Sixth Form

After the last two disrupted years, it was lovely to welcome the Sixth Form to Ramshill this year, in particular, the new Lower Sixth, our biggest year ever. The Upper Sixth returned to the toughest term of their school life, where the workload increases at the same time as UCAS applications need completing. The role of the Personal Tutors is central to ensuring the students’ university applications are as good as they can be, and I must thank them for their hard work on behalf of the students. The hard work paid off with some excellent university offers in an extremely competitive year, and despite the forecast that results would be down after the last wo years of CAGs and TAGs, the students achieved our best results ever - a phenomenal achievement. The students were fully deserving of their outstanding results, and I wish them every success for the future.

The new social space in Ramshill proved to be a big hit, with more toast than ever being served at break time. The new MUGA also came into its own, with football, volleyball, and cricket taking place, as well as the usual dodgeball tournaments organised by the committee; the most recent one was won by the team dressed as dinosaurs.

The students worked as hard as ever, impressing us all with their wide range of interests and the extent of their endeavour. It’s a truism to say that busy students often achieve better, and it is always amazing to see how well the students juggle their many commitments. It was great to see many of them take opportunities to attend talks and lectures, including those given by high profile speakers such as Vince Cable and Floella Benjamin. It’s these extra things beyond the classroom that are so important in making competitive applications to university, as well as being valuable in their own right. Bill Baker