Stephenson Trust Post 16 CentreNews
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Wednesday 1 October 2025 October is Mental Health Awareness Month Over the month of October the Post 16 Centre will be focusing on its character development quality: Responsibility, but also on Mental Health Education. Beginning with a special talk with our therapy team on October 1st. We also we be running our first wellbeing morning on Wednesday October 8th and celebrating World Mental Health Day on Friday October 10th. With lots of awareness on recognising how to promote good mental health strategies for themselves, and recognising the signs of poor mental health - this year's focus is all about Always Having a Choice.
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Friday 26 September 2025 Friday Coffee Morning The Post 16 Centre hosted a brilliant Coffee Morning for McMillan Cancer Research on Friday September 26th with contributions of cakes, cinnamon rolls and cookies made in catering all week. We collected in over £50 to donate to McMillan and students served up tea and coffee at break in support of this great charity. Cancer now affects over 3.5 million people in the United Kingdom. A fantastic credit to all the student volunteers that helped to make this such a successful event.
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Tuesday 2 September 2025 A Warm Welcome to all our New Students We are excited to welcome all of our new students into the Stephenson Trust Post 16 Centre on Monday September 8th at 8:30am. Key workers will be in touch with all new students to share timetables and start dates.
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Friday 4 July 2025 Upcoming Transition Days at Post 16
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Wednesday 25 June 2025 Wellbeing Wednesday Drop ins The Post 16 Centre would like to remind all students that if they need any help with updating their CVs, or a check-in with staff, or even fancy popping in for a cup of tea and and chat. We will be hosting Wellbeing Wednesday Drop Ins every Wednesday from 10am-12pm at the Post 16 Centre from now until July 23rd.
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Monday 23 June 2025 Congratulations to our 2025 Graduates It was lovely to see so many of our young people and their families taking part in our end of year graduation ceremony to recognise the hard work and accomplishments of our young people. In a closing ceremony we celebrated their achievements and reminded all of our graduates that to forage ahead with new beginnings there had to also be some endings. We wish all of our Class of 2025 students an incredible summer as they begin the next chapter of their lives beyond Post 16!
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Thursday 5 June 2025 Upcoming Events @ Post16 With the school year drawing to a close for all 2025 graduates/leavers from the Post 16 Centre, there is still a few important upcoming dates to be aware of:
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Friday 23 May 2025 Friday May 23rd - Closed for GCSE English Paper 1 The Post 16 Centre will be closed on Friday May 23rd for GCSE English Paper 1 and this is the final day of the halfterm.
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Monday 19 May 2025 Regular Lessons Resume this Week Just a reminder that all Year 12s and Year 13s are due in for regular lessons this week - the final week of normal classes to finish portfolios and revise for upcoming core exams. We are open normal times all week - but closed this Friday May 23rd for the GCSE English exam at 9am.
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Tuesday 22 April 2025 Applications for September 2025 - Have Now Closed Applications for September 2025 places at the Stephenson Trust Post 16 Centre have now closed. Those that have applied can expect a letter confirming their application and inviting them to interview in the summer term; These will be sent out in May. There has been overwhelming interest in our programme and although we are unable to accommodate all learners, we look forward to meeting prospective students in the coming months.
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Friday 4 April 2025 End of Term this Friday April 4th We end the Spring term this Friday April 4th - We want to wish all of our students a restful and relaxing break. We will open on Tuesday April 22nd at 8:30am for the Summer Term.
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Wednesday 2 April 2025 First Aid Day @ Post 16 Today 11 of our students spent the entire day learning life-saving skills and CPR with a Hazard Alley First Aid trainer. From bandaging to the recovery position our students are now well prepared in how to conduct emergency first aid for the workplace, a qualification that is valid for 3 years. We're proud of their conduct today and that they've this fantastic qualification for their CV's
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Monday 10 March 2025 Mock Exam Week at Post 16 Monday March 10th-Friday March 14th the Post 16 Centre will be undergoing Resilience Mock Week - in line with new requirements from the governing exam board (JCQ) for us to have a teacher assessed mock should the formal summer exams not be able to be held for any reason.
