Key Stage 5 (Year 12 & 13)

The next step in your academic journey

When considering your subjects, you should choose those in which you have achieved well and are genuinely interested in and have enthusiasm for. Post-16 education is not easy and is most certainly a significant ’step-up’ from GCSE. Be under no illusions, there will be difficult moments in your Sixth Form life but work hard, persist in your positive attitude, act upon the advice of your teachers and do not give up if you want to reach your full potential.

You are about to embark upon an exciting but challenging two years of study where we as your teachers aim to support you in using your God-given talents and abilities in order to achieve your aspirations.  Whist we recognise the importance of academic excellence; we are also committed to developing each of our Sixth Form students as a whole individual person.  We aim to ensure that young adults leaving our sixth form ready for the next chapter are well-rounded, hard-working and responsible citizens and members of the community.  We aim for our sixth form students to leave us with not only high academic prowess and well-developed transferable skills, but also with the correct attitudes and attributes for the future.

The timetable for Key Stage 5 is based on a two-week cycle and comprises of a 25 period week with 5 one-hour periods per day. Courses are allocated 10 hours a fortnight.

● At Key Stage 5 we have a wide curriculum offer, enabling students the opportunity to continue to study in subjects of interest to them. We design the option blocks so that there is maximum flexibility of choice.

● The curriculum continues to be taught by promoting the mastery of knowledge through interleaving and regular formative assessment.

● All courses at Key Stage 5 are challenging and rigorous following, and extending on, the awarding bodies specifications.

● Students are offered high quality enrichment that is designed to prepare students for future pathways, broaden their horizons and enhance their academic programme of study.

● Students’ spiritual, moral, social, vocational and cultural development is promoted through the sixth form SAINT programme.

● Students will sit terminal exams at the end of Year 13. Students will not be entered in Year 12 on AS courses.

● Study programmes require students that do not have a GCSE 9-4 in English and/or maths to work towards the achievement of these qualifications.

● Programmes also include work experience and other non-qualification activity to develop students’ personal skills and prepare them for employment, training or higher/further education, e.g. Core RE and Christian Duty.