Extra-curricular opportunities
There are a large number of opportunities for you to take advantage of during your time in the Sixth Form. School teams are run in many sports and have included rugby, football, basketball, netball, cross-country, golf and athletics over the years. Music and Drama are very popular choices for many students and various school bands and ensembles are well supported by the Sixth Form. House events including sport, music, debating and drama also provide opportunities for extra-curricular involvement and student leadership throughout Years 12 and 13.
We run a very successful Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme, with many students achieving their Gold Award. Students have had the opportunity to take part in the Model United Nations, debating and school quiz teams, amongst other activities. A number of our Sixth Form students undertake the Level Two and Level Three Sports Leaders programmes and we have tremendous success with this in the local community.
In addition, there are many opportunities for you to become involved in activities that may be less obvious, but equally important. These include being a mentor to Year 7 students, peer mentoring within your academic subjects, reading with younger students, helping out in lessons with the lower school, developing communication skills by working at local junior schools in their after-school clubs and sitting on school committees. Extra-curricular involvement is always an area that prospective employers or university admissions tutors look for in applications. It offers an extra dimension to your Sixth Form experience, enriches you as an individual and allows you to develop skills outside of the classroom.
Leadership opportunities
We have a long-established student leadership structure in the Sixth Form. Each year we appoint a Head Boy and Head Girl, a Deputy Head Boy and Deputy Head Girl. They are supported by a team of Senior Prefects and Subject Ambassadors. The latter positions were introduced a few years ago in response to the quality of the applications received, in order to increase and widen the number of leadership opportunities available for students. Each of the six Houses has a House Captain and Vice-Captain who support the (staff) Head of House in planning and organising the participation in the many House events offered throughout the school during the year.
Please find below links to profiles completed by our Senior Student Leaders 2023-24.