Sixth Form Student Voice
What our students think and what Sixth Form are doing about it Year 13 Exit Questionnaire
What we’re doing 1. Sixth Form course choices have prepared me for the next stage in my Course provision extended education/employment over past 2 years Strongly agree 6% Comments Marketing Agree 65% Core Maths “More subject A Level Art Neutral 15% French provision” Economics Disagree 15% Geography Strongly Disagree 0% “Earlier access to English Language Option Blocks to Collaboration with plan next stage” Cardinal Heenan Option Blocks now given in Year 11 Year 13 Exit Questionnaire
What we’re doing 2. I have received adequate support and guidance on University and Edge Hill visit as part of Sixth Apprenticeship applications Form Induction Strongly agree 8% Comments Added Future Focus week to Year 12 calendar. Agree 65% “More support for non Subject specific meetings Neutral 15% university applicants” arranged for particular courses eg nursing / teaching Disagree 10% “Liverpool Scholars, Social Ran apprenticeship support Strongly Disagree 0% Mobility, and visits to sessions after Easter university have been invaluable” Everton visit – apprenticeship open day “Talks from outside providers 1:1 apprenticeship application have helped” support with Progress Manager Year 13 Exit Questionnaire
3. Other opportunities have been made available in Sixth Form to What we’re doing develop skills and enhance employability. Added Future Focus Week in Year 12 with a Strongly agree 8% Comments focus on Employability
Agree 65% “we would value more Added an opportunity Neutral 17% opportunities to for Work Experience in Year 12 Disagree 21% develop employability skills” Further promotion of our Strongly Disagree 2% in house Employability Award Year 13 Exit Questionnaire
4. There are high expectations from subject staff and the Sixth Form Team.
Strongly agree 25% Comments Agree 54% “Advice is valuable from Non of our students Neutral 19% subject staff” disagreed with this! Disagree 0% “You are expected to Strongly Disagree 0% achieve your potential in Sixth Form” Year 13 Exit Questionnaire
5. Progress, attendance and quality of work are effectively monitored in Sixth Form What we’re doing Comments Strongly agree 15% 1 student disagreed with this. Agree 60% “We would value We are looking to discuss Neutral 21% equal targeting and flexibility with target grades so that students may continue Disagree 2% monitoring of all to be challenged once their Strongly Disagree 0% students so we are target grade has been all challenged ” reached Year 13 Exit Questionnaire Additional comments
What we’re doing
What you said Liaised with CH to collaborate calendared events and student monitoring points “We’d benefit from clearer communication in Sixth Form” Ask subjects to issue course content and deadlines in September “We would like more Open door policy in the Sixth Form office opportunities for our thoughts to Add a suggestion box in Sixth Form be heard” to give students an opportunity for their thoughts / ideas to be taken into consideration Advice to future students
Stay organised – Use your study don’t let your periods wisely! work pile up! Be prepared to do a lot of independent work Listen to the Revise throughout the year and advice given by surround yourself staff with positive people! Year 12 Future Focus Week Student Feedback – June 2016
Questions YES NO UNSURE Applying to University 79% 9% 12%
How useful were the following days? VERY USEFUL USEFUL NOT USEFUL Higher Education Day 24% 59% 17%
UCAS Preparation Day 19% 76% 5%
Work Experience – Employability Day 10% 55% 35%
Overall how useful was Future Focus week? VERYUSEFUL USEFUL NOTUSEFUL 77% 14% 2%
Should we keep this in our calendar next year? YES NO 85% 15% Year 12 Future Focus Week Student Feedback
What you said… “More subject seminars during the HE day – they were very busy!”
“All sessions during Future Focus weren’t applicable to all students”
“Timing of the week – impacted on some deadlines”
“Less work on CV building”
“Need more subject specific guidance” Year 12 Future Focus Week Student Feedback
What we have done / are doing… Contacted UCAS to ask for more seminars to be held throughout the day
Make Future Focus a bespoke programme – i.e. students will sign up to sessions that they feel are useful to them next year
Propose a different time of year – To be confirmed
Re-evaluate the CV workshop and replace – eg, interview skills
More subject specific guidance for university to be given by Mrs Hitchmough in coming weeks