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Sixth Form Leadership Opportunities

At Cromwell Community College we believe that students should be given a wide range of opportunities to develop and practice leadership skills in preparation for life beyond school.

We provide many opportunities as part of our student voice provision which has a big impact on improving the quality of teaching and learning and allows pupils to voice their opinions as to how they would like to see the college move forward.

There are many more leadership opportunities, and we are proud of the way that our students embrace the challenge of the roles they take on and by the way they represent their school, both in college and in the local community.

Anybody can apply for the student leadership roles, and we are usually spoilt for choice.

The sixth form leadership structure is set out below:

Position		Roles
Head Students	3 x Head Students in Year 13 Confidence Council Leader Respect Council Leader Success Council Leader	Organise School council sessions with the other leaders linked to a specific year group Run one of either the Confidence, Respect or Success Council Complete student voice with different year groups Meet half termly with SLT Partake in assemblies Input into the Cambridgeshire student forum
Senior Subject Ambassadors	1 x Sixth Former to represent each subject area	Become a subject specialist for a specific subject in KS3/4 Volunteer to work with students either in lessons or on a one to one, offering subject specific guidance Discussion of successful study skills and retrieval ideas with lower school delivering assemblies Meet with Middle Leaders in different subjects to discuss pupil feedback
Senior House Captain Leadership / Junior House Captain Leadership	4 x Sixth Formers in Year 13 / 4 x Sixth Formers in Year 12	Meet with enrichment lead and learning hub manager to discuss house competitions Inspire, motivate and lead Ensure all houses have full representation in all competitions
Wellbeing Mentors	As many as offer for the actual role	To attend and participate in mentor training sessions and meetings To undertake regular meetings with your mentee during form time; as well as making yourself available to your mentee to contact you during break times as the need arises To support your mentee with social and mental health concerns, helping identify issues and offering guidance To support your mentee where relevant, with improving literacy, numeracy and other subjects Seeking help from staff members, for yourself and your mentee where required Sharing concerns about your mentee or other pupils with relevant staff members To act as a role model to others in the college To organise the lower school mentors
Anti-Bullying committee	1 x Sixth Form leader	To attend and participate in half termly meetings Support younger mentees Sharing concerns about students with relevant staff members To act as a role model to others in the college To organise the lower school committee members
Reading Mentor	As many as offer for the actual role	To attend and participate in reading mentor training sessions and meetings To undertake regular meetings with your mentee during the allotted times To support your mentee with reading and vocabulary development through a range of strategies Seek help from staff members, for yourself and your mentee where required Share concerns about your mentee or other pupils with relevant staff members To act as a role model for reading to others in the College

Personal Development Programme

At Cromwell we aim to make our Personal Development (PD) curriculum vibrant by providing a number of outside speakers, gaining hands on life skills and fundraising. There are also a variety of trips for both information and guidance and for fun.

Below is the outline of activities in Year 12 which take place during PD sessions:

Student Leadership
Choices
Planning external Work Experience
Prevent Training
Unifrog Careers
Body Image
Illnesses in Young Adults
Testicular & Breast Cancer Awareness

Individual Mentor Sessions
Work Experience interviews
Recognising common mental health issues with the MHST
Blesma - resilience and adversity
Study Skills with Lincoln University

Dhiverse - Consent and Sexual Harassment
Yoga for Mental Health
Study Skills
Terrance Higgins Trust
Police Awareness - Drinks Spiking and Keeping Safe
Life Skills - Sewing

Individual Mentor Sessions
Crafting
Christmas Quiz

Police - Driving Laws and Responsibilities
Appreciating Other Faiths
Police Awareness - Gangs, County Lines & Weapons
Finance for Life
Individual Work Experience Interviews
CPR
Self-Defence
Speaking Publicly with Confidence
Wiring a Plug

Individual Mentor Sessions
Year 12 Work Experience week
Thank You Letters
Online Safety

Revision Planning & Preparing for Exams
Mindfulness Ideas
Dhiverse - Healthy Relationships
Drugs Alert
Debating Current Affairs
Individual Mentor Sessions

Planning your Next Steps
Mock Exam Week
Suffolk University - Student Finance Talk
Apprentices with the Aim Group

Gap Years
Alumni Talks
Laws and How it Affects Me
General Knowledge Quiz - House Competition
UCAS Applications and CV Workshops

Individual Mentor Sessions
Personal statement writing and apprenticeships
Finance for Life
Cooking on a Budget - Practical

Mock Interviews
Fake News
Afternoon Tea
End of Year Trip

We have additional speakers coming into the college to speak to our post 16 students on important issues such as, voting and how to register, and the National Citizenship Scheme.

We also offer educational trips and visits to various destinations:

The Houses of Parliament and the London Eye â€¨
Lessons from Auschwitz - Poland â€¨
European Visit â€¨
University Open Day â€¨
Alton Towers â€¨

In Year 13 our focus from September to December is UCAS, apprenticeships, CV writing and interview skills.

From January onwards we want each of our Year 13 students to have a very specific mentoring session. This means the personal development slot is used for academic mentoring sessions on a one to one basis. This includes discussion around study skills, attendance, future dreams and current performance.