KS5 News
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Friday 16 May 2025 Latest KS5 news and opportunities Whether your child is planning to go to uni, gap year or an apprenticeship, this is the place to find the latest information and opportunities.
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Friday 2 May 2025 Y13 French/Spanish GCE Speaking exam The exam will last approximately 21-23 minutes (including 5 minutes preparation time at the start of the test). It will consist of a stimulus card (5-6 minutes), a presentation on student’s research project (2 minutes) and a discussion of their research project (9-10 minutes).
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Friday 4 April 2025 JSTOR relaunch We are delighted to announce the relaunch of the JSTOR service for our sixth form students. JSTOR is an excellent online resource that provides access to a wide range of academic journals, books, and primary source materials, covering all subjects. It’s an invaluable tool to support students in their research and studies.
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Friday 15 March 2024 Y13 sociology opportunity All Y13 sociology students at Acland Burghley will be attending a research methods conference on Monday 18 March at period 4. We have two Academic researchers who will be presenting work that they have carried out with specific links to the research methods topic we cover at A level.
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Friday 23 February 2024 Y12 Financial Literacy workshop Following the success of October’s Business trip with SuitUp to the offices of Coach and Kate Spade, students have been invited to participate in a workshop around financial literacy hosted by the wealth management company ndapt.
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Friday 10 November 2023 Advertising Agency trip After the success of last week’s trip to the offices of Coach and Kate Spade, students have been invited to the HQ of their main advertising agency, Anomaly, to oversee the journey of a marketing campaign from initial brief to campaign delivery. At the head office in Farringdon, students will work with marketing officers, executives and directors to plan and implement a campaign for either Samsung, Mini, Coca Cola, Nike or Unilever, who are some of Anomaly’s corporate clients.
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Friday 24 February 2023 Y13 March mocks change of dates Dear Y13 students and familiesWe have made a change to the dates of the March mocks as a result of planned strike action. All A Level students are off timetable for these assessments. Mocks were due to take place the week of the 6 March. However they will now to place the week of 13 March. This is to ensure that students maintain as much face to face time with teachers. For further details and the updated timetable, please see below.