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Dear Parents and Students,
This website provides information for you to research and choose your Year 10 & 11 programme. A recommendation from UK’s top 30 leading research universities (the Russell Group) is that 8 to 10 GCSE or BTEC qualifications are preferred . Quality rather than quantity. Some students will benefit from extra support to develop their English language acquisition or develop learning skills and will be equally successful studying 5 to 8 GCSE courses. The Year 10 & 11 curriculum consists of the following components: |
Advice from Year 10 students |
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Compulsory GCSEs All students learn these subjects and will gain GCSE qualifications in each subject |
English Language World Literature Maths Science Language (non-English) |
1 GCSE 1 GCSE 1 GCSE 1, 2 or 3GCSEs 1 GCSE |
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Optional GCSEs Students make a single choice from each of Groups A, B and C |
Group A Individual and Societies Group B: Creativity and Design Group C: Additional option GCSE PE One further additional choice from either group A or B Dual Language option For some students, group C will be used for providing additional learning support EAP or S4S. |
1 GCSE 1 GCSE 1 CGSE |
3 |
Future-Proofing courses |
These are short courses which give students the opportunity to explore a wide range of personal interests. There is a heavy emphasis on transferable 21st Century skills development. |
These courses are not examined |
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Health and Wellbeing |
These include Physical Health Education, Mindfulness and Learning 4 Life. |
These courses are not examined |
