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Eaton Bank
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Form
Expectations Evening
Welcome!
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Fantastic start!
Lancaster residential trip
Purpose of tonight
– Your expectations of us
– Our expectations of students (and parents!)
Why?
…students that are happy and achieving their
potential
The 6th form team
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Director of Sixth Form + Assistant Headteacher
Mrs Bennett
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Assistant Director of Sixth Form
Mrs Berry
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Sixth Form Administrator
Mrs Banner
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School Intervention Manager
Mrs Leslie
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Sixth Form Tutors (Thursday 13th October, Tutor
Review Evening)
Tutors
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Your first point of contact for any
concerns/questions about the progress or
welfare of your son/daughter
Phone or e mail them using their staff code,
for example,
[email protected]
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Ask your son/daughter for the initials of
their tutor!
Mrs Bennett
Mrs Berry
Year 13
Year 12
Student support and
challenge
Student support and
challenge
eg attendance, data tracking
“On Trial” and “On Track”
(target, projected and A2L grades) programmes
UCAS/university preparation
(Alternatives to university
= Head of Careers +
Connexions)
Curriculum
Learning & Teaching
Year 11-12 transition and
induction
Enrichment programmes
(Core time, PHSE, “Curriculum
Enrichment”, Deep Learning
Days)
Mrs Banner
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Sixth Form Administrator
UCAS Administrator
Support to Director, Assistant Director,
tutors, students, parents
Office in 6th form centre, available by
phone (no teaching!)
Mrs Leslie
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School Intervention Manager
Helps identify any underachievement
and supports students to get back on
track
Works with individual and small groups
of students
“On trial” programme
GCSE English retake programme
The Curriculum
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A level/BTEC
Core time
PHSE
Curriculum Enrichment
House and 6th form assemblies
More details later…
A levels = AS + A2
Year 12 4 subjects = AS levels
Year 13 3 subjects = A2 levels
At the end of year 13, most students will
have 3 full A levels plus one AS
qualification.
Year 12 matters!
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Half the A-level marks come from AS exams
in year 12
Some subjects have AS exams in January ,
just 3½ months away!
All subjects have exams in May/June
AS grades given on university applications
Evidence for teachers’ estimated grades for
university references
The grades
A level : A*-E = pass
F and G do not exist
U = fail
D and E grades are pass grades at A level
(You may not think of D and E grades as
passes at GCSE, this is an important
difference.)
How well will I do?
GCSE
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Your GCSE grades
do NOT guarantee A*/A
how well you do at
A-level!
B
How hard you work
+ how much
C
independent
studying you do has
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a major impact!
C/below C
A Level???
A*/A???
B?
C?
D?
E?
U?
Learning
in the Sixth Form
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You can not learn everything you need if you only
– do the work “set” by the teacher
– “memorise” the revision book”
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4- 5 hours per subject per average week
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4 subjects →16-20 hours/week
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For example:
– 3 hours per day Monday- Thursday (=12 hours)
– Plus 4-8 hours at the weekend
What else should I be doing in
addition to my homework?
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Doing “more than is asked or set” is required in
order to achieve an A2L grade of 1.
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Every subject has given and discussed a sheet
detailing what extra students should be doing.
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Copied in planner/exercise book plus a copy in their
user space.)
“I’ve finished! I’ve got nothing to do!”
= Not possible! Don’t believe them!
Part- time jobs?
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May develop some skills and increase
self confidence 
but more than about an 8 hour
part-time job will stop you getting
the grades you are capable of!
Avoid late evening shifts in the week
A-level results up again!
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99% pass rate A*-E
Almost half gaining very top grades A*,A, B
Each grade is worth a certain number of points; the
higher the grade, the more points.
Average Points Scores: significant rise over 3 years
2011 : 752 ↑
2010: 705 ↑
2009: 646
Leaver destinations…
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73 students wanted to go to university
71 have secured places, 66 into their first or
second choice universities
One student to Cambridge University
(history)
One student into the Army (Officer Training)
2 to the prestigious “Northern School of
Contemporary Dance” in Leeds
Applications
strengthened by…
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Oxbridge Programme
Medics, vets and dentists programme
Will be starting these a bit later this
term.
Support and challenge…
How will we ensure that your
son/daughter
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achieves their potential?
is well prepared for a life after school?
