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The Crossley Heath School Year 12 Parents Information Evening

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WELCOME!

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The Sixth Form Team

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The Sixth Form Team

• Penny Doig: Director of Sixth Form;
• Adam Smith: Curriculum and Academic Progress;
• Jane Rudman: Safeguarding and Pastoral Support;
• Marcus Weston : Progress Leader for Y12;
• Mark Schofield: Progress Leader for Y13;
• Vicky Pennington: Post-16 Development Manager;
• Andrew Coote: UCAS Co-ordinator

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Key elements of our Sixth Form vision

• Fully Inclusive
• A strong team ethos
• Highly Committed
• Collaborative
• Respectful
• Vibrant
• Supportive

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The Sixth Form Team Focus

Our priority is to work effectively for the benefit of ALL Sixth Form

• students. We aim:
• To get to know every one of our students individually
• To ensure our students are safe and treated with respect and

fairness

• To challenge and support all our students to achieve the best

possible academic outcomes

• To provide opportunities for our young people to develop

broader life skills

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The Y12 Curriculum

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Our Y12 Curriculum

Students are required to attend:

• All timetabled A level subject lessons
• One timetabled PSHCE lesson per week
• Any additional A level support
• One hour of enrichment activity
• All Y12 assemblies
• Meetings with Personal Tutors as arranged by

email

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The Importance of PSHCE

We hope that PSHCE will give students:

• An understanding of the world in which they live
• Careers information including university courses,

apprenticeships, work and other training

• pportunities
• The life skills necessary to cope as independent

adults

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Careers and UCAS

• Annual Y12 careers fair
• Dedicated careers advisor (C&K)
• Specialist UCAS advisor
• Oxbridge application support
• Help and advice with applications by experienced

Personal Tutors

• Visitors from professional and technical backgrounds

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CC and C6 Links and arrangements

• Some students study one A Level or BTEC at Calderdale

College, Ryburn, Brooksbank or Brighouse

• These are subjects such as PE, French, Spanish or DT that we

don’t offer here. We in turn offer Computer Science and Economics for students from these schools

• All of these lessons are on Tuesday mornings or Thursday

afternoons

• We provide taxis back to our school on a Tuesday and to the

partner school on a Thursday

• Students make their own way there on a Tuesday and home
• n a Thursday
• Mr Smith is leading on this so any queries please see or email

him.

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Student Support

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The role of the KS5 Pastoral Leader

• To enable students to deal with day to day life

in the 6th form

• To support students with any issues or

challenges they may face either in or out of school

• To ensure that students are kept safe in school

(JR is trained in Safeguarding)

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Advice and Guidance for Students

• Decision making
• Problem solving
• Making choices
• Future pathways
• Relationships/friendships
• Healthy lifestyles
• Communication

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Providing Information for Students

• Day to day questions e.g. who, what, why,

where and when?

• Access to resources- can print timetables,

source badges and point students towards resources and equipment

• Induction – making sure everybody knows

what to do and ensuring students settle in well

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Support for Students

• Wellbeing
• Emotional
• Social
• Personal
• Advocacy and Mediation
• Financial - Bursary

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The role of the Personal Tutor

• Every student is assigned a Personal Tutor, often this may be their Subject

Tutor.

• The Personal Tutor should be the first port of call if a student has any

queries or problems.

• Meetings take place on a regular basis. This can be through one to one

sessions or in small groups. The meetings are arranged by email.

• At the start of Year 12, Tutors are responsible for assisting students

through their transition to A-level.

• Following the transition period, Tutor sessions are used to discuss

academic progress, offer guidance and support, where necessary; whilst also monitoring student well being.

• In Year 13, Tutors are responsible for writing references (including UCAS)

and offering support with writing CV‘s and personal statements.

• Personal Tutors should be advised where students attend medical

appointments and university open days.

