It has been a whirlwind start to the year for for everyone associated with Holyport Sixth Form and I can’t quite believe that it is only ten school weeks since we welcomed our founding year twelve students. I am very proud of how much the team, both teachers and students, have accomplished in such a short space of time and it is exciting to see some of our many plans start to take shape. It has also been pleasing to see how our all our students have integrated and to see many new friendships forming.
Some of the highlights of the first term have been
- Trips to Eton to visit their societies (typically two per week)
- A visit from Dr Joe Organ from Brasenose College Oxford to launch our Oxbridge program
- A chance for parent and tutors to meet at our parents’ information evening
- Our students getting the opportunity to watch an RBWM council cabinet meeting held on site and getting the opportunity to question the councillors.
- The Sixth form sport program run by Mr Bicknell and his team
- A cinema trip to see “The Death of Stalin”
- The first round of our first inter-house debating competition held in the Dudley room (more to follow)
- Our first reports being sent to parents
This is by no means an exhaustive list and we have many more exciting projects in the pipeline including
- Our EPQ launch at the end of this term
- The five Sixth Form committees (academic, boarding, co-curricular, community & social), in which there has been much interest and from which I anticipate many more exciting opportunities for our students.
- The start of our UCAS program
- Sixth form grand cultural tour to Florence
We are, of course, also looking to next year and have held two open events which have been very well attended. Applications are flooding in and, once again, we anticipate a full intake in year 12 next year to take our Sixth Form up to full capacity. A reminder that the deadline for consideration in the first round of applications is December 1st.
I’d like to say a huge thank you to all of our teachers who are delivering high quality, stimulating lessons that challenge our students, and a special thank you to the Sixth Form tutors who have been wonderful support for the students (and myself) as we have moved swiftly into year twelve.
Whilst we have a little way to go before the end of the term, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone associated with Holyport Sixth Form a Merry Christmas and I hope you all get a well deserved break.