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Welcome to The Year

12 Information
Evening
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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 HRS
5 HRS
10 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 13
th

November
Progress Review dates
November
January
March
June
Current working grade
Attitude to learning
Current progress
Issues
Intervention Evening 11
th
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 Guidance
Student
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)
6
th
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 6
th
)
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 Against
Work Experience/Work Shadowing?
Study Skills: Organisation
Study Skills: Note Taking
Command Words in Exam Questions
What are the Examiners Looking For?
Gap Year?
Why Apply to University/Higher Education?
Choosing a Course in Higher Education
Choosing a University/Higher Education Institution
Why 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 Team
Pastoral Programme
Personal Support Mentoring
September 2014 August 2015/16/17
Work Experience in the 6
th
Form
Sixth form students actively
encouraged to organize work
experience placement linked into
career aspirations/HE course
Enhances applications to Higher
Education/Employment
3Ps : Performance/Potential/Passion
Competitive 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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