Year 12 Wider Curriculum

“I found the gap year talk from OysterWorld really interesting. It’s made me think about maybe doing something different, like working in Canada, straight after college to get some experience before committing to work or uni” – Year 12 student

Year 12 students fully engaged with the opportunity to explore possible progression routes after Sixth Form this term. Students learned about applying to university, higher and degree apprenticeships and gap year opportunities in talks from Brighton University, ASK Apprenticeships and OysterWorld, before using Unifrog and other online resources to reflect on their interests and strengths and then starting their research and planning for potential routes beyond A levels.

The Progression Day follows a term of assemblies on different progression routes and will continue through PSHEe lessons in the coming terms. On 14th March, all of Year 12 visited the UCAS Convention in Brighton attended by HE and apprenticeship providers from across the country. Parents also had the chance to learn about post-18 progressions in a parents event on 2nd March.

“It was really pleasing to see how engaged Year 12 were across the whole day, taking in all the information from our speakers about apprenticeships, university and gap years, asking lots of questions, and then exploring their own interests and ambitions to begin to identify potential progressions after sixth form.” – Ms White