Welcome from Helen Valentine

Head of Sixth Form

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A warm welcome to Sackville Sixth Form

We are delighted that you will be joining Sackville Sixth Form on the final part of your seven year journey through secondary education.  Our well established sixth form is a place where your success really matters to us. We are relentless in our delivery of high quality teaching in our pursuit of achieving the highest possible outcomes for each individual student. We pride ourselves on serving students in our local community, as well as attracting students from other local areas. Our sixth form offers an inclusive, warm and welcoming environment, giving tailor made experiences to its students for this final key stage of education at Sackville. We help each individual transition successfully and aspirationally into post school life.

High quality teaching leading to high quality futures! 

Our students, year on year, gain places at the best universities in the UK. In 2024, 92% of our year 13 university applicants gained entrance to a university of their choice, many of these at top universities such as Bristol, Exeter, Nottingham and Bath. We enjoy regular Oxbridge success – for the past five years, some of our students from our sixth form can proudly say that whilst their Sackville journey has finished, they are now embarking on university life at Oxford or Cambridge. Our dedicated team of careers and university leaders support our students with expertise and empathy. Students gain access to high level  apprenticeship programmes. Our alumni regularly return to inform and tell current sixth formers how life at Sackville, culminating with the sixth form experience, has equipped them for their university life and for career successes.  

Broad subject choice

We work hard with our students in year 11 to ensure each student at Sackville Sixth Form is on a programme of study that is as aspirational as it is enjoyable. Highly trained sixth form leaders guide our students to choose aspirational yet realistic programmes of study that maximise individual potential. Our broad subject range at level 3 opens up opportunities for pathways into higher education and higher level apprenticeships.

The Sackville Sixth Form experience

Our Sackville Sixth Form is more than just qualifications. Students have access to our bespoke sixth form study and relaxation areas and greater freedom to manage their own study time in a structured way. Our bespoke LIFE programme embodies our Sackville values, embedding in our students their commitment to service in their school and wider community. A myriad of opportunities is offered to our sixth form students; mentor and mental health first aid training, literacy buddy work, charity and volunteering work, sporting activities, including our own on site rugby academy, opportunities to lead and deliver lower school assemblies,  to name but a few.  

We look forward to students and families being part of our Sackville Sixth Form community. We are truly confident that by choosing Sackville Sixth Form to end your school career, you will benefit from a top quality, well rounded education that equips you to go confidently into your next phase of life.  

Mrs Helen Valentine
Assistant Headteacher and Head of Sixth Form
hvalentine@sackvilleschool.org.uk
Tel: 01342 410140

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