Year 12 – UCAS Fair

Coach lists are up in the 6^th Form common room for students to sign up to a coach for the trip. 

The UCAS fair in Derby is on Friday 17^th March.  Students will travel by coach from school after morning registration.  Students will travel back to school in time for their usual home-time.  Any last-minute attendees, please contact the 6^th Form office.

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 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 13^th March 2023

Y12:  Thomas character – One Community

Mon: Watch this video about LGBQT issues in school.  How could you help?  What might you need to ask staff for – at TAHS, work or if you go to uni?    ‘Ask Me’: What LGBTQ Students Want Their Professors to Know – YouTube

Tue:  debate day

Wed:  wider reading and wellbeing

Thu:  future intentions planning

Fri:  assembly

Y13:  Thomas character – ambition, tenacity, self-fulfilled

Mon:  Revision time. Test a friend.

Tue:  debate day

Wed:  wider reading and wellbeing

Thu:  future intentions planning

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