Every child participates in form period, either at the start or end of each school day. This supports their personal development journey and ensures they really are school ready; work ready; life ready. A timetable of activities, outlined below, triangulates national campaigns, global current affairs and local initiatives to ensure our students have a comprehensive understanding of the world around them.

The form tutor is a significant adult in our students’ daily life. They are the first point of contact for our students and parents. They are a positive role model who ensures students are school ready, checking they have the correct uniform and the necessary equipment to be successful in their learning. The form tutor ensures effective communication, whilst delivering activities to promote our College core values, develop outstanding Character in the Classroom and embed British Values. They are also the person who encourage students’ to take full advantage of the college’s wide-ranging enrichment programme and celebrate their successes as they expand their horizons and develop as young citizens.

A student’s weekly form period includes:

· An assembly, which brings the full year group together in the college theatre. This is used to celebrate collective success, praise students for their academic achievements, for effort in their studies, engagement in college life and outstanding attendance. Across the year, themed assemblies also highlight and explore national events, such as International Women’s Day, Remembrance, Earth Week and LGBTQ+ awareness, each supported by our Student Leaders and linked to our core values and wider British Values

· The student bulletin, so that students are fully informed about the day to day life of the college, events they can take part in and our monthly core value focus.

· ‘Votes for Schools’, providing them with the opportunity to discuss and debate issues that affect them as citizens of the world. Topics this year, for example, have included: Will the future feel different to the second Elizabethan era? Should we be worried about vaping? Should everyone be able to vote at 16? This aspect of form period not only helps to develop students’ speaking and listening skills, their confidence and their ability to think critically, it also ensures they really understand concepts such as British Values and Prevent and the importance of their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.