Students at McAuley Sixth Form have many opportunities to develop new skills, take on leadership roles, and engage in our vibrant extracurricular and enrichment programmes. They also make meaningful contributions to the wider community. Our students flourish the Sixth Form, leaving as confident, capable young adults equipped with the skills, values, and enthusiasm for lifelong learning needed for future success.
Enrichment
Sixth Form life at McAuley is about much more than academic success!
Lourdes. The Lourdes pilgrimage is a unique opportunity for our students to live out the values of faith, service, and compassion. Throughout the week, they are supporting pilgrims with additional needs, assisting with personal care, offering companionship, and helping to create a joyful, inclusive environment for all.
- Lourdes. The Lourdes pilgrimage is a unique opportunity for our students to live out the values of faith, service, and compassion. Throughout the week, they are supporting pilgrims with additional needs, assisting with personal care, offering companionship, and helping to create a joyful, inclusive environment for all.
- Lourdes. For many, this experience is both deeply spiritual and profoundly moving. It offers students the chance to step outside their everyday lives, to serve others with humility and kindness, and to reflect on their own faith journey.
- Lourdes. setting off for Lourdes
- Lourdes.
- First Aid Training. All Sixth Formers are offered First Aid training. This is a vital skill for the future and enhances any CV and a valuable addition to any UCAS/employment application.
- British Sign Language (BSL). British Sign Language (BSL) was legally recognised as an official language in the UK with the passing of the BSL Act in 2022. This recognition grants BSL similar rights and protections to other languages and requires public bodies to consider its use in services and communications to improve accessibility for deaf people.
- British Sign Language (BSL). Students have the opportunity to study an introductory BSL course, enhancing their skillset, strengthening UCAS applications, and increasing their competitiveness in the job market.
- Dress Up Days. The annual ‘Themed Dress Up Day’ has become part of Sixth Form culture, and is exclusive to the Sixth Form. Recent themes have included Cartoon Characters, Super Heroes v Villains and Children’s Classics, and have been well received by all students and staff.
- Dress Up Days.
- Dress Up Days.
- Sixth Form students can take part in the Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award - an internationally recognised programme designed to challenge and inspire.. Completing the Gold Award provides numerous benefits, including the development of soft skills like confidence, resilience, leadership, and teamwork, which are valued by educational institutions and employers. Participants engage in expeditions and activities that foster new experiences, lasting friendships, improved well-being, and a stronger sense of community.
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