Be Curious

To achieve a Gold Arts Award, pupils undertake two topics: Personal Arts Development, through extending their own arts practice, identifying development opportunities within the wider arts sector, researching advanced practitioners and reviewing arts events and forming and communicating a view on an arts issue. Pupils will also undertake Leadership of an Arts Project. In which they plan, organise and deliver an arts project, managing a public showing of the work, reviewing their leadership development. This qualification is suitable for anyone with a keen interest in the Performing or Creative Arts.

The EPQ offers pupils an opportunity to undertake a project in a subject area of personal interest. It provides a context for developing critical thinking and project management skills, which are widely transferable. It helps develop independent research skills and as well as a pupil’s ability to plan, carry out, report on, present and evaluate a project.

As a technical award, this qualification provides an introduction to, and preparation for, further study through developing an understanding of the economy, financial management skills, employability and enterprise. CeFE introduces the pupil to the impact of finance on the economy and encourages them to consider how this can affect business and the individual. It develops knowledge and a valuable range of applied and transferable skills, providing a foundation for further study in business and finance-related disciplines, as well as a wide range of other fields relating to social enterprise and vocational professional development.

Pupils who are in the Legat School of Dance programme for Sixth Form, will follow this option. Take a look at some of these video clips to see performances by past students.

Further Maths is a full A Level subject in its own right and is studied alongside A Level Maths. Further Maths is a demanding but satisfying course and is recommended for any potential engineer, scientist or anyone thinking of reading mathematics at university. Anyone who is considering reading STEM subjects at Cambridge or Oxford is strongly recommended to take Further Maths. The entry requirement for Further Maths is grade 8 or above at GCSE

This is a programme for international pupils to both improve their English and to gain an English qualification to meet university entry requirements.