henrietta barnett sixth form

heyyy got an offer too
what did you wanna talk abouttt

Okay so for the most part it's really nice, there's a really friendly atmosphere but of course it can be academically intense. What you'll find is that, more than the teachers, there's this sort of constant peer pressure to do well because you see everyone else pushing themselves as much as possible. It's not something that people talk about much, but this pressure is definitely there. How you deal with it really depends on how you are as a person. I personally don't mind it much because I feel like it keeps me on track and motivates me to do better. On the other hand, I know that's not the case for some of my friends. I've seen their confidence go down over the last year or so and this can impact their performance in exams.

Don't expect too much from the teaching lol. Some teachers are really great but most of them are just average (or even below that). The humanities teachers are quite good for the most part but the science teachers are just mediocre at best. There are only two physics teachers and both of them are leaving. The biology department isn't great tbh and chemistry is decent I guess.

The school can also be a little disorganised at times and it's no secret as to how underfunded we are and that definitely affects the teaching. Plus, soooo many teachers are leaving at the end of this academic year so I really can't say how things will be in September.

At the same time, many of the alumnae say that learning to deal with the kind of atmosphere of HBS gives you excellent preparation for universities (especially if you're aiming for a top uni, e.g. Oxbridge, Imperial, UCL, Warwick, etc.)

There are many clubs for almost every subject/field you might want to go into (e.g. Medical Society, Physics Society, History Society, English Extension, Geography Society, I think there’s a Biochem Soc too). There’s usually a good range of talks on and sixth formers often have a role in emailing people (usually university professors) and asking them to come in. There are also plenty of opportunities for sixth formers to give talks at these societies. It’s up to you how involved you are in these, but it probably does look good if a teacher says that you’ve had an active role in a certain society as part of the teacher’s reference for your UCAS application, or you could write about it in your Personal Statement.

Don’t worry too much about the social life: you’ll definitely make good friendships and then your social life really depends on how you are as a person. There are people who party fairly regularly, people who prefer to just have little gatherings with their close friends, people who like to go to different places in Central London, etc. You’ll find people with similar interests to you

Please do feel free to ask if you have any more questions!

hey anyone else here get an offer from henrietta barnett for sixth form? i was hoping to talk to some people who are planning to accept the offer as i didn’t get to go to the visit in march. thanks!!

hiii, I've got a conditional too!
what subjects are you planning on taking?
im thinking maths, further maths, biology and physics.

heyy we have almost chosen the same subjects, i’m planning on taking maths, further maths, physics and chemistry! do you already go to hbs or somewhere else?

thats crazy those were my initial choices and then I changed my mind last minute 😭
no I don't go to hbs rn... do you?

Hi. I also got a offer. I’m applied for maths, further maths, physics and economics but I might swap economics for geography or Latin. Is it your first choice? I’m still not sure whether I want to leave my current school

hey anyone else here get an offer from henrietta barnett for sixth form? i was hoping to talk to some people who are planning to accept the offer as i didn’t get to go to the visit in march. thanks!!

Heyyy all
Anyone have an idea whether Henrietta Barnett is better for the sciencey subjects or the more humanities - based ones? I’m stuck deciding on which ones I should do. Either bio chem and maths (further maths) orrrr I do English lit RE and Spanish.

hii, both departments can be either bad or good depending on the teacher you get but the english and spanish teachers are all amazing - RE isnt offered at a-level, and youd have to take both maths and further to do further maths w your science combination, so it really depends on what you want to do at uni,, also teachers leave every year so its not worth taking subjects based on the quality of the department

hey anyone else here get an offer from henrietta barnett for sixth form? i was hoping to talk to some people who are planning to accept the offer as i didn’t get to go to the visit in march. thanks!!

heyy, i applied late to the school and just got accepted so i'm going in completely blind lmaoo. i was wondering if there was a dress code since i can't find it on the website, and if we're allowed to use digital devices to take notes in class? i'm not sure if you'd know since you're joining this year too, but i didn't know where else to ask loll. if anyone else knows i'd really appreciate the help.
thank you

i dont think there is an acc dress code but from what ive seen people wear rlly casual clothes - like jumpers/hoodies/trainers are all good. and no idt we can use digital devices to take notes but id ask ur subject teacher before ur lesson if i were you!

hi, im going into year 13 at hbs next year no we don't really have a dress code, technicallyyy there is one but no one really follows it or cares. and yes, you can absolutely use digital devices to take notes in class - the majority of us in sixth form work on ipads lol