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2018 PROSPECTUS #WEARENEWMAN Contents 3 College Life 37 Arts 59 Humanities 77 Technology 83 Sports 89 Numbers “cardinal 99 Sciences 107 People newman is an outstanding CATHOLIC COLLEGE IN EVERY ASPECT” OFSTED visit ourOCTOBER NOVEMBER 23 open events07 THURSDAY SATURDAY 5PM - 8pm 10AM - 2pm OUR MISSION OUR VALUES OCTOBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER FEBRUARY As a Catholic Sixth Form College, we strive to Cardinal Newman College is a community which be a centre of educational excellence for the aims to live out the gospel values of service and community built on faith, respect and trust. love. For further details of the College’s Mission We celebrate diversity amongst all of our and Ethos please visit cardinalnewman.ac.uk students and staff, and we seek to nurture the 07 23 23 01 gifts of each individual through high quality SATURDAY MONDAY THURSDAY THURSDAY 10AM - 2pm 5Pm - 8pm 5PM - 8pm 5PM - 8pm teaching, learning and dedicated pastoral care. 2 Call 01772 460181 or visit cardinalnewman.ac.uk 3 OCTOBER FEBRUARY 23 MONDAY 01 5Pm - 8pm THURSDAY 5PM - 8pm #WEARENEWMAN At Cardinal Newman College we We are proud to be able to offer are extremely proud of all of our our students the very best range students’ achievements, but the of choices. Although we expect accolade that we are most proud our students to work hard during of is their progression during their time with us, we want them their time with us. to enjoy themselves too! We have an enormous range of enrichment There are many methods for ranking activities; trips around the UK and students’ achievements, but the overseas, sports, performance and measure that we at Newman hold a multitude of other opportunities. dearest is Value Added. This measure is the most reflective of a College’s performance and is also the most “ OUR STUDENTS inclusive, as it measures all students’ REALLY FULFIL THEIR achievements. Value added takes a student’s GCSE results and compares POTENTIAL WITH it with their A Level or BTEC Level US, PROGRESSING 3 results and then measures the ONTO PRESTIGIOUS distance travelled during their time at College. On this basis, we are UNIVERSITIES the top Sixth Form College in AND REWARDING Nick Burnham Lancashire. Principal CAREERS.’’ Our students really fulfil their potential with us, progressing onto prestigious We are a Catholic College for the universities and rewarding careers. community and the Chaplaincy This success is built on teamwork team provides students with between staff and students. Our staff opportunities to be involved in are passionate about working with campaigning and charitable work, young people and always go the as well as considering their own extra mile to provide guidance and spiritual journey. I firmly believe that support to help them succeed. whatever your faith or beliefs, there When students enrol at Cardinal is something here for you. Newman, they can choose from This prospectus will give you a real a vast range of different subjects, flavour of what we have to offer. ensuring that they find the course For more information visit our that’s just right for them. website and social media channels or, best of all, come along to our Open Events - I look forward to meeting you then. 4 Call 01772 460181 or visit cardinalnewman.ac.uk The College contains Lark Hill Over the years, the College has A further addition to the College’s House, which was built in 1797 expanded, with approximately already outstanding facilities, in the WE ARE BLESSED as a private house for Samuel £16 million worth of investment form of a brand new state-of-the-art Horrocks, a cotton manufacturer in state-of-the-art facilities, which gym in the St Augustine’s building WITH WONDERFUL and later Mayor and Member perfectly combine the old with the was opened in September 2016. of Parliament for Preston. In new. In 2009 we saw the addition This was accompanied by a complete 1919 it became Lark Hill Convent of the St Cecilia Building and St refurbishment of the social space SURROUNDINGS FOR Grammar school, which began Augustine’s Building in 2010, which and café area of the St Augustine’s taking sixth form students in was renovated and refurbished to building. house classrooms, drama/dance 1967 from other local Catholic For more details of our studios, as well as the original OUR STUDENTS TO WORK, Secondary Schools. College facilities, please visit sports facilities. It finally became Cardinal Newman www.cardinalnewman.ac.uk College in 1978, when it merged 2015 saw the addition of yet another LEARN AND RELAX IN. with Winckley Square Convent new building in the form of St Frances, School and Preston Catholic College, which opened in September, which taking its name from Cardinal John is home to new classrooms for Henry Newman. Sociology and Maths as well as Open Learning Centres, Seminar rooms and a Mango Bean Coffee shop with social space. 