Sixth Form Agreement
The Sixth Form Agreement is signed by all students and parents as they start Year 12. The Agreement sets out the expectations placed upon the student, school and parent throughout the student’s time in the Sixth Form. Nothing it contains is radical or controversial, but as a student it does help serve as guidance on how to make a success of your time in the Sixth Form.
The basic aims of the sixth form are:
· To foster the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of all students, both as individuals and as members of society, and thus to seek to realise each student’s full potential in all areas of school life
· To prepare all students to approach positively and confidently the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.
Staff, parents and students will endeavour to achieve these aims and seek to enhance the reputation of the school in the community, as far as they are able. In particular...
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· Strive to achieve the highest academic standards of which I am capable · Recognise that study in the Sixth Form is a full-time occupation · Attend all lessons, assemblies and registration periods · Attend all out of lesson revision and practical sessions where practicable · Arrive to all sessions punctually · Ensure work set for cancelled lessons is collected and completed · Follow agreed procedures to report any absence · Meet homework and coursework deadlines · Use study periods productively, take responsibility for my own learning and use my planner effectively |
· Bring resources to lessons as necessary · Provide a positive role model for younger students · Keep paid work to a maximum of 10 hours a week and never during school time · Manage my social life and other commitments so that they don’t impede my studies · Abide by the Sixth Form dress-code · Not act in such a way so that I might bring the reputation of the school into disrepute · Register my car if I wish to bring it onto the school site and abide by the guidelines on the registration form · Treat school staff, fellow students, property and resources with respect · Avoid taking holidays during term time. |
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· Undertake to provide the highest standards of academic, moral and social education · Provide regular assessment of work with constructive feedback on how students’ work can be improved · Provide a sixth form induction programme to help students make the academic and social transition from Year 11 to Year 12 · Provide support, information, advice and guidance on Further and Higher Education and employment opportunities · Communicate with the home regularly on aspects of school life including students’ progress, achievement, attendance and pastoral issues (where necessary or appropriate) · Foster an attitude of open-mindedness, empathy and understanding between different ethnic heritages · Provide access to a range of curricular and extra-curricular activities and experiences to enrich and broaden students education · Provide a tutorial system which offers advice, support and guidance. |
· Support and encourage my son or daughter to achieve their potential · Recognise that sixth form study is a full-time occupation · Support the school in the expectation that students attend lessons, assemblies and registration periods · Maintain close communication with the school on aspects that could affect students’ progress, including attendance and pastoral issues · Follow agreed procedures to report any absence · Provide a suitable area for home study · Encourage my son or daughter to keep paid work to a maximum of 10 hours a week · Support the school by not taking my son or daughter on holiday during term time. |
As a student in the Sixth Form at
Student’s name: ………………………………… Signature: ………………………………. Date: …./…./2010
Parent’s name: …………………………………. Signature: ………………………………. Date: …./…./2010
Staff name: ……Mr A French………………….. Signature: …………………………….… Date: 1/9/2010
September 2010