St. Peter's RC Sixth Form

It is important that all pupils discuss their course choices with parents and carers and with their tutors and teachers. Members of the sixth-form team will also be happy to give advice.

Wednesday 25 November 2009 – 6.00 – 8.00pm - Prospective Sixth Form Evening This evening will offer you the opportunity to see departments and to collect information about courses which are being offered in the Sixth Form.

The last two weeks of the autumn term in December will be dedicated to Year 11 mock examinations. The subsequent results of these exams will help pupils to appraise their performance in the full range of their subjects, which may well importantly influence their decisions regarding Sixth-Form choices.

2 February 2010 – 4.00 – 7.00pm – Y11 Parents’ Evening The usual parent interviews about progress will be prefixed with an opportunity for all pupils to meet with Sixth-Form departments and to make preliminary choices about Sixth-Form courses.

On the day of the parents’ evening school will finish at 2.00pm. Year 11 pupils will then have the opportunity to talk with staff about the sixth form courses they are thinking of choosing.

We also want to hear from pupils who have clear options in mind which at present we do not cater for, so that we can where possible amend our own programmes.

This information and signing up process will last until 3.30pm. From 3.00pm onwards, refreshments will be available in the Dining Hall.

The parents’ evening appointments will then run from 4.00pm – 7.00pm and pupils will be able to wait in school for parents and carers to arrive. Pupils will be able to wait in the sixth form common room and study area where, if they wish, they will have the facility to undertake homework or coursework whilst waiting.

Senior staff available will be available in the hall for you to talk over Sixth Form subject choices.

Our whole purpose in this procedure is to give our young people as much information as possible and to enable them to make the choices they want for their ongoing education. If they decide they want to leave St Peter’s in order to take up courses which we unfortunately are unable to offer, our Connexions Service will also be available to talk to them about other possibilities.

We want to be sure that we offer all our students who wish to remain at St Peter’s the best possible courses.

Once a student applies, they will be invited for a personal interview to discuss their options. The interview itself is not part of any selection process but ensures that students are seeking an appropriate course. Following the interview and, applicants for whom St Peter's has a viable course will be made an offer of a place at this school. This will be ratified by the governors, who oversee the school's admissions.

The governors' admissions policy is laid down in the prospectus. St Peter's is a Roman Catholic sixth form, but there is provision and places for non-Catholics. We welcome from those of other faiths.