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Thursday 6 March 2025 World Book Day arrives at Post 16 Next Week The Post 16 Centre will be participating next week in World Book Day with a "Drop Everything And Read" event. Staff will be delivering a section of a thrilling short story each lesson over the day for students to enjoy. And at lunch we will be hosting a book swap event - "Bring in a Book - Take a Book;" all to celebrate getting lost in a good book!
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Thursday 27 February 2025 Post 16 Theatre Trip to see Murder on the Orient Express This Thursday students that have signed up and paid their £5 deposit will be leaving the Post 16 Centre at 1:45pm after Session 4, to go attend the matinee performance of Agatha Christie's acclaimed novel Murder on the Orient Express. Students will able to leave from the theatre at 5:15pm after the performance or be picked up from the Post 16 Centre at 5:30pm.
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Friday 14 February 2025 Final Day of the Half Term Reminding all students, parents and professionals that we break up for the half term break this Friday February 14th at 1pm. We wish all of our students are restful week off before coming back to Functional Skills Maths and English exams on Tuesday February 25th (Maths) and Wednesday February 26th (English). Only those students with exams on those days are expected to attend.
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Wednesday 5 February 2025 MK Careers Fair - Sold Out. Tickets to attend the next MK careers fair being hosted at the Leonardo Hotel have now been all allocated with students signing up to explore the latest companies looking to hire for positions across the city. We are looking forward to taking the group over to speak to employers and find out more about starting positions with various industries based in Milton Keynes. We will be leaving the Post 16 Centre at 10am to explore the stalls and speak to recruiters.
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Thursday 30 January 2025 Applying for a place in September 2025 Under the tab - Parents/Carers/Students you will now find our on-line applications for a place starting in September 2025 for Year 12 and Year 13 which run independent of each other. We look forward to receiving your application online and should you wish to have a tour or speak to us prior to applying please contact reception to arrange this. Applications will be accepted until March 31st 2025.
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Wednesday 29 January 2025 Happy Chinese New Year! 2025 welcomes in the year of the snake, and to celebrate the Chinese New Year at Post 16, we will be making Chinese dishes in catering lessons and discussing new beginnings in form times.
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Wednesday 8 January 2025 Applications for 2025 are now open Online applications for Year 12 and Year 13 are now open on our website. Please submit these online to us and should you wish to have a tour of our provision please contact the centre directly. Applications close on March 31st 2025.
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Wednesday 18 December 2024 Its Panto Season! Oh no its not...oh yes it is
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Thursday 12 December 2024 Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day Join us in collecting donations for Save the Children by wearing a Christmas Jumper on Thursday December 12th. Our fundraising goal is £100 to donate to this charity.
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Friday 6 December 2024 2025 Applications Opening Soon We will be shortly opening our online applications for September 2025. We anticipate these going live in January 2025 and they will remain open until Easter. If you are considering us for your Post 16 destination - apply early to avoid disappointment as we have limited spaces for both Year 12 and Year 13 places.
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Monday 2 December 2024 INSET DAY - Monday December 2nd Just a reminder that the Post 16 Centre will be closed to all students on Monday December 2nd as this is a teacher training day. Normal lessons resume Tuesday December 3rd.
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Sunday 24 November 2024 Assessment Week for the Students at Post 16
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Friday 22 November 2024 Our Annual Open Afternoon Are you a current Year 11 looking for options for next year?
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Thursday 21 November 2024 Post 16 Students heading to the Good Food Show at the NEC Several of our students that have a passion for cooking are off to the BBC Good Food Show on Thursday November 21st at the NEC in Birmingham. They will get to take in the latest kitchen gadgets and sample the offerings from world class chefs. We are looking forward to hearing all about their day.
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Wednesday 6 November 2024 Functional Skills Maths Exams Wednesday It was fantastic to see all our entered students at Post-16 this morning for their English Functional Skills and GCSE resit exams. A reminder that the centre remains closed Wednesday November 6th for the Maths Functional Skills Exams tomorrow, will normal lesson resuming on Thursday November 7th.
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Tuesday 5 November 2024 Exam Day for English The Post 16 Centre will be closed today for all students undertaking a GCSE English re-sit, or Level 1 or 2 Functional Skills. Students have been issued with timetables to confirm their exams but should you have any questions please call us. All national exams begin at 9am.
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