Sixth Form

The MGS Sixth Form comprises Years 12 and 13, known at MGS as Lower and Upper Sixth.

 

Students entering the Sixth Form either follow an A-level programme or study for the International Baccalaureate Diploma.  In addition all sixth formers participate in an enrichment programme, where they have the opportunity to participate in games and community service and do an extended piece of research.

Around 400 students are divided into forms and teaching groups of about 13 sixth formers, who usually keep the same form tutor and subject teachers for the two years.  Most places in the Sixth Form are taken up by MGS students moving up from Year 11.  However, we always have a number of students joining us from other schools for their Sixth Form careers, and we very much welcome them into our community.

Advice and guidance are provided by Patrick Thom, Head of Sixth Form, form tutors and an active Careers Department.  Students are treated as adults and have considerable potential for developing responsibility, teamwork and leadership skills through the prefect system, sports and societies, camps and treks and generally around the School.

 

 

 

Some Sixth Form societies are run jointly with the two local girls' schools and students are encouraged to play a full part in their local community.

The vast majority of MGS students leave to go to study at the very best universities in the UK and abroad, including around 38 to Oxford and Cambridge each year.