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ANCIENT AND MODERN  |  FRENCH CONNECTION

We are founder-members of The Learning Partnership (TLP), working with Devonport High School for Girls, Eggbuckland Community College, Notre Dame School and St Boniface’s College to provide an extended curriculum, sharing our good facilities and benefiting from the expertise of our diverse and successful partner schools. We also work with Plymouth College of Further Education and Plymouth High School for Girls.

ADMISSIONS

In order to follow a full Level 3 curriculum here at DHSB, you need to have achieved the appropriate Average Points Score (APS) at Key Stage 4 of 46 points or more including at least a C grade in English and Mathematics.
Our post-16 courses offer sound tuition in an academic environment and actively encourage and support applications to Higher Education. Students considering a place are invited to come to the January A-level Options Evening to meet staff, students and to look round the school.

	OPPORTUNITIES Sixth Formers have the opportunity to take significant responsibility in the school during the two years. In Y12 a number are appointed as School Prefects. The school has been involved in Young Enterprise since its inception in Plymouth and the Y12 students are encouraged to take part in the worthwhile initiative. Careers guidance is offered to all students to help them decide what the next step will be. 95-100% of our leavers each year have the good A level grades needed to satisfy the admission requirements for access to Higher Education and most of them proceed directly to University (including Oxford and Cambridge).

THE POST-16 CURRICULUM

Most students in the Sixth Form take 5 AS levels
in Year 12 and 3/4 A levels in Year 13, selected from
26 or so subjects, typically including Art, Biology,
Business Studies, Chemistry, Classical Civilisations, Computing, Design, Economics, English, French, Further Mathematics, Geography, German, History, Latin, Mathematics, Mathematics and Statistics, Media Studies, Music, Physics, Politics, R.E. and Sports Studies [Not all combinations are possible or desirable]. All students take General Studies at 'A' Level and a Foreign Language At Work (FLAW) course is offered in Year 12. Our curriculum is extended through our collaborative arrangements within our partnership (see above)

ACTIVITIES

All sixth form students take part in sixth form
activities on Wednesday afternoon as part of their
curriculum. The sports regularly offered are Football,
Hockey, Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton, Table
Tennis and Swimming. Cricket, Tennis and Athletics
are offered in the summer) term.