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.

There are many features that make New Hall Sixth Form distinctive:
• smaller classes and tutor groups, taught by A Level specialists, with a more adult style of teaching and learning;
• dedicated communal facilities, such as the study rooms and common room in St Thomas More Sixth Form Centre
• a wide range of A Level subjects;
• Critical Thinking offered to all as an additional AS/A Level;
• the 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);
• Omega, a specialist Oxbridge preparation programme, with the most recent successes including offers from Oxford for English and from Cambridge for Natural Sciences, Theology and Medieval & Modern Languages;
• a specialist university preparation programme, including ones for Medicine and Law courses;
• a specialist careers programme;
• a varied and rich extra-curricular activities programme;
• opportunities to develop leadership skills in a range of roles available only to Sixth Form students;
• opportunities to prepare for the transition from school to Higher Education, with a dress code, rather than a uniform, and individual study periods to develop your independent learning.
• the NHVS programme which supports the social and moral development of students.

Whether you have been at New Hall for a number of years, or will be joining the school for the first time, all Sixth Form students are afforded the same support and opportunities during their time in the Sixth Form. You will be assigned a tutor who, as a Sixth Form specialist, will oversee your academic and pastoral progress; s/he will also be very important when you begin the UCAS process. Your tutor will also work closely with the Head of Sixth Form, the Deputy Heads of Sixth Form as well as the individual Heads of Years 12 and 13. If you are a boarder, then you will also benefit from the support your Housemistress/master.

The A Level years are ones which require hard work, but ultimately lead to great personal fulfilment. Life in the Sixth Form will allow you to recognise your specific talents, in each field of expertise, as well as developing a strong sense of service to others.