Partnership: students, parents, school
Ensuring success
… Excellent Attendance
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Must attend ALL lessons and be in core time
everyday at 8.45am.
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Must stay in school until at least 12 o’clock
(ie morning study periods must be used in school. Students
“on trial” must also stay for period 4.)
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Must sign out if leave in the afternoon.
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As in main school, parents must phone or email into
school before 8.30 to report any absence.
Ensuring success…
Excellent Attendance
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A2 courses start immediately after AS exams in
June. (Different to year 11!)
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Lessons continue until the end of the summer term
(don’t book a holiday!)
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No holidays in term time- too hard to catch up!
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University Open days – go on Saturdays, where
possible
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“Is 90% attendance good?” = a day off a fortnight
Enrichment programme
Going further…
Good grades are not enough!
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Increasing global+ national + local competition…
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Transferable skills and personal development…
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What can I write about in a university or job
application?
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What can I talk about at interview?
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What makes me stand out?
Core Time: 8:45am
A purposeful start to every day
key part in
 helping students achieve their potential
 preparing students for a life after school
 broadening their horizons and ambitions
Tutors and students get to know
each other really well…
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see them every day at core time
help and advice, personal and academic
regular progress reviews ( Target , Projected
and Attitude to Learning grades)
Next Steps Guidance meetings for post 18
help students write their personal
statements for university applications
write the references for university and
employers
Hence why tutors are
Your first point of contact for any
concerns/questions about the progress or
welfare of your son/daughter
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Phone or e mail them using their staff code,
for example,
[email protected]
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Ask your son/daughter for the initials of
their tutor!
Core Time also enable
students to …
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extend their friendship groups and learn from year
13 students
develop their skills, knowledge and self confidence
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thinking and reasoning
weighing the balance of arguments
speaking/debating
planning and presenting to an audience
current affairs
psychometric tests, BMAT
Going further…PHSE
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Culture and Diversity
– diversity and racism
– diversity, disability and organ donation
– diversity, art & social comment
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Finance and Money Matters
– student finance
– budgeting
PHSE…
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Health and Wellbeing
– Sex and personal safety
– Internet: social networking , financial safety
– Driving safely
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Next steps: how to
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secure your place at university
get a job
write a letter of application and CV
interview well
Curriculum Enrichment
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Half a day a week.
You choose , you organise it, your
opportunity, your challenge!
Universities love it!
Examples:
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Volunteer in the community
Work experience
Organise new house activities
Peer support
Help in lower school classes
Start up a new club for 6th form or younger
students
School/year council
Help with open evenings
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Respecting each other
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Dress code …
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No Smoking
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Driving lessons: outside of school or after 12 pm if
no lessons in the afternoon
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Cars: no movement between 2.55 and 3.15pm
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Mobile phones
Year 12 into 13 entrance
requirements
We normally expect students to
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have achieved at least an E grade at AS to
continue with that subject at A2
be able to study for 3 A-levels
have shown a positive approach to their
studies and to 6th form life.
Keeping students and parents
informed…
individual progress reviews
13 October
Tutor Review Evening
9 December
Academic Review Day + Annual
Report
15 March
Parents’ Evening
Interim report
First A level module results
June
Next Steps Guidance Meeting
+ Phone calls, e mails, letters…
Keeping you informed…
Check the website
(eg This powerpoint will be going up.)
“Call Parent” software: letters will be sent
home by e mail if we have your address and
posted if we do not.
(Please leave your e mail address with us
tonight if we do not already have it.)
Staff e mail addresses…
Tutor initials (ev, ak, ml, my; rd; mg; wh; wl; kz)
eg
[email protected]
[email protected]
Mrs Banner
[email protected]
Mrs Leslie
[email protected]
Mrs Berry
[email protected]
Mrs Bennett
Ensuring success…
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Tonight, clarifying expectations
Partnership: Students, parents, school,
→Enjoying and achieving
This time next year, university applications!
– Get the AS grades!
– Get involved and start collecting experiences
now!
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Please keep tutors informed.
Thankyou for coming!
Diary dates again…
13 October
Tutor Review Evening
9 December
Academic Review Day + Annual
Report
15 March
Parents’ Evening
Interim report
First A level module results
June
Next Steps Guidance Meeting