Our Sixth Form aims to develop young people with voices and opinions:  students who care about the world and make a positive impact. We take this aim seriously. 

We also want students to gain knowledge and skills that will help them to achieve future career success. They need to communicate, work in teams, solve problems, make decisions, and understand employers’ expectations. 

The Praesis ut Prosis Award brings those two linked aims together. The PuP Award (as it is affectionately known) forms a distinctive strand of our Sixth Form DNA. Its name comes from our school motto which emphasises student responsibility: Lead in order to serve. 

Every Sixth Former works towards their PuP Award – Gold, Silver or Bronze. This is about values and belonging; it is about ambition and growth. The Awards encourage and reward commitment in four areas: 

• Community Volunteering: Unpaid work which benefits society, for example in charity shops, schools, hospitals or nursing homes
• In-school Service: Often prefect roles, charity fundraising, InspirUs, peer mentoring, contributions to clubs, sport, music, drama or the CCF
• Careers and Employability Workshops: Employer visits or talks, university summer schools and taster days, sessions with our independent careers adviser
• Work Experience:  Typically a work placement or a summer course 

Best wishes to all our Sixth Formers embarking on their PuP Awards right now!