuality important
• Help sessions and support
• Active role in lessons is vital
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Statistically Estimated Grades
• All students provided with SEGs this half term
• These are set by an external agency, based on GCSE
results and the combination of subject choices
• Students are encouraged to meet these SEGs at the end
of A level study• We will giving students these grades at the end of this half term and will
explain the process and how the grades are allocated
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Year 12 Exams
• Students will sit internal exams in all subjects in the
summer of 2020
• Monday 15 June – Thursday 26 June 2020
• Will include study leave
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UCAS predicted grades
• Based on rigorous internal examinations at the end of
Year 12 and teacher professional judgement
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Home school agreement
• Details in Student Handbook – access via website
• Attendance and punctuality (form time and lessons)
• Absence procedures
• Phone call if unwell on every day of absence before 9am (0161 912 5911)
• Text messages sent home if students are absent
• May require a medical/doctors note for longer periods of absence
• Green forms for special leave requests. At least 2 weeks in advance
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Home school agreement
• Absence and punctuality concerns
• Form Tutor / Senior Tutor monitoring
• Phone calls home / meeting with parents
• Sanctions
• Dress code
• All students to adhere
• Students may be sent home to change and put on a daily uniform report
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Book deposit
• £50 deposit to be paid on parent pay
• Given back at end of Year 13 upon return of ALL
textbooks
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EPQ
Extended Project Qualification - EPQ
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What is the EPQ?
• A project which should be either
• Report of approximately 5,000 words or
• Artefact eg Creative Video, working model of ……, Poem/painting in the style of….
+ a minimum 1,000 word report
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Purpose
The EPQ is an Independent Learning project to develop the skills of
researching, analysing and evaluating the sources of information which can
be used to support or challenge a hypothesis
The topic can be anything of your child’s choosing E.g. To what extent are
serial killers the product of their genes or their environment?
Link on letter sent home
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Format
Launched in September, students opt in to take it
One supervised session per fortnight, one session on timetable of independent study
Deadline will be spring term 2020
Evidence and analysis of research is essential in addition to the finished product
No drafts and re-writes, no feedback on the report until submitted
Graded A*-E following AQA moderation
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EPQ
• “We welcome the introduction of the Extended Project and would encourage you to undertake one as it will develop your independent study and research skills and ease the transition from school / college to higher education.”
University of Cambridge
• “If you have undertaken the Extended Project, this may be taken into
account if you do not achieve the conditions of your offer.”
London School of Economicscs
• “We have an increasingly compelling evidence base that students who did
well at EPQ settle in well to their studies, we are keen to see more of them.”
University of Southampton
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Monitoring Progress
• Statistically Estimated Grades (SEG) set
• Monitoring discussions with subjects teachers and form tutors
• Tracking by form tutors, Miss Hickman and Mrs Galvin
• Parents’ Evenings:
Thursday 5 December 2019
Wednesday 25 March 2020
• Interim reports available on SIMS Parent app – accessed via smart phone or web browser
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Extra curricular activities
• Work experience
• Peer mentoring of younger students
• Model United Nations
• Duke of Edinburgh
• Subject specific clubs and societies e.g. science society
• Reading groups
• Stewarding
• Year group school councils
• Charity events and fundraising
• Bar mock trial
• Debate society
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Volunteering
• Contribute to community life
• Develop skills useful for university and future employment
• Examples may include – charity shop, residential home, hospitals.
• Students can use study periods – Students studying 3 A levels have been timetabled to have one afternoon a cycle with no lessons
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Student wellbeing
In school support
• Induction day
• Tutor time programme
• Form tutor, Miss Hickman, Mrs Galvin
• Healthy lifestyles day
• Talks e.g. Drugs, alcohol
External support
• Connexions advisors-Colette McLoughlin
• School counsellor and 42nd street
• BFET educational psychology team
• SCIPP worker
• Other external agencies referred to from school
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Student wellbeing: advice for parents
Dr George Thomas, Educational Psychologist
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Bursary
• Means tested financial support for students
• Paid in addition to all other benefits
• Evidence of income required to support applications
• Information from Mrs Quigley in the Sixth Form Office or on school website
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Post 18 options
Careers Fortnight
Start research
Post-18 Options Evenings
Post-18 Transition
Day 1
Form Time & Other Activities
Post-18 Transition
Day 2
Applications Processes
Results and Destinations
November Dec - Feb March March
Apr - Jul July Sept - Jan August
…
…
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Careers fortnight
Variety of speakers
Sheffield university trip Wednesday 6 November 2019 - please pay
for this on ParentPay-available now £11.55
Opportunity in lessons to think about careers
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Work experience: 29th June – 3rd July 2020
Students to source your own placement at a reputable company
within the industry or profession you might want to work in post ‘A’
Level or post university. Sole traders will not be accepted.
Must be within the Greater Manchester or South Cheshire area.
Placements out of area will be classed as unauthorised and we do
not accept unauthorised placements.
The company must agree to a health and safety /risk assessment
appraisal. This is a requirement of the Local Authority.
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Work experience: 29th June – 3rd July 2020
How do students go about searching for a placement?
Parents/Friends of the family
Ring/email different companies
Ask Y13 where they went to?
Mrs Gillibrand has some contacts if you are struggling to find anything
IT IS NOT TOO EARLY TO START SEARCHING. Many placements supplied by large companies are taken by Christmas time.
Our Futures work experience company
£25 cost payable via parentpay-health and safety risk assessment and admin costs
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Work experience: 29th June – 3rd July 2020
Letters will be sent out via Parentmail by the end of September and self–
placement forms given out via form tutors.
Paperwork to be completed & enclosed:
Self-placement form
A copy of the Employer’s Liability Insurance – paperwork cannot be
accepted without this document
Medical form if appropriate
Must be returned by Friday 10 January 2020
Any queries or questions are to be directed to Mrs Gillibrand, Careers Co-ordinator at the main school office.
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Who to contact
• Miss Hickman Senior Tutor
• Mrs Galvin Head of Sixth Form
• Mrs Edmundson Higher Education questions and ‘what to do next’
• Mrs Egan Sixth Form Office
• Mrs Quigley Sixth Form Office
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Important dates
• Thursday 26 September 2019: GCSE certificate presentation evening
• Thursday 14 November 2019: Sixth Form Open Evening
• Thursday 5 December 2019 & Wednesday 25 March 2020: Year 12 Parents’ Evening
• Wednesday 26 February 2020: Post 18 options evening
• Wednesday 18 March 2020: Oxbridge and medics information evening
• Monday 15 – Friday 26 June 2020: Year 12 exams
• Monday 29 June – Friday 3 July 2020: Work experience
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Thank you for joining us tonight. We look forward to celebrating success with you in August 2021!
Reminder
• Please pay book deposit and Sheffield trip money as soon as possible, via ParentPay