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29/11/23

Our Y9 and Y10 Football Team enjoyed their coaching session at . Thank you so much for an inspiring afternoon!⚽️ pic.twitter.com/fDJcwVuMSJ

21/11/23

The Youth Parliament results are in! A huge congratulations to Maryam and Tasnia who were elected. 👏👏👏👏 https://t.co/FtGqhR2DBH

17/11/23

🧵Thread on our wonderful accountability assembly last week on A packed house of 500+, meaningful commitments made, relationships built, and dozens leaders developed. Democracy in action. 📸 (1/25) pic.twitter.com/V4TpHKinMx

17/11/23

We shared powerful poetry about the importance of mental health . A privilege to to be part of such an inspirational community 💫#mentalhealthmatters pic.twitter.com/TLCEh1qJfD

17/11/23

Our brilliant Mental Health Ambassadors influencing decision makers at to prioritise and resource mental health support. So proud of their active citizenship! 👏 pic.twitter.com/jq16fhntoA

13/10/23

Celebrating Black History Month in our Food department means baking delicious Jamaican patties from scratch! Delicious! 😋 pic.twitter.com/pIpma80RYy

10/10/23

Celebrating World Mental Health Day 'mental health is a universal human right!' Our MH Ambassadors led mindful colouring, treasure hunt, black history month mindful colouring with Ms Thompson, skipping on the field and check in's with Mr Oviri. pic.twitter.com/dCSFdQ9obV

09/10/23

Y7 loved their trip to Harry Potter World today. This brought to life the magic of their 'Fantasy' unit in English 🧙‍♂️💫 pic.twitter.com/urdrGyNQHy

09/10/23

Our Art students loved their residential to Amsterdam. Highlights included the Rijksmuseum, Anne Franks House, Van Gogh Museum and MOCA the contemporary art gallery as well as an art walking and sketching tour and a canal trip 🎨 pic.twitter.com/zuvk4zAwIY

29/09/23

Amazing day at Dulwich Picture Gallery for our P16 students. High praise from the gallery director for their research and presentations 👏 Well done! pic.twitter.com/XfEoZkoyuB

29/09/23

Getting ready to welcome more families. For more information and sign up, please see our website https://t.co/4vZVqwRzth pic.twitter.com/Uw1j8NVNUi

28/09/23

Excited to welcome our new students and their families this evening. Our bookshop is open 📖 Sign up for our Open Events here; https://t.co/64GMKIaXv6 pic.twitter.com/S16DpLjgsZ

27/09/23

Our Y11 gardening club enjoying the fruits of their hard work. Look at this impressive harvest! Hard work pays of! pic.twitter.com/Zmurjxt0wf

26/09/23

Supporting our brilliant students running for UK Youth Parliament. The leaders of tomorrow 💫 pic.twitter.com/JpyHihMpZ3

20/09/23

Sign up for our Open Events; https://t.co/4vZVqwRzth pic.twitter.com/ixg1zYSQCf

18/09/23

Brilliant after school session with Studio Lenca. We are so excited to contribute to the new and exciting exhibition! 💫 pic.twitter.com/2gS5CnNwKB

14/09/23

Join our brilliant art students who will be sharing their collaboration with Lauren Jenkins at Peckham Festival this Saturday 16th September. Find us in the Community Hub, Bussey Building, Peckham. See you there! 💫 pic.twitter.com/LCWbmBgcXD

24/08/23

Congratulations to our GCSE Class of 2023 for their exceptional results. We could not be prouder of your achievements! 💫🌟 pic.twitter.com/wAMu9vP4En

17/08/23

Huge congratulations to all our exceptional students on their A Level results today. We are beyond proud of you and wish you every success for the future 💫 pic.twitter.com/uadMFuPGsr

18/07/23

Our students received their final assignment grades for their dissertations . We are so proud of your hard work! 🌟 pic.twitter.com/CdzG6AF26Y

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Teaching and Learning

As part of the Academy’s offer to give Sixth Form students, regardless of background, a rich and deep learning experience, all subjects will adhere to the following standards.

  • The needs of all students are met in all lessons.
  • Teachers must demonstrate expert knowledge of their subject and have strong pedagogical content knowledge.
  • Subject teaching must demonstrate a coherently-planned and sequenced curriculum which embeds subject knowledge and skills for future learning. As such, students are able to articulate how their current learning relates to the wider sequence and are aware of end points.
  • Assessment will effectively monitor the progress of all and provide direct feedback as well as checking students’ understanding systematically and identify misconceptions and content for development.
  • Teachers will create environments that allow students to focus on learning and in which students are challenged and encouraged to apply wider subject conceptual knowledge and understanding.
  • Classrooms demonstrate high levels of literacy and vocabulary and are opportunities for critical discussion, debate and exploration.
  • Student work demonstrates progress, opportunities for extended writing and a depth of independent study beyond the classroom content. Marking is seen as an opportunity for further recommended reading/development.
  • Where possible, homework is preparatory in nature, allowing teachers and students to engage with content on a critical and conceptual level in the classroom.
  • Students are encouraged to read widely around their subjects and have a good understanding of the work/industry/higher education opportunities for their subjects.
  • Subjects provide students with extra-curricular events and trips.

Assessment

Assessment is an integral part of the subject delivery and students will be assessed through a mixture of formal academy examinations, subject-based assessments and tasks, and regular student teacher dialogue.

Year 12 students sit induction tests at the end of their first half term in Sixth Form to provide an early indicator of subject performance. They then have formal exams in February and June of Year 12.

Year 13 students have two formal mock exam sittings, in November and March. Final Year 13 exams start from May of Year 13.

Students taking vocational subjects have formal, external assessments from January of Year 12, which count towards their final grades. They also have coursework units to complete throughout Year 12 and Year 13 which are externally moderated.


Student scholarship

Sixth Form students will be encouraged to show resilience, composure, curiosity, meticulousness and ambition in all that they do, as all are necessary for academic excellence. As in lower school, our vision is to develop students with character, courage and conscience, who become academically and personally successful and lead in their community and beyond.

Students’ attitudes and conduct must demonstrate an understanding of appropriate workplace/professional behaviour, at all times, and they should remember that they are ambassadors for our core values and must, therefore, act as role models to the lower school students.

It is a requirement that Sixth Form students have high levels of attendance and punctuality in order to benefit fully from the educational opportunities available. Students are placed on attendance report when their attendance is consistently below our target of 95%.

Alongside the subject timetable, Sixth Form students are expected to complete three to five hours of independent study per week, per subject. At Harris East Dulwich Sixth Form we have lots of quiet study space for students to use. Where students are struggling to manage and structure independent study, we put a support plan in place and timetable specific study support sessions.


Homework and wider reading

Each subject studied will provide five hours a week of homework. The work will be relevant and appropriate to the current content studied and there is a firm requirement that students adhere to all deadlines. As part of that commitment, teachers will provide meaningful and timely feedback on work submitted. It is a student’s responsibility to ensure that their work folders and books are organised and structured to suitably aid study and revision. All materials should be available for inspection and review whenever necessary.

Submitted work must demonstrate the standard needed for Sixth Form study and students must take full advantage of the times allocated for learning and preparation in order that they are able to participate fully and effectively in the classroom.

Students will be taught how to effectively and independently research and read beyond classroom and this wider reading and study ought to inform discussion of the standard subject content, with teachers facilitating that application through extensive questioning in the classroom.