Co-Curricular

The Archbishop’s School Co-Curricular Opportunities  

In accordance with our school vision and values, our co-curriculum programme assists our students to flourish and fulfil their potential. 

Within our inclusive and aspirational learning community, the co-curriculum encourages creativity and inspires minds to be ready for the next step. 

As a school community, we are committed to develop every individual, guiding them towards informed life choices and empowering them to take their place in our school, local and global community. 

Our co-curricular programme is designed to enrich, enlighten and complement their formal learning, introducing students to activities beyond the classroom, pushing them to try something new or unfamiliar, whilst developing the soft skills needed to succeed in their chosen pathway. 

We are committed to ensuring every member of our school community experiences a co-curricular package that provides valuable ‘cultural capital’ and ‘spirituality’ which is evidenced by their very own personal development certificate of achievement. This tracks the student’s enrichment through levels of achievements, including participation, engagement, performance, community and leadership. 

Benefits of The Archbishop’s School Co-Curricular Programme

The co-curriculum consists of all the experiences our students can access beyond the taught curriculum. This can be before school, after school, during break or lunch, or a school trip. At The Archbishop’s School, we recognise the importance of building cultural capital and giving students the opportunity to bring their learning to life.

These experiences broaden horizons and develop key skills of critical thinking, independent research and evaluation. These all offer crucial ‘added value’ to applications for interviews, be these for jobs or for further and higher education opportunities. Furthermore, the sheer variety of programmes on offer at The Archbishop’s School, will develop the confidence, independence, cultural awareness of every student within our community. We aim for it to be an ‘eye opener’ to new ideas, ultimately opening doors and increasing future chances of employability.

Our aim is for every student to be involved with at least one co-curricular activity throughout the year whether that be attending an after-school club or being part of a school trip relevant to their learning. These successes will be rewarded throughout the year via house points for attendance, certificates of achievement and our community will come together in celebration at our end of year summer festival.

Students will need to sign up for these clubs by completing an application slip in advance of the first club event, as a register of attendance will be recorded. These can be obtained from any Form Tutor.

Study Support - After school clubs provided by the learning support team and our aspiring Sixth Formers.  

GCSE Interventions - After school support lead by subject specialists aiming to tackle misconceptions and build confidence at tackling GCSE style questions.

Intervention classes Term 1