You must view your time in our sixth form as a full-time job, 35 hours per week, and make your learning a priority.

As a general guide, you should be studying 10 hours per subject per week, either in school or at home.

4 hours will be taught time, 2 hours of homework, 4 hours if independent study plus Charter lessons and EPQ.

You will expect to be set pre-work, post-work and coursework assignments, plus revision for tests, assessments and examinations, all of which should take place outside of lessons. You therefore need to make time to study. It is important to have a sensible work-life balance, but sometimes you may struggle to manage a social life, part time employment and your studies, perhaps to the detriment of your sixth form learning. This obviously manifests itself in poor performance and results.

Our advice is to fully utilise the study periods in school, which will then free up more time for leisure pursuits outside of school hours. Your academic mentor is available for advice and assistance with time management.

You are asked to keep any part time job to no more than 12 hours a week so that you are able to commit to the study time required to achieve your future goals.

You must not engage in paid employment during the school day (8:30am – 2:45pm) under any circumstances.