A standard lunchtime meal is £2.20, however, students may purchase individual items and will be charged accordingly.
The school has set a default maximum spend limit as follows;
If you would like any of these limits to be reduced, please let us know below.
If you receive income support, child tax credits or other benefits your child may be entitled to Free School Meals. Please apply here.
Hall Cross Academy has a strict no debt policy related to school meals. Children will not be provided with a school lunch unless it is paid for, except those that are entitled to Free School Meals. If a parent forgets to top up their child’s account, the school may grant a debt allowance of one meal. This debt should be repaid the following day and we ask that parents provide a packed lunch if they are not able to top up a child’s account.
The information provided is requested for the purpose of identifying your child on our catering system and will only be used for this purpose and will not be provided to any other party. Hall Cross Academy protects all data under the requirements of GDPR. Please see our privacy notice here for more information.
Your child may need to take part in Academy trips, sporting fixtures and other activities that take place off Academy premises (including those which take place out of Academy hours/during the holidays or at weekends) Separate written permission will be obtained for any residential/London/abroad/extreme activities.
Information regarding any visit will be provided via a letter home.
The information provided is requested for the purpose of safeguarding and will only be used for this school trips and will not be provided to any other party. Hall Cross Academy protects all data under the requirements of GDPR. Please see our privacy notice for more information.
Occasionally, we may take photographs of the pupils at our Academy. We may use these images in our Academy’s prospectus or in other printed publications that we produce, as well as on our website. These photographs may also be used for display around the Academy. We may also make video or webcam recordings for Academy-to-Academy conferences, monitoring or other educational use.
From time to time our Academy may be visited by the media who will take photographs or film footage of a visiting dignitary or other high profile events. Pupils will often appear in these images, which may appear in local or national newspapers, or on televised news programmes.
Please note that websites can be viewed throughout the world and not just in the United Kingdom where UK law applies.
The conditions for use of photographs are shown below:
Students may use the library for homework, to look for information for projects, read the newspapers and magazines and of course borrow items for use at home.
Please complete and return the attached registration form, to enable you to use the Library when you come to Hall Cross.
A Programme of Study refers to the entire curriculum experience for an individual student in the Sixth Form. It includes their subject lessons, study sessions as well as other compulsory activities.
Sixth Formers must attend Academic Tutorial sessions, lessons, study sessions and additional non qualification activity as required by their Programme of Study.
Study sessions are timetabled periods during which students must conduct independent learning or wider reading in school. The Library, classrooms and additional study spaces will be made available for students to use. Students must sign in using the Hall Cross Academy ‘sign in’ app and confirm when they have left the site.
The table below indicates the structure of Programmes of Study can take. Although the table below indicates the number of hours for student study programmes, the Academy places at the heart of study programmes the core aims the students want to achieve. There may be, therefore, a divergence from this rubric in some cases. It is worth noting, however, that the two A-Level option is not a normal pathway for students in the Sixth Form, and the Sixth Form team will use their discretion in determining whether a two A-Level programme in Year 13 is in the best interest of the student and/or feasible in terms of ensuring adequate learning hours are accrued over the course of the programme of study.
Your programme of study should result in you achieving either:
Your Year 12 programme of study will commence on the 6th September 2021 and if you meet the requirements of our sixth form transition policy you will progress into Year 13 and complete your learning aims on July 23rd 2022.
Your individual programme of study will be determined in agreement with you based on your guidance interview which was conducted on your application to Hall Cross, as well as the brief guidance session provided on enrolment day. In terms of assessment, your predicted GCSE attainment and actual GCSE attainment are the determining factors in the selection of the appropriate Programme of Study for you.
At Hall Cross Academy we aim to provide an outstanding learning experience for all students.
Students’ learning programmes may vary dependent on their qualification, but generally students are entitled to five hours of contact time, per qualification per week. If a student is studying a National Diploma/BTEC qualification, the usual contact time is ten hours a week. Extended Project contact hours will vary between two or three hours per week depending on a student’s wider programme of study.
Students are entitled to use the facilities within our Learning Resource Centre, which includes the library and IT suite. Students can borrow books, journals and DVDs in order to conduct wider reading and independent study. The library will also be available for students to use during study sessions.
Students are entitled to impartial and up-to-date Careers guidance. Hall Cross employs a full time Careers Adviser and students can refer themselves, or be referred to the Careers Adviser for an interview at any time. In addition, students will have an Academic Tutor who will meet with them regularly to support them with university applications and the UCAS process. Students will experience a Pathways Programme in July of Year 12. This programme will involve an intensive programme of workshops and visits from guest speakers. The programme is intended to inspire students about the choice and diversity of opportunity available to them beyond Sixth Form.
It is increasingly vital that students gain relevant and meaningful work experience as part of their Post 16 Programme of Study. For students studying three A-Levels, Wednesday afternoon provides an opportunity to secure a regular placement as part of our Enrichment programme of activity. All Year 12 students are required to take part in a Work Experience placement in July.
