Sixth Form AWS
Sixth Form Course Meetings February 27th 2018
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VESPA Buzzword for Sixth Form • Vision • Effort • Systems • Practice • Attitude
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Welcome • Please have your invitation card ready. • Please make sure you have signed in. • Please wait quietly for your appointment in the seats provided.
• Please wait to be called for your meeting
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The Sixth Form Team • Mr Simon Purrier Director of Sixth Form [email protected] • Ms Yasemin Akaydin Head of Year 13 (Year 12 next year) [email protected]
• Mrs Jill Jeffrey Administrator & Attendance [email protected] Tel: 020 8363 1095 • Ms Diane Coxon UCAS advisor (Monday and Friday)
• Ms E Igbokwe Head of Year 12 (Year 13 next year) [email protected] 4
Headlines Year 13 (last year) • 43% A-B grades for A level • 48% A-B equivalent grades across all courses • Positive student progress score for overall results • 11% of students got AAA.
• 21% of students applying for University have places with Russell Group, including Medicine at Imperial, Engineering at Imperial, Bristol, Warwick, Manchester, Queen Mary and Medicine at Kings. • Over 50% of all students applying for University have places with institutions in the Times Education Top 100. • Apprenticeships with MICROSOFT and UBS Bank 5
Alps Basics: 2890 Schools, 272000 students
RED
BLACK BLUE
Top 25%
Middle 50%
Bottom 25%
1-3
4-6
7- 9
EGS Sixth Form 2017 – nearly all measures RED Teaching and Learning Grade 2 BTEC, Grade 3 A level Overall score for A levels and BTEC Grade 3 Overall Quality Grade 4 (0.1 from Grade 3)
Vision? Useful websites to support decisions about what you want to do after sixth form. Informed Choices
SACU
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Subject Information • Course hand books issued at the Open Night are available on the school website. • Informed Choices also available to provide course guidance for Progression beyond Sixth Form • Sixth Form area/Admissions 8
Right Courses Right Place • It is vital that students select the right course to succeed at Sixth Form. • Students on the wrong courses will under achieve and/or be on the wrong Progression Path for career choices
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Sixth Form Dress Code • Sixth Form blazer badges are available from the uniform shop on Lancaster Road and from the Sixth Form Office • Ties are also available from the uniform shop on Lancaster Road and from the Sixth Form Office
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VESPA Buzzword for Sixth Form • Vision • Effort • Systems • Practice • Attitude
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Sixth Form Life • Tutor times at 8.25am • Sixth Form entrance/exit • Study Room • Sixth Form Snug/Common Room • Weekly Progression Hour Lesson • Wide enrichment opportunities and guest speakers • UCAS advisor on site 12
Friday mornings at EGS Sixth Form Every Friday morning students in Year 12 timetabled for: • 1 hour recreational PE • 1 hour of Progression • 1 hour of independent study
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What is in Progression Hour?
Supporting students through sixth form and preparing students for beyond EGS Sixth Form
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Tailored to suit the year group but this year it has included: Guest Speakers Skills London visit Emirates Higher Education Fair NHS mental well being workshops NHS Sex and Drug awareness workshops 1 to 1 mentor and career/University guidance Study skills and revision workshops UCAS/GAP year/Career workshops ULAS and SACU registration and research CV and applications 14
Admissions • Full admissions criteria is included in the application form and available on line • Students must meet entry requirements for conditional places to be confirmed on GCSE results day.
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Application process: KEY DATES • Conditional offers made in April. • All students with conditional offers will be invited to a transition day post summer exams. • 23rd August: GCSE Results Day courses confirmed and student enrol. Doors open at 10am! • Not here on results day. Make sure you inform us – details will follow. 16
Sixth Form at a glance at EGS (Provisional Two Year Course Plan)
Year 12 • Induction Day • Full timetable starts September 5th 2018 • Course change permitted Week 4 • January 2019 Mock exams • March Pre Public Exams • June PEE (Progress Entry Exams) in sports hall: Year 13 entry exam • July Progression Week 2019 • Year 12 students start Year 13 • Progression to Year 13….not guaranteed
Year 13
• Oxbridge/Med application deadline is 15th October 2019 • Internal Russell Group deadline 1st November 2019 • Internal University deadline is 1st December 2019 • Mocks: December 2019 • From January students supported with apprenticeship and non-uni routes. • PPE (Pre Public Exams) March 2020 • Summer Exams • August 2020 – A level results from 7.30am. 17
September Term Dates • Year 12 induction on Wednesday 5th September
• Year 12 Activities Day on Thursday 6th September • Full timetable and lessons start on Friday 7th September
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VESPA Buzzword for Sixth Form • Vision • Effort • Systems • Practice • Attitude
2
Welcome • Please have your invitation card ready. • Please make sure you have signed in. • Please wait quietly for your appointment in the seats provided.
