Volunteering is an important part of being a well-rounded student in the Sixth Form. This can be extremely rewarding for you but also very beneficial for the individuals and organisations you are working with.
From Term 2, all students in Year 12 work to complete the VISA programme. This is an opportunity for students to enter the classroom space to offer support or run small group work with lower school students. Students opt to work in subjects of their choice where they can offer a different approach to learning, share tips that they have learnt themselves in recent years. By being in the classroom in a teaching capacity, not only does this help to embed subject knowledge, but it also offers students a great opportunity to exercise transferable skills such as those of leadership, time management and effective communication, as well as gaining a great sense of reward and satisfaction. Students are encouraged to complete a minimum of ten hours volunteer work throughout the year.
