Academic

New Hall School has a strong tradition of academic success. This has been achieved through a combination of excellent teaching, superb facilities and a strong pastoral care system that enables each student to achieve his/her true potential. As a member of New Hall Sixth Form, you would benefit from:

• smaller classes and tutor groups, taught by A Level specialists, with a more adult style of teaching and learning;
• well-designed and comfortable facilities, such as the St Thomas More Sixth Form centre;
• a wide range of A Level subjects, with timetable subject blocks designed from your choices each year (see below);
• Critical Thinking offered to all as an additional AS/A Level;
• Extended Project offered to all students;
• a broad core curriculum that continues to develop your interests and skills beyond the A Level specifications; this includes PE, General RE, LAMDA and Menu for Life (with cookery taking place in our state-of-the-art Technology Centre, which opened in 2007).

As a result of these, in 2009, record results were achieved at A Level and GCSE. The overall success rate was 100%. A record 47% of A Level grades were at the top grade A. 78% of A Level grades were at A-B; these results were achieved by the largest sixth form cohort in New Hall’s history. A remarkable 115 A Level modules – in a range of subjects from sciences to humanities to languages – were awarded a perfect 100% score. Once again this year, the vast majority of Sixth Form leavers achieved their first choice university.

The subjects that are on offer at A Level are:

Ancient Greek	History
Art	Information and Communication Technology
Biology	Latin
Business Studies	Mathematics
Chemistry	Music
Classical Civilisation	Photography
Economics	Physical Education
English Literature	Physics
French	Psychology
Further Mathematics	Religious Studies
Geography	Spanish
Government & Politics	Theatre Studies