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Matthew Arnold School

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Arnolds Way, Oxford, OX2 9JE

01865862232

ckinch@machool.org.uk

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Extra-curricular

Students in Sixth Form are expected to engage in a range of activities that develop their skills outside of their A-Level lessons to broaden themselves personally as well as academically. This is to ensure that they develop the personal qualities and employability skills to enable them to be successful in life after Sixth Form. These activities include paired reading, producing the Sixth Form magazine, Sixth Form Council, Sports leadership and Debate Club. All students are expected to take an active part as a member of the school community, perhaps by teaching younger students or working as MAPS (Matthew Arnold Peer Supporters), with training and support from the school counsellor. Students also have one hour of PE scheduled every Wednesday afternoon, in which we offer a wide range of interesting activities such as Ultimate Frisbee, ping pong, dodge ball tournaments and our own Sixth Form Sports Day, as well as team sports and fixtures.
Duke of Edinburgh

We offer the Bronze award to students in Year 9, the Silver award to Year 10 and the Gold to Year 12. Anyone in these years can take part and should look out for more information on the website or the weekly Student Bulletin in the new academic year.

Matthew Arnold peer supports

There are opportunities for becoming part of MAPS (Matthew Arnold Peer Support team) and for coaching younger students.

Committees

Year 12 is an ideal time for undertaking to organise a variety of committees such as charity, environment, social and diversity committees. If students wish to set up a new committee can they discuss this with our Head of Sixth Form.

Head Prefects and Prefects

Head Prefects are elected from Year 12 during the Spring Term. Throughout the Sixth Form, we ask you to represent the school on occasions and to help with functions such as Open Days, Parents’ Evenings etc.

Aspirational Universities Group

We run a dedicated group to provide information and support with applications to Oxbridge, medicine, dentistry and veterinary studies. Students applying to these highly competitive courses are identified early and are invited to join this programme. This group meets regularly to discuss and share research and experiences as well as receive specific help with their personal statements and interviews.

About Education Provider

RegionSouth East
Local AuthorityOxfordshire
Ofsted RatingGood
Gender Type
AddressArnolds Way, Oxford, OX2 9JE


FAQs

What are the minimum entry requirements for Sixth Form?

Students will need to have at least five GCSEs at Grade 4 or above including English Language and Mathematics at Level 4. To enable students to select the most appropriate subjects at A-Level we use a system based on their APS (average point score) from their GCSE results. Add together your 8 highest GCSE's and then divide by 8 to give your APS. We advise students to choose the subjects which best fit their APS. Please see subject information for subject APS.

How many subjects do I apply for at A-Level?

The minimum requirement is for you to apply for 3 subjects at A-Level.

Can I apply to study 4 subjects at A-Level?

The requirement for you to able to apply to study 4 A-Level subjects is that your APS will be over 7.25. This will be agreed with the Head of Sixth Form in September.

Can I also study an EPQ with my A-Levels?

Yes - this can be added to your application in September when you have made final decisions on your subject choices.

Can I take Further Maths as an additional A-Level?

Students that have applied for Maths A-Level are able to apply for Further Maths.

Why is my subject no longer available to study?

Courses will only run if there is a sufficient demand for them. If a course attracts low numbers of applicants it may not run and we will contact you if this is the case.

I can't see any "Option Blocks" to chose my subjects from?

We only block subjects once our application deadline has passed. This enables us to accommodate as many subject choice combinations as possible.