Sixth Form Life

Our unquestionable purpose in setting out Sixth Form life is to engender a culture that is rigorously academic.

But alongside the academic strand of the Sixth Form, we have also fostered a climate of high-level social activity and a commitment to high culture.

We know that, by the time students come to interviews with employers and universities, there is an expectation on them of ‘soft-skills’: emotional intelligence, interpersonal confidence, humour, a wide cultural basis, a capacity to delegate, to lead and to communicate. These skills are only ever developed in context and we have a number of vehicles to ensure that students are exposed to many of these.

Thorpe Lodge is the last of the palatial Victorian villas that once crowned Campden Hill. A Grade II-listed building, it creates a designated home for A-Level students; a place for them to work during study periods and a social hub (including use of a high-spec kitchen) during break times. Students use this space for private study and also as a social space, with access to a well-appointed kitchen for tea and coffee at break and lunchtimes, and exclusive use of the well-kept terrace and gardens.