Y12 Secure Assessments

Monday 27 April-Friday 1 May

Secure assessments for Y12 A Level students will take place next week. Please support us by ensuring your child attends all their exams.

All Y12 A Level students will be on study leave during this week. Vocational/ Technical lessons (BTEC and T level) and GCSE resit lessons continue as normal.  All lessons return to normal period 1 on Tuesday 5 May (Monday 4 May is a Bank Holiday).

Individual timetables, including clashes, have been sent to all students.

If you have any questions about the exams, please contact Mr Stokes or Mr Ali.

Rstokes@aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk

Sali@aclandburghley.camden.sch.uk

Y13 Student Finance

Deadline: Friday 15 May

The deadline for Student Finance applications is Friday 15 May. Student Finance does not close and you can apply any time, but if you apply by this date you are guaranteed to receive funds before the start of term on September/October. We advise all students to meet this deadine.

We ran a webinar last month for families of Y13 students applying for finance this year. The webinar explained the Student Finance application process, including how and when to apply, what the loans cover, how much you can expect to receive, how repayment works and more key information.   

The recording is available here: https://youtu.be/M_dVvPfvIcA

Please email me for slides or if you need any help.

Y13 UCAS key dates

We are coming into the end of the UCAS cycle for Y13 and there are very important deadlines coming up. Please make a note of the following:

• If you received all your decisions from universities by 31 March, you must accept them by 3 May
• If you received all your decision from universities by 13 May, you must accept them by 3 June.

If you do not accept your offers by these dates, you will lose them. Remember that you can only accept one firm and one insurance choice. Email me if you need help.

Clearing opens on 2 July.  There will be a webinar on Clearing in June – watch this space for details.

Y13 Prom

Wednesday 24 June at Dingwalls Camden

Tickets on sale soon!

Other opportunities for sixth form students

Super-curricular and work experience opportunities really pick up during this half term. There are lots of options for students to take part in workshops, competitions and events, and summer school applications begin to open. As well as this newsletter, we recommend students sign up to mailing lists from individual businesses and universities and also keep an eye on UCAS Events and Uni Taster Days:

https://www.unitasterdays.com/

https://www.ucas.com/ucas-events

Please see this fortnight’s LaSWAP Newsletter for even more opportunities.  Newsletters are emailed to families or can be found at https://www.laswap.camden.sch.uk/Parents/Newsletters/.

Please check your Spam and mark all emails from LaSWAP, Acland Burghley or Bromcom as Safe/Priority!

Coutts Lecture
Wednesday 29 April at Harrow School

This year’s Coutts Lecture in Theology and Philosophy will be given next week by Alex J. O’Connor on Whatever happened to ‘New Atheism’? Alex is a prominent British YouTuber, podcaster, and public speaker specialising in philosophy, religion, and ethics. Please email me if you would like to attend

Summer Creative Dimension workshops

All workshops are free! Apply here: https://www.thecreativedimension.org/workshops/

• Architectural model making: 3 August
• Patisserie with Fortnum and Mason: 28 July
• Endangered animal toy making: 3 August
• Puppet making: 10 August
• Hat making: 17 August
• Waistcoat making: 17 August and lots more!