News Category: Sixth Form

Students from the Associated Sixth Form have received a remarkable and extremely well-deserved set of results in A Level and Level 3 Applied General and BTEC qualifications. The manner in which they have worked through the challenges of learning during their time in the Association has been impressive and there is much to celebrate across […]

The Year 12 Football Team played St John Fisher last week and won 6-2. A superb game played in really good spirits, well done to the team: Ed Woolridge, Tom Barrett, Jacob Kavanagh, Joe Caygill, George Horbury, Harry Black, Louis Ellul, Ben Chumas, Charlie Peach, Tom Pettman, Alfie Dean, Oli Hunter, Alex Forbes, Eddie Murray […]

Yesterday, the Art Department launched the Year 12 Photography Exhibition.

The Senate is the Sixth Form Student Council, a group of Year 13 students who represent the student body as a whole.The students elected to be part of the Senate represent the Sixth Form at various meetings and events, lead lower school assemblies, as well as organise charity days, socials and arrangements for Year 13 […]

A handful of dedicated Year 13 students have been participating in a wonderfully organised and expertly delivered law programme by BPP Law School. On Tuesday 18th May, the students virtually observed court sessions from Leeds Crown Court in the morning and interviewed a Magistrate in the afternoon. This is designed to build on their understanding […]

The sound of Chamber Choir could be heard outside school once again last night. Students gathered socially distanced on the grass near to Constance Green Hall. How wonderful to hear voices raised in song again!

After a long absence we are delighted to announce the return of live, ‘in-person’ music-making at St Aidan’s in a measured way from Monday 19th April.

Symphonic Wind Band has performed together virtually to create a wonderful musical treat for the St Aidan’s YouTube Channel! Click here to listen to them perform ‘You Can’t Stop The Beat’ from the hit Musical ‘Hairspray’.

The Associated Sixth Form is delighted to announce that ten students have been offered places at Oxford and Cambridge for September 2021. Five students have received offers from Oxford and a further five have offers from Cambridge. We would like to congratulate the students on their outstanding achievement. It reflects their hard work, impressive academic […]

The McWhirter Conference is a prestigious annual event for politics students usually held in Oxford, although this year it was held online. The theme of the conference was ‘Will A.I. make us any happier?’ Finlay Noble and Tom Wallace were our two students who attended. They found the discussions enjoyable and stimulating, and were commended by […]

In the last two weeks before half term we are going to have a school competition to see which year groups and students can walk/run/cycle the furthest! We would like to see how many times each year group can make it to Lindisfarne, the home of St. Aidan, and back. Lindisfarne is 150 miles away […]

On the 21st January we were delighted to welcome prospective students to our virtual information evening. All of our 40 plus subjects were covered with individual videos detailing what the courses entail and why they are great to study at the Associated Sixth Form. Please follow the welcome link below to the web pages where […]

  Associated Sixth Form student Josh Taylor has been declared the winner of Wetherby Town Council’s Annual Jubilee Award which recognises the achievements of outstanding young people. Josh was nominated by Rev Brendan Giblin, of St James Church. To read the full article in the Wetherby News, click here: http://bit.ly/Wetherbyaward

We are delighted to announce that the Careers Department has once again been awarded the Quality in Careers Standard. This involved a rigorous evaluation of the careers information, advice and guidance programme delivered by our team of three fully qualified careers advisers together with our work experience coordinator. Our provision was assessed as fully meeting […]

Students from the Associated Sixth Form have emerged from a uniquely challenging year with an impressive set of results in A Level and Level 3 Applied General qualifications. Despite alterations to a significant number of the grades, conscientiously submitted by teachers in the Association – more than 500 results were adjusted, amounting to 38% of […]

The St Aidan’s community was really sorry not to be able to give our Year 13s this year the send off they deserved to recognise and celebrate their time in the Associated Sixth Form. Staff and the Senate have come together to produce this virtual Leavers’ assembly and we hope that all our students and […]

On Tuesday 3rd March, St Aidan’s hosted the North East Regional Finals of the ESU Mace. Six schools came from far and wide to take part: Dame Allen’s (Newcastle), De Aston (Market Rasen), Wensleydale School, Caistor Grammar (Market Rasen) and St Peter’s (York). The St Aidan’s team consisted of Alfred Tyrrell, Owen Spafford and Dan […]

Today we have Lancaster University visiting our Sixth Form students, to talk about life at the University, courses they offer and much more.

St Aidan’s Chamber Choir performed at St James’ Church in Birstwith last Friday. Thank you to the wonderful audience who enjoyed musical delights from the choir and soloists alike!

Yesterday lunchtime, Durham University visited our Careers Department to present a talk about life at Durham to our Year 12 students.