The Flagpole

Monday 8 May is the deadline for the Upper Sixth to sign up to Princethorpe Connect to be in with a chance of winning a £25 Amazon Voucher and a magnum of champagne for their table at the Leavers’ Ball on Wednesday 5 July at Warwick House. The winner will be announced on their last day, Friday 12 May.

All the Upper Sixth have been encouraged to join Princethorpe Connect over the last few weeks giving them access to our online alumni network, careers and mentoring advice, the termly OP e-newsletter and OP Friendly Faces, our initiative to match new undergraduates with OPs at universities around the country. They will also be able to view their Leavers’ Ball photos on the platform after the event.

Any of the Upper Sixth who have yet to join can do so by going to connect.princethorpe.co.uk and creating a profile as an Upper Sixth leaver.

All the Upper Sixth leavers profiles will be go live week commencing Monday 15 May.

Parents of Upper Sixth leavers, for whom this is their last year in the Foundation, are also very welcome to join as a Former Parent and can do so be going to connect.princethorpe.co.uk and creating a profile as a Former parent.

Parents might also like to take a look at the Princethorpe Connect Online Shop and purchase some of our souvenir items which include the OP Tie, Tower Pin, Scarf, Pen and the Soaring Redbrick Tower Fine Art Print. Items will also be available to purchase at the Upper Sixth Thanksgiving Eucharist and Buffet on Thursday 29 June.

connect.princethorpe.co.uk/shop

A limited number of members of the Lower Sixth will be able to park at school from Thursday 8 June 2023.

To receive permission the Sixth Former must:

• have the consent of their parents and the Head of Sixth Form
• provide their full driving licence and their current insurance certificate and photocopies
• agree to abide by the required Code of Conduct

There is an administration fee of £30 for the provision of a parking permit which provides access to parking, an electronic fob and a parking permit until the end of Upper Sixth. The charge for lost fobs is £18 and for lost discs £2.  Please note that there will be a refund of £10 for electronic fobs returned to the School Shop at the end of Upper Sixth.

Please note that there is a limit to the number of parking permits that can be issued. Permits are issued on a first-come first-served basis but only where the requirements detailed above are met in full.

The forms to apply for a permit are available from the Sixth From Administrators in the Sixth Form Resource Centre. When completed, including the signature of a parent and the Head of Sixth Form, the Sixth Former should take them, together with their full driving licence, (both the card and the paper section - if applicable) and current insurance certificate, plus photocopies, to the School Shop.

Members of the Lower Sixth are welcome to provide the paperwork to the School Shop from the 22 May 2023 but permits will only be issued from Thursday 8 June.

If the contract is broken then the permission to drive to school will be withdrawn by the school. Please note that Sixth Formers park at their own risk and that the school does not accept liability for accidents, damage or loss incurred.

Please note that if a Sixth Former drives to school without a permit they will be given a warning on the first occasion and will be denied parking on the second occasion. We would appreciate the support of parents in this matter, this is so we can discharge our responsibilities to everyone on school premises as well as to individual drivers.

Eddie Tolcher
Foundation Bursar 

We wish all the very best to the Upper Sixth in their exams and the Lower Sixth in their mocks.

Thank you to all of the Sixth Formers who helped with the making of the new Sixth Form film. We will announce the release once it is complete and share it accordingly. 

UCAS and Careers

Please find below links to the presentations from the Lower Sixth UCAS Evening.

Oxbridge with UCAS 2023

Options after Sixth Form

The presentation on apprenticeships will be available soon.

Any questions about UCAS or careers related advice please contact Mrs Quinney directly by email at jacquiquinney@princethorpe.co.uk.

Key Dates

Friday 5 May - Headmaster's Outgoing Prefect and Subject Ambassador Dinner 7.00pm-9.45pm

Friday 12 May - Upper Sixth last day - 8.35am registration, 2.00pm students will leave the college. Lunch will be provided.

Thursday 29 June - Upper Sixth Thanksgiving Eucharist and Buffet Supper 7.00pm-9.30pm

Monday 3 July - Lower Sixth UCAS and future planning day and evening BBQ

Wednesday 5 July - Upper Sixth Leavers' Ball 7.00pm-11.55pm, Warwick House

Best wishes

Ben Collie 
Head of Sixth Form