Is Oxbridge Good Enough For You
On Friday 13th May we ran our final Time2Sh9e session – Is Oxbridge Good Enough For You. Miss Smith went through some of the myths associated with Oxbridge, such as it is...
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On Friday 13th May we ran our final Time2Sh9e session – Is Oxbridge Good Enough For You. Miss Smith went through some of the myths associated with Oxbridge, such as it is...
Posted by Stephanie Knowles
On Friday 29th April the year 11 Time2Sh9e group had their second workshop, this time focusing upon how to attain the top grades in Science. Mr Mehta talked our students through...
Posted by Stephanie Knowles
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Posted by Sarah Jackson
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Posted by Victoria Hargreaves
On Tuesday 26th March, as part of our FLAIR week, I had the greatest pleasure in taking 25 year 11 students on a trip to Balliol College at Oxford University. The students were...
Posted by Victoria Hargreaves
Last Friday morning our More Able Coordinator Ms Hargreaves inspired us to think about exciting plans for this year’s Flair Week, taking place during the last week of term....
Posted by Jeremy Turner
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Posted by Victoria Hargreaves
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Posted by Victoria Hargreaves
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Posted by Jeremy Turner
On Tuesday evening this week, we had the greatest pleasure to be able to invite 648 students and their parents to our FLAIR evening to launch our More Able theme for this year...
Posted by Victoria Hargreaves
On Friday 13th May we ran our final Time2Sh9e session – Is Oxbridge Good Enough For You.
Miss Smith went through some of the myths associated with Oxbridge, such as it is only for the privileged, it is not for students from comprehensive schools and it costs more money. She also shared some anecdotes of her time studying at Cambridge. Her session made it clear that whilst Oxbridge is not for everyone, it is certainly something that students should consider.
Although applying to university seems a long way away to our year 11s, we are always seeking to raise aspirations and help them to see the many different doors and opportunities open to them.
It was great to see Elaine, Kara and Pilar lead a stretch and challenge True/False starter activity that engaged all students in revisiting prior learning covered during their...
This week some of our year 10’s have been ‘getting gritty’ in line with our More Able agenda theme of showing passion and perseverance in their studies. They...