Sixth Form entry September 2023 – online application

If you have missed the application deadline of 13^th January, please get in touch with Mrs Walton via sixthform@tahs.org.uk ASAP.

UCAS CONFIRMATION OF PLACES

Please can Y13 students check the progress of their UCAS applications on a regular basis.  There may be deadlines to confirm their places.  Confirmation must come directly from students, not TAHS staff.  Please contact the sixth form team with any queries.

Year 12 – UCAS Fair

There will be a Year 12 trip to the UCAS fair in Derby on Friday 17^th March.  Students will travel by coach from school in the morning, arriving at the fair in time for the 10.30am entrance.  Students will travel back to school in time for their usual home-time.  Please make the payment via Parent Pay.  Letters have been sent home.

Please note, letters/payments to be received by Friday 3^rd March at the latest.

Year 12 Lockers

We are offering a limited number of lockers to Year 12 students on a first come, first served, basis.  There is a £5 refundable deposit payable via Parent Pay.

Please can students bring a copy of their Parent Pay receipt to the Sixth Form Office where they will be issued with their key.

Refunds will be issued via Parent Pay when the key is returned.  This must be before the end of Year 13 whilst still on roll.

Uttoxeter Road Runners – volunteers needed – 30^th April 2023

Uttoxeter Road Runners are looking for 6th formers or D of E students to assist with marshalling the junior road race on Sunday 30^th April.

Scouts & Guides will be manning the water stations along all of the routes.

Please contact Mrs Walton or Mrs Griffiths if you would be interested in helping to marshal the race.

TAP for W/C 6^th March 2023

Y12:  Thomas Character – Happy and healthy

Mon:   Are you in a healthy relationship? Are you worried about a friend in a relationship but don’t know what to do? Watch these clips for information. Please talk to staff if there is anything that concerns you. Official film | Disrespect NoBody – Bing video, Tea and Consent – Bing video

Tue:  Play the Amazing Apprenticeships ‘match up’ game. Send your group’s best time through to Mrs Bell for a prize, competing against Y12 and Y13. Apprenticeship Halves (Educandy) – Amazing Apprenticeships

Wed:  Watch this Amazing Apprenticeships video (13 minutes) for information about types of apprenticeship and testimonials from those already working and training. The Apprenticeship Assembly Film – Amazing Apprenticeships

Thur:  Future intentions planning:  take a look at this website and start to book in for some university open days if this is your chosen route:  Opendays.com – university and college open days – home page.  Continue your search in your 6f7 sessions.  Also show students the type of things they should be considering e.g. entry requirements, course details, open days, scholarships etc such as on this example from Manchester Uni: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/2023/00559/bsc-computer-science-with-industrial-experience/

Fri:  Assembly

Y13:  Thomas Character – Healthy and Happy

Mon:  Students receive a hand out of how to stay healthy at university (more information will be given during freshers’ weeks). Bright Knowledge

Tue: 

University budgeting. Try the UCAS student budgeting calculator during your study periods. The second link is a Student Finance calculator which will calculate your maintenance allowance but you will need to add parental income. Links have been added to the Y13 Team so students can access them.

Budget calculator | Undergraduate, Conservatoires | UCAS

Student finance calculator – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Wed:  Play the Amazing Apprenticeships ‘match up’ game. Send your group’s best time through to Mrs Bell for a prize, competing against Y12 and Y13. Apprenticeship Halves (Educandy) – Amazing Apprenticeships

Thur:  Watch this Amazing Apprenticeships video (13 minutes) for information about types of apprenticeship and testimonials from those already working and training. The Apprenticeship Assembly Film – Amazing Apprenticeships

Fri:  Assembly

Data Collection Sheet

Any students who haven’t returned their data collection sheet, please can you drop it into the Sixth form office.

Sixth Form Finance

The school has been allocated a Discretional Bursary Fund (DBF) which students are able bid into throughout the academic year providing they meet the financial criteria set by the school and outlined in our DBF policy.

For the academic year 2022-2023 students are eligible for funding of up to £400 if their parental income is below £27,000 (proof required) or if they were designated as pupil premium. If a student is a looked after child (LAC) they may be entitled to up to £1,200 of financial support. Students must use this funding to support their Post-16 education.  For example, Sixth Form uniform, transport costs to and from school, textbooks, revision guides, course materials, IT equipment (up to £150), educational visits, UCAS application Fee, University entrance tests etc.

More detailed information will be available in the DBF booklet which students can be obtain from Mrs Walton in the Sixth Form office or by emailing sixthform@tahs.org.uk