6 Call 01772 460181 or visit cardinalnewman.ac.uk 7 NEWMAN IN NUMBERS... 13 1,049 287 97% NUMBER OF STUDENTS OFFERS OF STUDENTS OXFORD AND OFFERED AT RUSSELL WOULD CAMBRIDGE PLACES AT GROUP RECOMMEND SUCCESS UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITIES NEWMAN TO A FRIEND 8 Call 01772 460181 or visit cardinalnewman.ac.uk 9 99.7% WE'RE IN A LEVEL PASS RATE 100% 73% 1IN3 A CLASS BTEC Advanced STUDENTS LEVEL 3 Level ACHIEVED PASS RATE High Grades AN A* OR A OF OUR GRADE 28 3IN4 100% OFFERS FOR Students HIGH GRADES OWN! MEDICINE, achieved IN 26 BTEC DENTISTRY high grades LEVEL 3 AND VET in maths and COURSES SCIENCE science 10 Call 01772 460181 or visit cardinalnewman.ac.uk 11 YOUR 2018 entry guide STEP 1: STEP 2: STEP 3: STEP 4: STEP 5: STEP 6: STEP 7: STEP 8: DO YOUR COME AND APPLY MAKE A GOOD ACCEPT NEWMAN ENROL AT START AT RESEARCH VISIT US ONLINE IMPRESSION YOUR PLACE FESTIVAL NEWMAN NEWMAN NOW OCTOBER 2017 - OCTOBER 2017 - JANUARY - FEBRUARY - JULY 2018 AUGUST 2018 SEPTEMBER 2018 Read through this College FEBRUARY 2018 FEBRUARY 2018 MARCH 2018 APRIL 2018 Once you have accepted If you have accepted your September is here and the prospectus and discover Open Events at the College Applications to Cardinal Interviews will take place at If you are successful, your place at Cardinal place at Cardinal Newman, time has finally arrived for the wide range of courses start in October, so make Newman open in October. College between January after your interview you Newman, you will be you will receive a letter you to start at Newman! available to you. sure you visit us at one! You can apply online at and March and are the will receive a conditional invited to attend Newman during the summer term Don’t be nervous - with your enrolment date everyone is really friendly You can also find more It’s a great way to find cardinalnewman.ac.uk first chance the College will offer letter. You need to Fest on Tuesday 3rd July and time. GCSE results and we will try our best to details about all of the out what Newman has to Simply click on the ‘Apply’ have to meet you, so it is log into “Newman Apply” 2018. It is a chance for you will be out on Thursday make you feel at home. courses and entry criteria at offer. For details of these tab, read through the important to be prompt, (details of how to do this to test-drive the subjects that you have applied for 23rd August 2018 and cardinalnewman.ac.uk events please see page 2 instructions. Submit your enthusiastic and smart. will be in your offer letter) of this prospectus or visit application before the and accept your place and it will almost be like enrolment will take place cardinalnewman.ac.uk 10th February 2018 to be at Cardinal Newman! your first day at Newman. from 23rd – 24th August guaranteed an interview in You must do this within You will meet the teachers, 2018. Feb-April 2018. two weeks of receiving some of your classmates your offer letter. and learn all about the exciting opportunities available to you once you have enrolled. 12 Call 01772 460181 or visit cardinalnewman.ac.uk 13 “ To enable all students coming to Cardinal Newman College to achieve their learning goals, the College has a dedicated and specialist Learning Support team.’’ YOUR ACHIEVEMENT TUTOR We provide an initial screening test, • Developing reading and spelling skills When you come to Cardinal which all students undertake to Newman, you will have your identify their learning style(s) and any • Providing access technology At Cardinal potential specific learning difficulties. own Achievement Tutor. Your to enable students to work Achievement Tutor will support you We provide specialist support for independently people with learning difficulties in all aspects of College life: from If you have a physical disability, Newman College and physical difficulties, to enable guidance in your studies; help with the support that we provide is varied. students to access mainstream your study skills; advice regarding You may be offered someone to education. We also provide tailor possible career progression and support you to use all of the facilities made support packages, which allow every student application to Higher Education; to we offer, someone to support you out students to work at their own pace arranging any extra help or support of lessons, or someone to support and reach their full potential. you may need during your learning. you with lifts, stairs and getting to matters and we Through regular one-to-one reviews We have an excellent support classes. We will work within your of your progress, individual target service to help students with Specific Educational Health Care Plan and setting and action planning, your Learning Disabilities.