Day in the life of an Ackworth Sixth Form student Students will usually share a study room with another sixth former, and there are common areas for socialising outside school hours. You can enjoy the same facilities as the rest of the school, including Ackworth’s extensive library, excellent fitness centre and sports facilities. Guidance is always on hand to help you learn how to structure your time effectively and balance the demands of academic,
social and domestic life. This is a discipline you will use throughout your adult life. Our Sixth Form students are required to wear business attire and set an important example within our school community. Managing and relishing this new responsibility provides students with a useful lesson in leadership, encouragement, and sensitivity to others.
“ In a morning we go into our form rooms and it is a lovely opportunity to mix with everyone including those you are not in lessons with, and those in the year above as the forms are made up of half lower sixth and half upper sixth. It is a good opportunity to talk to your tutors and get a good start to the day. Then we have three lessons before a break, then two lessons before lunch. Some of those lessons may be a free period depending on your subject choices. Lunch is a good opportunity to mix with different year groups as we all eat together. After lunch there are three more lessons after which you can go home or join an array of extracurricular clubs. There are over 50 clubs to choose from, from Harry Potter Club to Chess, Maths, Sports, Choir, Musicals, all providing the chance to meet new members of the school community.” Abrielle, Upper Sixth student
12 Sixth Form Handbook | 2021/22
