The Sixth Form Team

Mrs S Shales - Head of Sixth Form

• Office Location: Ground floor, opposite EPR rooms
• Email: [email protected]
  • Leads the Sixth Form
  • Gives guidance on academic and pastoral matters
  • Provides pastoral support if you are feeling low, anxious, unhappy, emotional, lonely, worried, stressed or unwell
  • Supports the general emotional and physical wellbeing of our students
  • Helps with study planning, revision and time management
  • Gives permission for subject changes, has an overview of the curriculum in the Sixth Form
  • Will drop into lessons and see you working and has a broad overview of your progress and success
  • Supports students in deciding on their future pathways
  • Wants to hear about any issues you have both positive and negative
  • Deals with behaviour and lateness when needed
  • Meets parents, if needed, to discuss academic progress
  • Leads assemblies, tutorial, lecture and enrichment programmes
  • Works closely with KS5 Progress Leader, EPQ coordinator, Careers, UCAS and Examinations Officer

Mr N Lawrence - KS5 Progress Leader

• Contact: [email protected]
  • Works closely with HoSF and Deputy Head analysing KS5 data
  • Gives guidance on academic matters
  • Helps with study planning, revision and time management
  • Supports individual students
  • Works closely with Subject Leaders

Mr M Hartley - Sixth Form Support Tutor

• Contact: [email protected]
• Works closely with HoSF, KS5 Progress Leader and Sixth Form Tutors
  • Gives guidance on academic and pastoral matters
  • Helps with study planning, revision and time management
  • Supports individual students
  • Works closely with Subject Leaders

Mrs A Purcell (Mon-Weds am) and Mrs J McCrudden (Weds pm – Fri) - Sixth Form Student Manager

• Office: Sixth Form Admin Office, upstairs near Y13 Supervised Study room
• Contact: mailto:[email protected] [email protected]]
  • Deals with attendance and absence including processing requests for longer absences (e.g. Open Days, work experience, leave of absence etc.) - Year 13
  • Provide Pastoral support for any issues or concerns you may have and being point of contact for all students and staff in respect of all Sixth Form issues
  • All matters of administration relating to the Sixth Form including booking appointments for the Head of Sixth Form
  • Monitoring of Behaviour issues
  • Administration of the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund
  • Organisation and monitoring of SPR Meetings
  • Supervise Year 13 Study periods
  • Assists in the organisation of events such as SF Open Evening, Induction Day, Prom and Yearbook
  • Manage Academic Support programme

Mrs C Everist Office - Sixth Form Administrator

• Office: SFC
• Contact: [email protected]
  • Oversees all Year 12 administrative matters: attendance, registers, absence and lanyards
  • Supervises the Sixth Form Centre
  • Supports HoSF with Enrichment Programme
  • Provides pastoral support to Year 12 students
  • Assists in the organisation of SF Open Evening and Induction Day
  • Signs-out students throughout the school day

Mrs P Hawkins - Careers, UCAS and Examinations Officer

• Office: Ground floor, Science block
• Contact: [email protected] or [email protected]
  • Supports and manages the UCAS application process
  • Provides career planning support
  • Supports students in finding apprenticeship opportunities
  • Assists in securing work-related placements
  • Helps with Post-18 planning/future career planning
  • Supports the EPQ programme
  • Examinations Officer