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Daily Routines

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The New School Day

Activity Timings Lesson 1 8.30 - 9.35 Lesson 2 9.35 - 10.35 Break 10.35 - 10.50 Lesson 3 10.50 - 11.50 Tutorial/assembly 11.50 - 12.20 Lunchtime 12.20 - 1.10 Lesson 4 1.10 – 2.15 Lesson 5 2.15 – 3.15

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Attendance protocols

• Students must scan in and out every time they arrive or

depart from site.

• As long as they attend all the required sessions, students may

come and go as they wish.

• Students do not need to be in school at 8.30am unless they

have a lesson period 1.

• Students are registered every lesson and we check and follow

up all attendance and punctuality concerns.

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Attendance protocols

• If student is ill, parents should email

post16absence@crossleyheath.org OR

• Leave a voicemail on main school number

(option 2)

• Students can request absence by email to

tutor (medical/university visit etc.) – copy in VP and parent

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Enrichment

• EPQ & HSLA run in school, both with UCAS

points attached

• Volunteer placements (Ravenscliffe,

Calderdale Hospital, primary schools, Overgate Hospice)

• Local businesses (Veterinary practice, financial

sector, tutoring support group)

• Music, art, sport and Digital Ambassador

groups run internally

• First Aid group run termly

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Independent Study Time

• All students have time for independent study
• The upstairs study room is available to any

student who wants to study between lessons

• The common room and kitchen area is open to

students who need a coffee and a chat

• Outside school hours, students should expect to

study for about 10-15 hours per week

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Academic Support and Monitoring

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Monitoring and Progress

• Schools are very data driven
• We gather and analyse lots of data
• Data sources:
• Departments
• Admin
• School wide
• Purchased data
• Government

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How is the progress of students in sixth form measured?

• Average points score at GCSE
• We use various tools to predict student
• utcomes based on GCSE results

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How do we set targets for students in the sixth form?

Approximate GCSE grades GCSE score band Minimum Expected Grades Mainly 7, 8 & 9 7.5 – 8.0 A* A A Mainly 7 & 8 7.0 – 7.5 A A A Mainly 7 & a few 6 6.7 – 7.0 A A B Mainly 7 and 6 6.4 – 6.7 A B B Mainly 6 and a few 7 6.1 – 6.4 B B B Mostly 6 5.8 – 6.1 B B C Mainly 6 and a few 5 5.5 – 5.8 B C C

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Year 12 report schedule

Four reports over the next academic year: 25/11/2019 – Report 1 03/02/2020 – Report 2 27/04/2020 – Report 3 06/07/2020 – Report 4 (Y12 Mocks)

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Intervention

We have several ways to support students which depends on outcome:

• On or above target – no intervention required
• Slightly below target – support from Personal Tutor,

Subject teacher

• Significantly below target

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Intervention

What do we consider “significantly below target”?

One or more grades below target in at least two subjects

• Interviews with Progress Leader
• Email home
• Agreement is drawn up
• Three hours of study support timetabled
• Additional help from subject teachers
• Monitoring by Progress Leader

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Extra classes

Who attends extra classes during year 12?

• Students come from several schools
• Students will have had very different experiences at

GCSE

• Science for students with dual award at GCSE
• Maths for students achieving below a Grade 7 at

GCSE

• English support for students studying a humanities

subject

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Getting Involved and Having Fun!

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House Activities

Y12 and Y13 students lead and participate in the following House competitions:

• Swimming Gala (Oct)
• House 5-a-side Football and Bake-Off (Nov)
• House Drama (Dec)
• House Debating
• House Sports (all year)
• Sports Day (July)
• House Music (July)

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Examples of Trips and Visits

• Geography field trip to Arran
• Biology field trip to Wales
• Berlin cross-curricular trip
• UCAS Fair in Leeds
• Oxbridge residential visit
• Manchester Christmas market
• Science lectures and events
• RS day trip to Manchester

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Thank you for coming.

ANY QUESTIONS? Please come and see us at the end.