Students are entitled to use their Common Room during free periods. Hot meals, cold snacks and refreshments are available throughout the day.
Students are entitled to participate in a range of Extra-Curricular activities, either as part of our Enrichment Programme or in addition to their Programme of Study. Activities are many and varied and include social committees, sports clubs, academic projects, Duke of Edinburgh Awards and The Linacre Trust Programme.
Hall Cross is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our Sixth Formers. Students are entitled to be supported by the Sixth Form team. The Academy also works in partnership with external agencies to provide further support such as counselling, should it be required.
By signing this document you commit to your individual Programme of Study and consent to the usage of the Hall Cross Academy ‘sign in’ app.
Hall Cross Sixth Form is an inclusive learning community committed to making outstanding provision for all learners. In order to achieve this aim it is vital that all learners agree to the following conditions.
Sixth Formers must attend Academic Tutorial sessions, lessons and study sessions as well as any compulsory enrichment activity. Students must provide evidence of illness in the event of missing lessons, study sessions or any compulsory session within their programme of study. If a student’s attendance drops below 95% without serious mitigating circumstances, their attendance will be monitored and they may be placed on a report. Persistent unauthorised absenteeism (defined as below 10% absence caused for unauthorised reasons) may result in a student’s removal from their programme of study. Students must use the sign-in systems when they enter and leave the academy premises and during study session periods.
Sixth Formers are role models within our school community. Students must adhere to the uniform policy and conduct themselves in an exemplary manner. As part of an inclusive learning community, students must respect one-another and any form of discriminatory behaviour towards other students or staff will not be tolerated by the academy. Out of a duty of care to students, possession of tobacco, alcohol and E-cigarettes is prohibited on the academy site. Students in possession of either tobacco or alcohol will be sent home. Students are also asked not to smoke (including E-cigarettes) in the immediate vicinity of the Academy.
Sixth Form students have their own Common Room and dedicated study spaces. Students must respect these communal spaces and are collectively responsible for keeping them tidy. Damage to academy property will result in an invoice for costs incurred being sent home. Anti-social behaviour in communal spaces will not be tolerated and will result in students being banned from those spaces.
Learner profile grades indicate a student’ attitude to learning and it is the academy’s position that students should be striving for outstanding learner profile data. Consistently low learner profile data may result in changes to a student’s programme of study as it is not in the interest of a student to continue on a course they are not putting any effort into.
Sixth Form students are expected to fully conform to the Academy Sixth Form uniform policy, ensuring that they remain role models for other year groups in the Academy. This includes the wearing of Academy lanyards at all times.
Hall Cross Academy has high expectations of Sixth Formers in terms of their Attitude to Learning and Attainment. Students will be provided with Target Grades based on their GCSE performance, and students will be expected to work toward achieving these target grades in formative and summative assessments. Departments will support students to make full levels of progress. If a student persistently fails to demonstrate the Attitude to Learning required of a Sixth Form student they will be placed on a supportive Learner Contract. Failure to achieve the targets discussed on that contract may result in a student being removed from a programme of study in order to secure a more appropriate curriculum or career pathway. If it is clear that a student is consistently struggling to attain pass grades during Year 12 and their attainment is very low in the summer mocks in Year 12, the academy might work with students and parents to find an alternative pathway which will enable them to achieve. The academy has a Year 13 transition policy which informs the process of support provided in this circumstance and this is available to view on our website. Wider reading and Independent Study Sixth Form teachers will often set reading, research or homework tasks in advance of lessons. It is vital that students conduct the study tasks required of them. Students’ Attitude to Learning grades will be dependent on students completing these independent study tasks.
Hall Cross Academy recognises the impact of good organisation on attainment at A – Level. Students may be required to bring files into school to store notes. Academic tutors will check students’ files are properly organised and that work is divided into topic areas.
Whilst the majority of information you provide to us is mandatory, some of it is provided to us on a voluntary basis and may be used for the safeguarding and welfare of your child whilst in school. You may request that only your child’s name, address and date of birth is passed to the local authority or provider of youth support services. Please sign the appropriate section.
Training providers should ensure that all learners have seen this privacy notice as part of their enrolment processes.
How we use your personal information
This privacy notice is issued by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA), on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Department of Education (DfE). It is to inform learners how their personal information will be used by the DfE, the ESFA (an executive agency of the DfE) and any successor bodies to these organisations.
For the purposes of relevant data protection legislation, the DfE is the data controller for personal data processed by the ESFA. Your personal information is used by the DfE to exercise its functions and meet its statutory responsibilities, including under the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 and to create and maintain a unique learner number (ULN) and a personal learning record (PLR). Your information will be securely destroyed after it is no longer required for these purposes.
Your information may be used for education, training, employment and well-being related purposes, including for research. The DfE and the English European Social Fund (ESF) Managing Authority (or agents acting on their behalf) may contact you in order for them to carry out research and evaluation to inform the effectiveness of training.
Your information may also be shared with other third parties for the above purposes, but only where the law allows it and the sharing is in compliance with data protection legislation.
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