This term six of our Year 9 students have been working with Mrs Jackson and Ms Bovington as part of the Brilliant Club Scholars Programme. This is a university charity which seeks to increase the number of students who can access highly selective universities. The Scholars Programme “provides students with the opportunity to engage in university style learning, develop skills in oracy, critical thinking and written communication, as well as building self-confidence and readiness to secure places at top universities” (The Brilliant Club).
Our students have been working alongside a PhD tutor and have produced an assignment looking at how screen time can impact wellbeing. The pinnacle of the programme involved all students attending a graduation ceremony at Hertford College, Oxford University on Friday 15th July. Students attended a presentation on what it’s like to go to university, asked questions to university students about their experiences and had a tour of the college. Students graduated from the programme in the College’s chapel before having lunch and returning to school.

We are very proud of the students and well done to all the students involved in the programme.