Sixth Form is an exciting journey to adulthood that goes far beyond passing exams, explains Gareth Pearson, Senior Deputy Head at Lord Wandsworth College, Hampshire
I always enjoy welcoming back our fifth formers as Lower Sixth students in September. Each year they walk with an extra spring in their step, knowing they are on the threshold of adulthood. Dressed in newly- purchased suits, the students sense that they are entering a defining two years in their lives, and it?s our job to help them grasp all the opportunities that Sixth Form has to offer.
In recent years, our Senior Leadership Team and Head of Sixth Form have looked more closely at the Sixth-Form experience, and explored what the wider aims for our sixth formers should be. Naturally, gaining an excellent set of A-Level grades remains a central outcome, but these final two years bring into focus the kind of young men and women we want our students to become when they leave school. We do everything we can to help them become well-rounded characters with good self-confidence, outward modesty and resilience to make a positive difference to the world.
“pupil voice” is a way for students to change the direction of the school, from our social media to what’s on the lunch menus

We believe that our choices define our characters, and this has influenced our recent decision to change our timetable, so that the academic curriculum is delivered from Monday to Friday. This frees up Saturday mornings for pu...