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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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Personal Development - What Makes a Good Sixth Former?

There is no doubt that excellent teaching and learning are a huge part of the success of our sixth form at East Dulwich.

We understand that this success does not come from teaching and learning alone but is also as a result of the personal development of the student.

Our personal development curriculum results in well-rounded young people who are confident, capable of study and who realise that as well as success in their subjects, they should be grab as many opportunities that come their way in Sixth Form to make the most of their two years with us. This can include volunteering, work experience, student leadership, the Harris Experience programme, external programmes such as Sutton Trust and K+ and attending enrichment opportunities and trips. Tutor time covers:

  • the Post 16 bulletin and prep time on Mondays
  • UCAS, Careers and Next Steps on Tuesdays
  • Assembly on Wednesday afternoons
  • and PHSE in tutor time every Thursday.

In terms of study habits, we have a consistent dialogue shared by students and teaching staff. Outside of lessons and homework, we expect students to spend around five hours of independent study each week, per subject.

To help secure these successes we use tutor time to develop our young people. Our tutors set the expectation that all contribute verbally in order to set ourselves up for success in the future.

A key part of tutor time is PSHE and we use this time to have our young people understand the importance of being an active citizen who contributes to and questions their society - to be someone who is well equipped for the challenges and situations that life in a city in the 21st century might throw at them. We also use tutor time to make sure that students are developing their understanding of Post 18 destinations and what skills and experience they need to have to access them.


Clubs and societies

Our commitment to cultivating development in young people goes beyond tutor time. Our students lead a number of their own groups which teaches them about leadership and collaboration, and gives them an outlet to do something that they care about and value.

We currently have a student Debate Society and Film Society running, students volunteering weekly to support Key Stage 3 readers and events planned to raise money for a range of charities.


The Discover programme

Each year we run the DISCOVER programme with the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. The programme looks at how to manage stress and worry.

Dr Sclare, a clinical psychologist who leads the programme across a number of Harris Sixth Forms with great success, meets with the Head of Sixth Form, to discuss the impact the programme has had on our students each year.

We have always seen excellent results, and this is another method we use to support our students and identify where there may be concerns we would not normally see on our average day.

The DISCOVER team have also helped us identify additional ways to support students who are struggling to cope with high levels of stress.

The reason we do this is because of the continuing increase in pressures placed on our students in the Sixth Form and nationally. It is a tough – and very fast – two years where students are required to study very challenging courses, without the extensive support they received in Year 11.

They are to become mature, independent and highly resilient young people almost overnight once they start in order to prepare for either university or the outside world of work – it is a significant jump from Year 11 to university/employment in merely two years and we are here to support them all the way.