Year 11

This page has been put together for parents of Year 11 students, to provide the information needed to understand and support your child’s learning at this important stage in their academic career.

The prospect of GCSE examinations, the anxiety over results and the pressure of making important choices about future aspirations are all conducive to potentially stressful times, but the end of the year is also a time when students can feel immense pride and satisfaction in their well-deserved achievements. Hard work and dedication will be required from all students to help them to reach their full potential in their GCSE examinations.

All classwork, homework and controlled assessments are of vital importance and should be taken as seriously as the examinations themselves. We will support every student as best as we can and aim to equip them with the necessary skills to achieve every success in their future path, whichever direction that may take.

I look forward to seeing all students feeling proud of their results in August and hope that we can work together to achieve this goal. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact your son/daughter's Form Tutor or myself.

We have high expectations for all students and this includes consistently demonstrating excellent behaviour, engagement and independence in their learning. We also expect students to have a high attendance of over 97% and to be punctual to school and to all their lessons. Finally, we also expect students to wear the school uniform correctly and with pride. We expect them to be brilliant ambassadors for the school – both internally and externally.

We will consistently challenge and support students to ensure that they develop into young adults that the school, parents and local and wider community will be proud of.

Miss N Harrison - Head of Year 11

harrisonn@chancellors.herts.sch.uk

 

Form Tutors

Miss	Forbes	11A
Mr	Allan	11B
Mr	Field	11H
Mrs	Jackson	11M
Mr	Whipp	11S
Miss	Douglass	11W

 

Form Tutors should be the first port of call if there is a pastoral issue regarding your son/daughter. Please contact their subject tutor if there is an issue specific to that subject.

To email a member of staff, please use their surname followed by their first initial (John Smith = smithj) and then add @chancellors.herts.sch.uk

Form Time

Year 11 will have a 20-minute form time each day with their Form Tutor. There will be activities to participate in, Science and Maths revision tasks, a weekly assembly and other activities that will include current affairs discussions and debating. They are also able to complete independent revision and work.

Form Time is an essential part of the school day and students are expected to come to form time fully prepared to learn. Students should always have some work or revision to complete. Form time is exceedingly valuable and it is imperative that it is not missed through lateness.

Homework

Homework will follow a similar pattern as in Year 10, however more emphasis may be on preparing for assessments through effective revision. Students should expect at least one homework a week for each subject. Failure to hand in or complete homework to an acceptable standard may result in sanction.

Revision

Teachers are always on hand to support students if needed, and many subject teachers will have already shared revision techniques with their classes. Please monitor your son/daughter in their learning and encourage them to have well-presented and organised work. This will help them greatly when they need to revise their learning and prepare for assessments.

A full and comprehensive intervention programme for Year 11 students will be published when confirmed.

Year 11 - parents Information Evening - PowerPoint 2022

Supporting Your Childs Revision - PowerPoint 2022

Autumn Term Intervention 2022

BLANK - WEEKLY WORK & REVISION TIMETABLE

Attendance

Research clearly shows that achievement is directly linked to attendance, and it is absolutely vital that students attend school at all times, apart from in extreme circumstances. Students with a high level of attendance invariably perform better in class and in examinations. Put simply, your son or daughter’s attendance will affect the number of GCSEs in which they make the expected level of progress.

In 2015, 94.3% of students across the UK whose absence was 6.5% (missing two weeks or less of school in a year) gained five or more A* - C grades at GCSE.

Only 44.6% of students whose absence was around 10% (missing four weeks in a year) gained five or more A* - C grades at GCSE.

With an attendance record of 90% across the year, that student would have missed the equivalent of one half day a week. This is a huge amount of work missed and does not give them the best opportunity to succeed.

This really does highlight the direct impact that excellent or poor attendance can have on the qualifications that will stay with your son or daughter for life.

 

Extra-curricular timetable

NB: PE practice and fixture timings can be found under Sport in the School Life and Extra-Curricular tab on the website. Details regarding Drama, Music, Art and other extra-curricular clubs can also be found here.

Important Dates:

26th September	Y11 Revision Evening
w/c 10th October	First year 11 report issued
21st November–2nd December [2 weeks]	Year 11 Mocks
w/c 19th December	Second year 11 report issued
11th January	Year 11 Parents Evening
19th January	Sixth Form Open Evening
February – March (dates tbc.)	Year 11 Mocks (Maths, English, Science)
w/c 17th April	Final year 11 report issued
May – June (dates tbc.)	End of school/start of public exams
6th July	Year 11 Prom
7th July	Sixth Form Induction Day

 

Exam Boards 2021/2022

Subject	GCSE Exam Board
Art and Design: Fine Art	AQA
Art and Design: Photography	AQA
Art and Design: Textiles	AQA
Catering and Hospitality (Vocational)	WJEC/EDUQAS
Food Preparation and Nutrition	WJEC/EDUQAS
Design Technology	AQA
Drama	OCR
English Language	WJEC
English Literature	AQA
French	EDEXCEL
Geography	AQA
German	EDEXCEL
History	AQA
ICT	OCR/Cam Nat
Computer Studies	OCR
Health and Social Care	OCR/Cam Nat
Italian	EDEXCEL
Mathematics	EDEXCEL
Music	OCR
PE	OCR
Psychology	AQA
Religious Studies	AQA
Science (All Sciences)	AQA
Sport Studies	OCR