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Sixth Form

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Hampton Sixth Form allows boys to approach their post-16 education in a challenging yet supportive environment. The Sixth Form Study and Careers Centre (The Barry Martin Centre) offers the ideal environment for independent and collaborative study.

In Sixth Form, teaching is organised in small groups, enabling pupils to build close partnerships with Sixth Form subject tutors, ensuring their personal and academic development. The majority of boys continue their education through to Sixth Form at Hampton School. However we do welcome a number of external applicants every year from both the State and Independent sectors.

Sixth Form Life

Sixth Formers are viewed as the School’s leaders, at the apex of everything: sport, music, drama, debating, and community service, to name but a few.

They set the standards for the whole School in all they do and the opportunities this provides for leading younger pupils is a key difference between attending a school and going to a Sixth Form College.

Our boys are encouraged to develop the qualities of leadership, initiative and service to others. We believe this enables them to leave school with the confidence and skills to tackle the ever-increasing complexity of modern life.

Life in the Sixth Form at Hampton is exciting, challenging and busy. Take a look at the publication below to find out more:

Sixth Form Life

Sixth Form Study and Careers Centre

The start-of-the-art Sixth Form Study and Careers Centre offers a stunning learning space for our senior boys. The centre significantly enhances the School’s existing teaching facilities and also provides an innovative study area for our Sixth Formers. It offers Hamptonians flexible work spaces, along with private study areas and individual workstations. The centre also houses a specialist UCAS and Careers Department, providing senior boys with exceptional resources and access to Hampton’s alumni network as they consider their path beyond Hampton.

Common Room

Sixth Formers are privileged to have their own Common Room where they have space to relax and socialise. The Common Room includes football and pool tables, a television and its own cafe.

Dress Code

In recognition of their maturity and position of leadership in the School, Sixth Form boys now replace school uniform with smart business dress.

Prefects and Mentors

The positions of the School Captains’ team, Prefects and Mentors are awarded to Sixth Form pupils who embody the ethos of the School, serve as role models to younger boys and act as ambassadors. They are expected to lead by example in every setting and to offer advice and support to the younger boys.

 

In common with the great majority of academically selective schools we believe that A Levels currently offer the best post-16 education model. We continuously keep abreast of developments, assessing and examining the educational and examination options available to Sixth Form pupils, with a view to ensuring that Hampton retains its place at the forefront of academic learning.

Benefits of the A Level system

  • A Level examinations have challenging content. There are nine periods (360 minutes) dedicated to each subject in the Upper Sixth; this enables teachers to take boys into the extra level of detail necessary for A and A* grades.
  • A Levels allow pupils to choose the subjects they wish to study according to the English tradition of broad-based education to 16 followed by a greater degree of Sixth Form specialisation

Subject Options

Hampton offers a wide range of study in the Sixth Form. The publication linked here contains an overview of each subject available in the Sixth Form.

Lower Sixth

In addition to their three main A Levels (or four if studying Further Maths), all Hamptonians choose one of three Elective routes to take through their Lower Sixth year. Our Electives programme provides pupils with an unrivalled opportunity to go beyond the confines of A Level specifications, allowing every pupil to take an individual journey of learning and exploration through the Sixth Form. Further details on the electives can be found here.

Upper Sixth

In the Upper Sixth pupils will be able to continue with at least three mainstream A Level examinations. Almost without exception, Upper Sixth leavers go on to degree courses at highly regarded universities (Russell Group or equivalent), either directly or after a Gap Year.

Hampton School Sixth Form also provides numerous opportunities for leadership and for boys to grow personally, preparing them for life at university and beyond.

 

The Hampton Extended Learning Project was introduced to provide Sixth Form pupils with additional stretch and challenge. It offers them the opportunity to produce an extended piece of work either in an area they are already studying, or one in which they have a particular interest.

The process of organising and producing the project develops the skills of research, analysis, independent learning and time-management that are so highly valued by the top universities.

Pupils choose topics which interest them (a) alongside an A level or Pre-U syllabus; (b) cutting across syllabus boundaries; or (c) in new, but related, territory. They then research and produce an essay of between 5,000 and 10,000 words, fully academically referenced. Once complete, boys will give a presentation to some of their peers and staff on the subject of their research and take questions.

The School is able to mention this work positively in the pupils’ university references and several boys have found themselves discussing their research in depth at university interviews.

Essays in the past few years have covered such diverse topics as:

  • Scottish independence
  • Quantum gravity
  • Napoleon’s legacy on modern France
  • A comparison and explanation of cross-culture kinship
  • The development of the Japanese writing system and its impact on Japanese culture
  • The concept of the sublime in literature
  • The spread of Islam in Britain
  • To what extent were Oliver Cromwell’s actions Machiavellian?
  • Epigenetics
  • The feasibility of time travel
  • The history and future of Bitcoin
  • Why the naked ape became smart
  • The experience of the Russian serfs and their influence on Russian literature
  • Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and the future of employment
  • The misuse of statistics in the courtroom

As part of Hampton School’s aim to provide a broad and balanced curriculum for its pupils, all pupils in the Sixth Form have two periods of Curriculum Enrichment (CE) a week as an opportunity for broadening horizons and the mind. These cover areas and issues which we consider to be topics on which an intelligent, articulate and free-thinking individual should have an opinion; and provide skills which will be vital for a successful time at university and in the world beyond.

The CE carousel, which runs across both years of the Sixth Form, contains certain core sessions supplemented by a range of optional sessions from which boys make a choice. The core sessions are:

  • Thinking Skills
  • Community Service
  • Oracy

Amongst the 18 optional courses are the likes of Python programming; cookery; an introduction to British Sign Language; first aid; an introduction to linguistics; current affairs; and mindfulness. There are four 5-week sessions in the Lower Sixth and three sessions in the Upper Sixth, interspersed by a range of interesting and engaging external speakers on various topics from personal health to contemporary ethical concerns.

The CE sessions are run jointly with LEH, and sessions will be attended by both boys and girls. Some sessions will be delivered by Hampton staff at Hampton School, and some by LEH staff at LEH. Staff from both schools have been working together closely to ensure that, utilising the expertise of staff from both schools, our enhanced CE course will be a cohesive and elevating experience for all.

Community Service

We feel that it is important that every Hamptonian recognises his privileged position and offers something back to the community. It is for this reason that every pupil does some community service in local primary schools helping children to read and generally assisting in the classroom.

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Hampton, Middlesex,
TW12 3HD

020 8979 5526

info@hamptonschool.org.uk

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