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Sixth Form

Student’s EPQ Ball Gown Creation

11th March 2021

The Year 12 Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) students presented their work recently, with Fern B focusing on how transparent the economic processes of the fashion industry are. Fern decided to create an artefact to support the idea that there is a misconception of the cost of high end garments. She created a stunning ball gown,…

National Careers Week

5th March 2021

The first of our final two events of National Careers Week was a Q and A with a panel of Film and TV professionals, including Gareth Ellis Unwin, the Oscar winning producer of The King?s Speech. Our Year 11 Drama students submitted questions in advance and we were given a brilliant insight into the industry…

Careers Event: St Columba’s College

14th October 2020

Thornton regularly join with the boys at St Columba?s College, St Albans for careers activities, and this week our Sixth Form students have enjoyed two events. A group of Year 13s joined a virtual UCAS Interview workshop with the boys, where they were given mock interviews in Law, Medicine and Veterinary Science by a selection…