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Dear Parents and Students,
This website provides information for you to research and choose your Years 10 and 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 Years 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 or 2 GCSEs 1 GCSE |
2 |
Optional GCSEs |
Group A: Individual and Societies Group B: Creativity and Design Group C: Additional Options You can choose any 3 subjects. However, we recommend that you take at least 1 subject from each of group A & B to maintain a breadth of skills. Moreover, if you are planning to study at a US college, most colleges will expect applicants to have completed 4 years of Social Studies, therefore you should take at least one subject from Group A: Individuals and Societies. |
3 GCSE or BTEC Level 2 subjects |
3 |
Future-Proofing Courses or Triple Science |
Students who do not choose Triple Science will take Future-Proofing courses. |
1 extra GCSE for Triple Science |
4 |
Health and Wellbeing |
These include Physical Health Education & Learning 4 Life. |
These courses are not examined |