• Please wait to be called for your meeting
3
The Sixth Form Team • Mr Simon Purrier Director of Sixth Form [email protected] • Ms Yasemin Akaydin Head of Year 13 (Year 12 next year) [email protected]
• Mrs Jill Jeffrey Administrator & Attendance [email protected] Tel: 020 8363 1095 • Ms Diane Coxon UCAS advisor (Monday and Friday)
• Ms E Igbokwe Head of Year 12 (Year 13 next year) [email protected] 4
Headlines Year 13 (last year) • 43% A-B grades for A level • 48% A-B equivalent grades across all courses • Positive student progress score for overall results • 11% of students got AAA.
• 21% of students applying for University have places with Russell Group, including Medicine at Imperial, Engineering at Imperial, Bristol, Warwick, Manchester, Queen Mary and Medicine at Kings. • Over 50% of all students applying for University have places with institutions in the Times Education Top 100. • Apprenticeships with MICROSOFT and UBS Bank 5
Alps Basics: 2890 Schools, 272000 students
RED
BLACK BLUE
Top 25%
Middle 50%
Bottom 25%
1-3
4-6
7- 9
EGS Sixth Form 2017 – nearly all measures RED Teaching and Learning Grade 2 BTEC, Grade 3 A level Overall score for A levels and BTEC Grade 3 Overall Quality Grade 4 (0.1 from Grade 3)
Vision? Useful websites to support decisions about what you want to do after sixth form. Informed Choices
SACU
7
Subject Information • Course hand books issued at the Open Night are available on the school website. • Informed Choices also available to provide course guidance for Progression beyond Sixth Form • Sixth Form area/Admissions 8
Right Courses Right Place • It is vital that students select the right course to succeed at Sixth Form. • Students on the wrong courses will under achieve and/or be on the wrong Progression Path for career choices
9
Sixth Form Dress Code • Sixth Form blazer badges are available from the uniform shop on Lancaster Road and from the Sixth Form Office • Ties are also available from the uniform shop on Lancaster Road and from the Sixth Form Office
10
VESPA Buzzword for Sixth Form • Vision • Effort • Systems • Practice • Attitude
11
Sixth Form Life • Tutor times at 8.25am • Sixth Form entrance/exit • Study Room • Sixth Form Snug/Common Room • Weekly Progression Hour Lesson • Wide enrichment opportunities and guest speakers • UCAS advisor on site 12
Friday mornings at EGS Sixth Form Every Friday morning students in Year 12 timetabled for: • 1 hour recreational PE • 1 hour of Progression • 1 hour of independent study
13
What is in Progression Hour?
Supporting students through sixth form and preparing students for beyond EGS Sixth Form
• • • • • • • • • • •
Tailored to suit the year group but this year it has included: Guest Speakers Skills London visit Emirates Higher Education Fair NHS mental well being workshops NHS Sex and Drug awareness workshops 1 to 1 mentor and career/University guidance Study skills and revision workshops UCAS/GAP year/Career workshops ULAS and SACU registration and research CV and applications 14
Admissions • Full admissions criteria is included in the application form and available on line • Students must meet entry requirements for conditional places to be confirmed on GCSE results day.
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Application process: KEY DATES • Conditional offers made in April. • All students with conditional offers will be invited to a transition day post summer exams. • 23rd August: GCSE Results Day courses confirmed and student enrol. Doors open at 10am! • Not here on results day. Make sure you inform us – details will follow. 16
Sixth Form at a glance at EGS (Provisional Two Year Course Plan)
Year 12 • Induction Day • Full timetable starts September 5th 2018 • Course change permitted Week 4 • January 2019 Mock exams • March Pre Public Exams • June PEE (Progress Entry Exams) in sports hall: Year 13 entry exam • July Progression Week 2019 • Year 12 students start Year 13 • Progression to Year 13….not guaranteed
Year 13
• Oxbridge/Med application deadline is 15th October 2019 • Internal Russell Group deadline 1st November 2019 • Internal University deadline is 1st December 2019 • Mocks: December 2019 • From January students supported with apprenticeship and non-uni routes. • PPE (Pre Public Exams) March 2020 • Summer Exams • August 2020 – A level results from 7.30am. 17
September Term Dates • Year 12 induction on Wednesday 5th September
• Year 12 Activities Day on Thursday 6th September • Full timetable and lessons start on Friday 7th September
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