Student Voice

On Monday July 7 2014 past and present students and parents from the College attended a conference on student voice in London. They put on a workshop to show how the College works. A fascinating discussion occurred with school pupils attending making odd claims about what is possible. For instance some said that it would not be possible for our students to get GCSEs by virtue of our approach. They said this having been told by the ex-student chairing the meeting that he had gained 8 A* grades at GCSE through the College the year before.

There is a fuller (free) article on the event available from Ian Cunningham (ian@smlcollege.org.uk).

Work experience

We are indebted to organisations in the city and to parents for arranging week-long work experience in areas such as construction, broadcasting and events organising. We believe that gaining work experience as part of their learning is invaluable for our students.