Sixth
Form
Welcome to St Angela’s and Bonaventure’s
Sixth Form Centre. The Centre offers a challenging post-16
Catholic education to all students. We offer a wide range
of courses, a record of excellent results and a caring and
supportive environment. Each student is allocated to a Form
Tutor and a Senior Tutor for academic and pastoral guidance.
Student support services and pastoral care are of the highest
standard at St Angela’s and St Bonaventure’s.
As such, our university style tutorial programme enables us
to closely monitor the progress and well-being of all our
students and to respond quickly to individual needs. Parents
are also kept well informed in order to support our students.
Regardless of ability, all students have access to our learning
mentors who offer help with organisational and study skills
as well as personal support and encouragement. All students
have wonderful opportunities for extra enrichment activity
and we have an impressive number of options for our Gifted
and Talented students. We expect a high level of commitment
and application to academic study and our diverse range of
extended activities also provides special opportunities for
self-development, learning enhancement and leisure pursuits.
Sixth Formers are expected to give something back to the
school and wider community through various positions of responsibility
and voluntary service, including a mentoring scheme for students
in the lower school. Our active Sixth Form Council gives students
a real voice in the running of the school as well as organising
social activities.
We value everyone as an individual, provide an outstanding
range of extra-curricular activities and encourage all students
to progression both to higher education and to rewarding careers.
St Angela’s and St Bonaventure’s schools also
enjoy Technology College Status, which reflects our excellent
facilities and teaching as well our commitment to the use
and development of technology skills across the whole curriculum.
All students have the opportunity to lease a laptop computer
while in the Sixth Form.
We offer a broad curriculum suited to the needs of a range
of students. The majority of our students follow A Level courses,
but our flexible curriculum also offers Applied Intermediate
programmes. Study options choices are made with great care
and individual guidance because we want our students to make
informed decisions that reflect their interest, abilities
and future plans.
We are at the cutting edge of new developments in teaching
and learning techniques and we make great efforts to create
an ideal learning environment. We encourage students to visualise
their own success and to make full use of their capacity as
independent learners.
An extended curriculum includes a full programme of Personal,
Social and Health Education, Study Skills, General Studies,
Critical Thinking and opportunities for language learning.
We also regularly invite experts from Higher Education institutions
to give master classes in all subject areas.
There is also a great tradition of creative self-expression
at the Centre. Students are encouraged to get involved in
our vibrant art, media, music and drama departments through
performing or behind-the-scenes work.
All students can take part in a wide range of sports including
orienteering, aerobics and rock climbing. We have Sixth Form
teams for most of the traditional school sports competing
with considerable success throughout the area.
Careers Education and Guidance occupies an important place
in the programme of all students at the Centre. Whatever course
you are taking, you will have sessions on Careers topics as
well as opportunities for guidance from the Careers Coordinator
or a specialist Careers Adviser assigned to the Centre.
The Centre has a well-stocked Careers Library to meet the
particular needs of Sixth Form students. In addition to information
on specific occupations, there are general reference books
and prospectuses for a wide range of courses in further and
higher education. Students are also able to use a number of
well known computer programmes to obtain vital information
and to explore the options open to them after the Sixth Form.
Careers Education is delivered to all students within the
PSHE programme. This involves a range of activities designed
to help you to:
• Examine all the options to you, whether in further/higher
education or in employment
• Become more aware of your strengths and interests
• Prepare for making decisions about the future
• Make successful applications, whether for further/higher
education or employment
All students taking AS, A Level and
Applied courses learn about higher education, focusing on:
• Life and study at University
• The range of academic and vocational courses available
• Finance for higher education students
• Making choices
• Application procedures
Students have opportunities to visit universities and colleges
of higher education, attend the Newham Higher Education Day
(organised each year for local students by the Newham Education
Business Partnership) and visit the annual East London Higher
Education Convention. There is a special programme for students
considering applications to Oxford and Cambridge Universities
and those wishing to study Medicine, Dentistry or Veterinary
Science at university.
Individual Guidance is available to students throughout their
courses to help them in making important decisions and to
resolve any problems which may arise. Advice sessions are
also provided when students receive their examination results
during the summer.
As a Catholic Sixth Form our faith is evident in many aspects
of our school life including shared worship and liturgical
celebrations. Whilst the majority of our students are Catholic,
we welcome applications from all faithsand cultural backgrounds.
We are proud of and greatly value the diversity of our community.
If you are ready to work to succeed and want to join our vibrant
centre then we look forward to receiving your application.
Sarah Siaw
Director of 6th Form
St Angela’s and St Bonaventure’s Sixth Form Centre
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