Mr. Wright's presentation on the changing face of higher education, the meaning of progression to us as a sixth form, and how this impacts us as an institution.

1. Progression Evening

8. PROGRESSION

9. In 6 months time…

10. …in 12 months time…

11. …in 18 months time…

12. …in 30 months time

13. Higher Education
 Graduates earn more – accountancy firm
PriceWaterhouseCooper estimate on average £160,000
(after tax) over a lifetime. Another figure estimates
graduate salaries as 40% more than non-graduate
 University broadens your horizons. You meet new
people, go new places.
 You learn!

14. 14
Your income per year
Monthly repayments
(including interest)
£21,000 and under no repayments
£25,000 £30
£30,000 £67.50
£40,000 £142.50
£50,000 £217.50
£60,000 £292.50
Written off after 30 years / no levy on early
payment
WHAT ABOUT FEES?

15. So what does a good student look like?

17. What do Cambridge say?
 “We're looking for students with the academic ability and potential
to flourish at the University.
 “We're looking for an indication of your ability to think critically and
independently, and your willingness to argue logically but to keep an
open mind to new ideas as well.
 “You also need self-discipline, motivation and commitment, and
the desire and potential to go beyond what you've learned so far.
 “We're looking for students who really want to learn about the subject
they've applied for and aren't just interested in the degree at the end
 “Instead of selecting the course you think you ought to do, think about
which course and subject area(s) you're most enthused and inspired
about studying for the next few years.”

18. What does that mean?
 SKILLS
 KNOWLEDGE
 OPPORTUNITY

19. SKILLS

20. Study skills

21. From Schooling

22. To Independent learning

23. How we do it…
 Two dedicated members of staff offering a rolling
program of one-to-one study skills surgeries
 Tutorial program of study skills lessons
 Internet study skills program
 Half-Termly visits to academic libraries to learn
university style research skills
 Revision skills tutorials in exam season

24. Social skills

25. From teenage

26. To adult

27. …how we do it
 Residential course for all year 12 students at the start of
the year
 Leadership opportunities within the school
 Expeditions and fund-raising
 Public Speaking training
 Community volunteering
 Work Experience placements
 Interview training

28. KNOWLEDGE

29. From GCSE

30. To A-level

31. …how we do it
 Three assessment points every year, each followed by
one-to-one feedback
 Five progress points every year
 Every teacher receives training direct from exam
boards
 All teachers team-teach
 Progress Mentors offer targeted support
 Assistant Director of Sixth Form monitoring student
progress holistically

32. …and beyond

33. …how we go beyond
 Extended Project
 Allows students to follow their own passions, and to
achieve outcomes significantly beyond what the A-level
curriculum can assess
 Allows students to achieve outcomes impossible to cater
for within a school curriculum

34. Past projects…
 Design and make a dress
 Four part radio program on the history of radio
 Production of a Shakespeare play
 Coding an operating system
 Investigation into the impact of income on health
outcomes in the NHS
 Short film
 Long film

35.  Global Perspectives
 Allows students to develop rigorous skills of argument
and critical thinking
 Allows them to produce an essay style piece of work that
is explicitly marked on its ability to go beyond A-level
standard

36. GPR projects
 Should we move to a system of presumed consent for
organ donation?
 Is Virginia Woolf’s writing realistic?
 Should casualty statistics from the occupation of Iraq
include non-military fatalities?
 To what extent are psychoanalytic approaches to
reading appropriate for Book I of Spenser’s The Faerie
Queene?

37. OPPORTUNITIES

43. Visitors and Upcoming talks
 Cambridge University spokesperson meeting with
applicants: May 2nd
 Cambridge University Higher Education talk: September
29th
 Leicester University Employability skills talk: October 8th
 Durham University Physics talk: October 15th

44. Changes in Sixth Form
 School Participation Age raised to 17 from September
2013, and will change again to 18 from September 2015
 A-levels are changing. A whole new curriculum will be
announced in 2014 for first teaching 2015.
 A new range of vocational qualifications, traineeships,
internships and apprenticeships is coming.
 ‘Study Programmes’ which allow students who do not
get ‘C’ in Maths or English at GCSE to continue these
subjects will be introduced.

45. Be prepared

46. Important dates
 First summer half term – second sixth form interview
 2oth June - Official opening of the sixth form
 26th/27th June – Induction days, including the chance
to meet your teachers, tutors and fellow students
 10/11th October – Residential trip to Derwent Hill

50. http://southmoorblog.wordpress.com/
@Southmoor6th

52. Assessment – With Mrs Ormston
 How your progress will be tracked over the course of Year
12 & Year 13.
 Find out about the assessment process across the two
years of study.

53. Preparing for Higher Education
– With Mrs Teasdale
 Find out about the expert guidance available, starting in
Year 12.
 Receive expert assistance on UCAS applications and
processes.
 Parents and the UCAS process.

54. Enrichment –
With Mr Lavery
 Extra curricular enrichment such as Duke of Edinburgh
awards.
 Find out more about the opportunity to take part in an
International Expedition.

55. Tutoring and Pastoral care
– With Mrs Saints
 Study Skills program
 What happens during tutor period
 Extended Project

56. Mentoring, Sixth form Finance
and Extras – Miss Stoddart &
Miss Sewell
 Meet the Sixth Form progress mentors.
 Find out about the financial support available to help
everyone progress.
 Get details of the added extras and discounts available as
a student at The Sixth Form.

57. Universities
 Newcastle
 Durham
 Leeds
 York St John
 Northumbria
 Teeside
 Sunderland

58. Employers
 Sainsbury’s
 Northumbrian Water
 Milltech

59.  Where do you want to be in ten years time?
 Who will you need to be to get there?
 How can you become that person?

60. How can we tell the dancer from
the dance?