Mentoring

Following our regular data captures, underachieving students in years 10 and 11 are identified. After having received the appropriate training,  Sixth Form students are offered the opportunity to mentor younger students in the school. The Sixth Formers work with these students in many aspects of school life such as organisation and revision techniques. Some of our younger students find it reassuring to hear stories of how older peers may have encountered barriers to their success and how they have overcome these to be a success..

 

Progress Meetings

If any of our students are not making the desired progress with their studies, they will have a progress meeting with a Leader of the Sixth Form. In this meeting, action plans are created and targets are set and reviewed, in order to help our students, raise their attainment.

 

Careers

Each student completes an initial a questionnaire in order to identify what career/s they are interested in. This helps to personalise a careers programme to suit their individual needs. Once complete, we put in place provision to support students in learning more about their chosen careers.

This Includes:

• 1-to-1 careers meetings with DOMEG
• contact with employers

Students are encouraged to think about their individual skillset and how this might relate to the career that they are most interested in; what qualifications are needed to pursue this particular career and where course availability is nationally, to apply for it. Assemblies and contact with employers can therefore be targeted at the students interested in a specific career.

In addition to this, the careers programme also entails subject specific opportunities to promote careers. This may come in the form of university days, links with curriculum or work-related activities within subjects. All departments display linked careers within their subject area to enable students to understand where each subject could take them in the future.

All of this is further reinforced with a careers newsletter that is distributed to students in the Christmas, Easter and Summer terms. 

 

University

To best prepare students for university, we start our university discussion as early as the start of Year 11 in order to motivate the pupils but also to better inform Year 12 subject selection. 

When in Sixth Form, the newly introduced Sixth Form only tutor group allows students one session a week working on their university application through the Unifrog website in conjunction with the form tutors.

We provide students with access to a variety of University and Apprenticeship fairs.  In addition to the ongoing support, towards the end of Year 12 pupils receive further tutorials on how best to compete a personal statement.

As pupils move into Year 13, they continue to receive weekly support from form tutors and the school also pay for all UCAS applications that meet our October deadline.

 

Form Time Programme

The Form Time Programme has been designed to aid students in developing the study skills required not only for their level 3 studies, but also for further education. Many of the tasks and activities, such as note-taking, academic researching and writing, and referencing, have been specifically aimed at university level to ensure that students are offered the opportunity to develop their skills to the highest level. Other tasks are aimed at developing more personal skills, such as time and stress management, which will benefit students throughout any future they choose

Activities may include:

• Conduct Around School
• Attendance
• Time Management
• Note Taking
• Command Words
• Exam Planning & Practice
• Independent Learning
• Basic Literacy
• Basic Numeracy
• Stress Management
• Memory Strategies
• Revision Resources
• Academic Writing
• Referencing
• Background Reading
• Conducting Research
• Personal Statements
• Super/Extra Curricular
• VESPA