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Welcome to The Year 12 Information

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Expectations and aspirations

The step up to Level 3 study… Motivation gets you started. Habits get

you success.

How will you be supported? Attendance and monitoring Reporting to parents Mentoring and intervention (more later) Facilities

Study periods….

5 HRS 0 HRS

Paid work……

20 HRS5 HRS10 HRS

Study outside school hours

15 HRS 2-3 HRS

Building Resilience

Progression to Yr 13• No January exams• AS exams start in May

• A grade D is needed at AS to guarantee progression to A2

• Satisfactory completion of Year 12 BTEC modules to progress onto second year BTEC

• A2 study / Yr 13 effectively begins in June• Students are required to attend ALL

lessons (including subjects they are planning to drop)

Target Grades

• All students are given a Minimum Target Grade (MTG)

• This is generated from the APS of delated GCSE subjects

• All students should have been given these in lessons – or will do in the next few days.

Tracking Your Progress• Yr 12 Subject Consultation Evening 13th

November• Progress Review dates

– November– January– March– June

Current working gradeAttitude to learningCurrent progress Issues Intervention Evening – 11th March 2015

• Interventions reviewed every two weeks.

• Departmental and Form Tutor interventions tracked with clear escalation to Sixth Form Team

• You will be contacted earlier than review if your son seriously off track.

Tracking Your Progress

Support and GuidanceStudent

Form tutor:- Personal mentoring

- Dedicated UCAS mentoring

- Study skills

- Targeted intervention

Subject staff:-Progress reporting

- Academic mentoring

- Study skills

-Subject Intervention

Sixth Form Leadership Team

Mr Lowe (AHT)

Mr Stancombe (Head of Sixth Form)

Mrs Booth (Student Support Coordinator)

6th Form Pastoral Team

• 12S1 Darren Bootherstone• 12S2 Barbara Haskew/Lydia Little• 12S3 Lee Jevons• 12S4 Justin Leese• 12S5 Simon Robertson• 12S6 Ben McKeown• 12S7 Karen Hibbert• 12S8 Kathy Saul• 12S9 Steve Hall• 12S10 Sarah Griffith• 12S11 Alan Spruce• 12S12 Sharon Gatward

• Intervention Tutors: Carol Bulman,Tom Douch, Margaret Watson

Matt Lowe (AHT, Director of Sixth Form), Kelvin Stancombe (Head of 6th) Stuart Dodds(DHT),

Karen Booth

(Sixth Form Student Support

Coordinator)

Pastoral Programme

• Sixth form students register in form groups EVERY Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 08.30

• Monday and Tuesday are admin/self study/mentoring sessions

• Wednesday registration followed by pastoral session (20/40mins) and/or year group briefing

• Pastoral session covers essential skills and attributes to gain most out of sixth form:

Year 12 Resources  

What Makes a Successful Sixth Form Student?Part Time Work: For and AgainstWork Experience/Work Shadowing?Study Skills: OrganisationStudy Skills: Note TakingCommand Words in Exam QuestionsWhat are the Examiners Looking For?Gap Year?Why Apply to University/Higher Education?Choosing a Course in Higher EducationChoosing a University/Higher Education InstitutionWhy Oxbridge?Preparing a CV/Resume

Personal Support Mentoring(PSM)

• Each student will have a one to one/small group meeting (PSM) with their form tutor on a fortnightly basis

Quality Time

Focussed

Supportive

Challenging

Pastoral TeamPastoral Programme

Personal Support Mentoring

September 2014

August 2015/16/17

Work Experience in the 6th Form

Sixth form students actively encouraged to organize work experience placement linked into career aspirations/HE course

Enhances applications to Higher Education/Employment

3P’s : Performance/Potential/PassionCompetitive Edge

• Student contact Employers

• Agree dates/nature of placement (Second side of application form prompts this discussion)

• Thursday afternoon 12.15 onwards is available each week.

• Other times by negotiation

• Student completes both sides of application form, parents sign declaration.

• Return completed form Karen Booth, Sixth Form Student Support Coordinator.

• Karen Booth contacts provider, and authorises placement (e-mail confirmation to student)

• Consult staff if missing lessons

• Complete agreed placement

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