Diploma Award

A DIPLOMA OF KNOWLEDGE, CHARACTER AND THE FUTURE

The Diploma has been specifically designed to reflect the full range and diversity of the St Dunstan’s Sixth Form. It can and will adapt to best serve Sixth Formers and as the following grid structure makes clear, this is a course of adaptability, guided with careful expert mentoring, that allows a student’s talents to flourish and grow.

Minimum commitment:

Maximum commitment:

2 Subject A Levels, 1 Global Perspectives A Level to IRR with 20 hours of Futures courses; Two Terms of participation in Leadership of societies over the two years

Or

3 A Levels, 20 hours of Futures courses; Two Terms of participation in Leadership of societies over the two years

4 Knowledge Subject A Levels; 1 Global Perspectives A Level; 30+ hours of Futures courses; Leadership of multiple groups, covering different fields over the two years

The Award

The Diploma will be awarded to Sixth formers in Year 13 in a graduation ceremony at the end of their last full academic term with us, with their parents invited to attend.

We will recognise different levels of achievement in the Diploma at the end of Y13, thus:

Merit: A Levels; 20 hours of guided Futures courses; 2 Terms of participation in Leader group societies over the two years

Distinction: A Levels; 30 hours of guided Futures courses; 3 Terms as Leaders of multiyear groups over the two years

Honours: A Levels; 30+ hours of guided Futures courses; 4 Terms as Leaders in Forder or multi-year groups, or as a Leader of a whole school project of extraordinary impact across the year groups

Through this Diploma, the College’s motto of ‘Albam Exorna’, the white shield representing the space for the individual path of each student’s journey, is finally theirs to complete and crown, with an attendant real sense of achievement that comes with this ownership.

This diagram shows the Diploma’s full range of flexibility and choice:

Pathway

Knowledge

A Level 1 A Level 2 A Level 3 A Level 4

Futures

Skills Courses: 15 hour min per year

Higher Education & Careers

GP, AS Level, One Term

GP, AS Level Exam, to end Y12

GP, A Level Project, to end Y13 Society Member

Character

Society Leader, Minimum one group per year

1 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Optional / Required for Scholars & Leader

2 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Optional / Required for Scholars & Leader

3 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Optional / Required for Scholars & Leader

4 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Optional / Required for Scholars & Leader Optional

5 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Optional / Required for Scholars & Leader

6 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Optional / Required for Leader

7 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Optional / Required for Leader Optional

Society Leader Multiple groups

Optional

Optional

Optional

Optional

Optional