Here pupils select the three or four mainstream A levels which will help to determine their future. Students choose from no less than twenty three Arts and Sciences options. The fourth A level may be General Studies, chosen to counteract the necessary specialisation of the Sixth Form curriculum, injecting breadth and balance into study. As students mature they can take greater responsibility for themselves and their work. We encourage this as the best preparation for university and Sixth Formers continue to be expected to play a positive and responsible part in the schools' activities.
W e prepare the most able students for Oxford and Cambridge entrance.
Many take a GAP year between college and university. Pupils join one of the school Houses on entry and continue in it throughout their school career. Close contact is established and maintained between staff and pupils within the Houses and liaison with parents is an integral part of the system. Alongside the Houses and working on a matrix basis with them to provide a firm infrastructure for academic and pastoral support and guidance is a Tutorial system by year group. Form Tutors and Year Tutors monitor each pupil's progress and give regular advice on a personal and individual basis.