the psychology department

The Psychology Department is a highly successful department within the St Aidan’s and St John Fisher Associated Sixth Form. In 2007, at A2 level, 71% of students gained Grade A or B, 90% gained Grades A-C and 100% of students passed. Our Value Added indicator for the same cohort of students was 1.03 At present there are seven Psychology teachers in the department, all of whom are based at St Aidan’s:

Mrs J Hardy i/c Psychology
Mrs T Wormald, sixth form senior tutor
Mr D Bean, sixth form Senior Tutor
Mrs R McQuire
Mrs Fiona Drake
Miss Charlotte Seedall
Mrs D Parapia

We follow the AQA Specification A. For further details see www.aqa.org.uk.

This year we have over 200 students taking psychology; there are 7 Psychology groups in year 12 and 5 in year 13.

Student contact time is 5 hours per week, with each group having one teacher for three of those lessons and the other teacher for two. Most of the lessons are held in three dedicated classrooms where resources are plentiful and available to students who wish to use them.

Psychology staff are fully accessible to students outside of lesson times and students are encouraged to ask any member of the department for help if their own teacher is not available.

Psychology Links

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