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Our expectations of you
Our happy, successful and nurturing Sixth Form has the strongest foundations — trust and respect We trust you to make excellent practical and moral choices in all aspects of your lives and we are dedicated to helping you feel confident in making these choices We trust you to respect the independence that Sixth Form life offers — in return, trust your teachers and respect their experience
Headington prides itself on its civilised, courteous and purposeful atmosphere and we expect you to be self-disciplined and mature, to demonstrate integrity in all that you do and have respect for all of those in the school community Your Form Tutor will guide you in the School’s expectations, because the School’s success relies upon all of us, staff and pupils, adhering to a self-disciplined, punctual and purposeful approach
You are, of course, answerable for every comment and action that you make within the school environment and its community, including anything communicated by mobile phone, email and through social media You are advised to publish your comments, ideas and pictures wisely
Should your effort or performance in your work be a cause for concern, you will be required to spend more of your study periods in supervised study, as agreed with Mrs Barrett Individual departments may also take action to support your work and ensure that you commit due time and care to your studies
Should your punctuality and organisation be of concern, your Form Tutor will guide you with more precise expectations and structures and you may be required to sign in with your Head of Year or Mr Drew at regular times during the day
You must also adhere precisely to the rules about signing out and signing in when you leave and return to the School’s campus during the school day We trust you with great freedom and any failure to do so will result in the loss of these privileges
Your study commitment
You will be following a demanding programme of academic study The keys to academic success are consistent commitment and diligence, an enquiring and agile mind and a self-disciplined and adventurous academic spirit
You will normally have 10 lessons per subject per fortnight in the Lower Sixth and 11 per fortnight in the Upper Sixth In addition to this, you are expected to spend approximately 16 hours in total of private study time per week