The Flagpole

We would like to remind Year 11 pupils and parents of the Sixth Form Scholarship process for September 2022 for internal candidates. The deadline for applications must be submitted by Monday 31 January 2022. 

All of our Year 11s are able to apply for Sixth Form Scholarships - Academic, Art, Music, Organ, Drama and Sport. To do so they must complete a Sixth Form Scholarship Application Form and write a 'personal statement' outlining their achievements to date and why they feel they would make an excellent candidate for the scholarship (maximum 500 words).

Those pupils who currently have a scholarship will normally retain their award for Sixth Form, but must also complete a Sixth Form Scholarship Application Form to re-apply for the scholarship.

The deadline for this application is Monday 31 January 2022. Applications should be marked for the attention of the Registrar, Mrs Vanessa Rooney.

Depending on the scholarship, prospective award holders may be interviewed and/or take part in a scholarship assessment in February or March.

Details of any awards will be confirmed when the Sixth Form Offer letters are sent out in writing during week commencing Monday 28 March 2022. Some awards may be dependent on final GCSE grades.

The criteria for each of the scholarships can be found on our website here and in the Sixth Form Admissions Information Booklet 2022. It is essential that pupils and parents look through these in detail before making an application. The Sixth Form Application Form for current Princethorpe Year 11 pupils can be found here.

We hope that this will be another motivational factor for our Year 11s as they focus on their studies and revision in the build up to the exam season.

Year 11 Mock Exam Reports will be published to the parent portal on Friday 21 January. Once published, you will receive an email notification advising that the reports are available to view on My School Portal. 

Dr Liz Pyne
Assistant Head – Teaching and Learning

Progress Reports for Year 9 will be published on Friday 28 January 2022, and will be available to view on My School Portal.  

Dr Liz Pyne
Assistant Head - Teaching and Learning 

Some Sixth Form and Year 11 pupils are taking external exams during January, the timetable for these exams can be viewed here. Individual timetables are shown on My School Portal.

The Summer 2022 exam timetable can be viewed here. Individual timetables will be available on My School Portal by the start of the February half term.

Shellagh Dodds
Examination and Assessment Manager

Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 February 2022 - 6.00pm to 8.30pm

The Year 9 Parents’ Evening will take place on Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 February from 6.00pm to 8.30pm. It will be hosted virtually through of a series of Microsoft Teams meetings with your child's teachers. Meetings will be booked online. Further details will follow on how to book the appointments.

It is hoped that all parents will be successful in gaining an appointment, however if this is not possible teachers may contact you via email to update you about your child’s progress.

You can find a list of your child's teachers under Teacher Contacts on MySchoolPortal.

Dr Liz Pyne
Assistant Head - Teaching and Learning

Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 January 2022 - 6.00pm to 8.30pm

The Year 11 Parents’ Evening will take place on Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 January 2022 from 6.00pm to 8.30pm. It will be hosted virtually through of a series of Microsoft Teams meetings with your child's teachers. Meetings will be booked online. Further details will follow on how to book the appointments.

It is hoped that all parents will be successful in gaining an appointment, however if this is not possible teachers may contact you via email to update you about your child’s progress.

You can find a list of your child's teachers under Teacher Contacts on MySchoolPortal.

Dr Liz Pyne
Assistant Head - Teaching and Learning

Pupils in Year 8 will be asked to make some choices over their Year 9 curriculum later this half term. I will be speaking to them all in an assembly on Friday 28 January and will send parents the same information in order to inform discussions at home. This process replaces the Options Evening which was originally in the calendar; please accept my apologies for any confusion and do get in touch with any queries.