A Guide to our Sixth Form

It is my pleasure to welcome you to Idsall sixth form, a small sixth form with a big heart. We pride ourselves on reflecting the Marches trust values of excellence, empathy, integrity, creativity, and equality. We have created a safe, caring and nurturing environment enabling our students to grow and develop as young, mature, well round adults.
We have a range of A level and BTEC courses to choose from, as well as outstanding teachers that give our students the best learning experiences. Great emphasis is placed on high quality teaching and learning, coupled with good class sizes to ensure high quality experiences.
We pride ourselves on preparing students for the wider world and ensuring they are ready for their next steps, whether that be higher education, apprenticeships, or employment. We have an excellent pedigree of alumni that have gone on to high performing roles and positively contribute to society. We are extremely proud of the achievements of our students!
#togetherwegrow is very much the real deal, making professional decisions that puts young people and its community at the very heart of its decision making.
Please feel free to visit the sixth form any time, we welcome visitors and take great pride in showing what’s on offer here at Idsall 6th. We look forward to welcoming you and showing you what the next steps in your future could look like.
Ashley Bowler
Assistant Headteacher – Head of Sixth Form

Enrichment

In addition to your courses, you will be encouraged to take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities and additional qualifications. These will provide you with opportunities to make new friends, learn new skills and will help to give your future applications (University, Apprenticeship, Employment) ‘the edge’, an important element in today’s competitive market. Whether you choose to join a sports team, ‘Go for Gold’ in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award or become a member of the Student Council, our programme will help to enrich your learning adventure and equip you with skills to boost your university and job applications. Student voice plays a large role in determining the activities we run each year, in a typical year you might expect to see:

Sixth Form Dress Code

We pride ourselves on running a mature and business-like sixth form and as such look to reflect this in our dress code.

We ask you to reflect a smart appearance in your attire which would mirror most professional workplace environments. Whilst we do not ask you to wear a uniform, we do ask you to remember that as members of our sixth form, you are still representatives of our school and role models to our younger students. We ask you to act as our ‘Idsall Leaders of Learning’ and therefore require that you wear clothing which reflects your attitude as smart, mature and committed learners. We also ask that you wear your sixth form ID badge at all times to meet our safeguarding requirements.

Professional/Suitable Attire	Non-Professional/Unsuitable Attire
Smart suit/blazer/jacket	Denim or leather jacket
Plain or patterned shirt/polo shirt with a collar	T-shirt with or without a logo
Plain full length blouse/top with sleeves	Short (showing the midriff) and/or strappy blouse/top (showing the shoulders)
Plain jumper/cardigan	Jumper/sweatshirt with a large logo No hoodies
Skirt/dress falling just above the knee or longer	Short skirt/dress
Tailored skirt/dress	Skirt/dress made from lycra/clingy material
Tailored trousers	Trousers made from lycra/clingy material No leggings or jeans
Work-style shoes/boots – flat or with a sensible heel	Trainers, canvas shoes, pumps or flip flops
Tie/waistcoat optional	Hats/caps
ID badge visible	ID badge in pocket or bag

Makeup and nail varnish can be worn, however, these should not be excessive or deviate from the professional nature of a student’s overall outfit. A business-like approach is also expected when it comes to hair colour and piercings.

As it is a clear part of the sixth form agreement and one of the conditions students agree to when joining our sixth form, our staff will enforce the dress code and will speak to students if their attire is unsuitable in anyway, directing them to change as soon as possible. Anyone continuing to wear inappropriate clothing will be referred to senior management and this may result in the loss of learning time if it is deemed appropriate to send a student home to change.

Open Evening

A Guide to our Sixth Form

Head of Sixth Form-Welcome

Enrichment

Sixth Form Dress Code