Student Leader Application Pack

							           Application Form : Senior Student Leader
       Name                       Base Campus                  Post Applied For




1. Why do you want to be a member of the Academy Student Leadership Team?




2. What have you done previously in school or out of school that gives you some
   experience of helping or leading others?
   3. What do you feel you learned from it? How would you like to build on it as a
      member of the Student Leadership Team?




   4. If you could lead one project in our new Academy, what would it be and why?




   5. Please name below a member of the Academy staff who has agreed to support your
      application.




Signature:                                   Date:
Application Form : Senior Student Leader
Thank you for your interest in becoming a Senior Student Leader in our new academy. By
picking up this application form you have made the first step towards having a real say in
how Oasis Academy Oldham develops in its first year. Please read the following notes
carefully to make sure that you cover everything you would like to say in your application.
Being a Senior Student Leader will also be something you can write on your Personal
Statement when you apply for college courses and something to talk about in interviews.

General Advice: make your form the best it can be

            You can either complete your form by hand or use an electronic version
            Whether you write by hand or type it, get somebody to check it for you – a
             parent or carer, your form tutor, the member of staff you have asked to
             support your application in Question 5, your Learning Community Leader, the
             Connexions Team
            Try to write in accurate Standard English – sentences with punctuation or if
             you use some bullet points set them out clearly
            It’s not an English test, but if you struggle with sentences and spelling, ask for
             help with getting your thoughts down on paper
            Complete all sections as fully as you can and don’t leave any boxes empty
            Be honest – tell the truth and don’t say you have done things you haven’t


Question 1: Why do you want to be a member of the Academy Student Leadership Team?

            Write about what you are like as a person that would make you a good leader
            Tell us about what you will be like as leader and why others will want to work
             with you
            If you haven’t been a leader before, say why you are interested now
            Say something about the leadership position you have applied for – explain
             why you would be a good leader in your chosen area

Question 2: What have you done previously in school or out of school that gives you some
experience of helping or leading others?

            Write here about any clubs you have been in or any times that you have been
             part of a team, e.g. sports, school production, enrichment activities
            Write also about when you take responsibility out of school – caring for
             family members or people in your local community
            Write about any fund raising activities you have been involved in – in and out
             of school
Question 3: What do you feel you learned from it? How would you like to build on it as a
member of the Student Leadership Team?

            Think here about what you have done and how this has changed you as a
             person
            Think about how your experiences in lower school – things you got right or
             wrong – have changed the way you deal with other people
            Think about how these experiences can be used to guide and influence
             others

Question 4: If you could lead one project in our new Academy, what would it be and why?

             There are no right or wrong answers – talk about something that is either
              important to you or tell us about an exciting new idea that you would like to
              be involved in
             There will be lots of exciting new things happening in the first year of your
              Academy – think about ONE thing that we could do to make it even better
              than it is now
             You can tell us about anything you would like to do – in the Academy or in
              the community, in the world of Business and Enterprise, sporting, science,
              arts projects………. ANYTHING that you want to develop

Question 5: Please name below a member of the Academy staff who has agreed to support
your application.

             Make sure you ask the member of staff you have chosen if they will support
              you before you write down their name
             You can ask any member of staff from the Academy – teachers, support and
              office staff, technicians
             You might want to choose somebody who knows you well or somebody who
              works in the area where you would like to be a leader


What will happen to my completed application form? When will I hear something?



             We will write to everybody who completes an application form telling them
              what will happen next
             You will have a meeting about your application form with a member of the
              Academy Leadership Team and a member of staff who works in the area
              that interests you
             All applicants will get feedback about their application form so that they will
              learn which sections they answered best and how they can improve the
              next application form they write