Year 9 Parents’ Information Evening

Key Stage 4• Year 10 and Year 11• Preparing for public examinations at the end of

Year 11

New terminology

Key Stage 4 Programme

English Baccalaureate

• English• Mathematics• Science• A Language• Geography or• History

Students will study……

• English• Mathematics• Science• a Modern Foreign Language• History or Geography• Religion and Philosophy

plus

• Sport (1/2 GCSE, Dance GCSE, BTEC Certificate in Sports Leadership or BTEC Dance Leadership)

• Personal Development (PSHE, Citizenship and Economic Awareness)

Subject Periods per Week

    English 4

Mathematics 4

Science 6

Modern Foreign Language 3Physical Education 2

PSHE 1

Religious Studies 1

History or Geography 3

Option Block A 3

Option Block B 3

30

Students will choose two subjects from the following list of GCSEs:

Art HistoryBusiness Studies HospitalityChild Development ICTDance ItalianDrama Media StudiesFrench MusicGeography PEGerman SpanishHealth & Social Care Technology

We ask students to put their choices in order and indicate reserve choices

Location of subjectsCourse

RoomCourse

Room

Art H111 ICT L4

Business Studies L16 Italian Dining Hall

Child Development DALO Mathematics Dining Hall

Dance L6 Media Studies C1

Drama L6 Music H120

English Dining Hall Physical Education L3

French Dining Hall Public Services DALO

Geography L8 Religion & Philosophy Dining Hall

German Dining Hall Science Dining Hall

Health & Social Care DALO Spanish Dining Hall

History L9 Technology N1/N2

Hospitality Rose Kitchen

Options subjects will have presentations running every fifteen minutes

Core subjects will be represented in the Dining Hall

The next stage• Your daughter will attend an interview with a

senior member of staff• You may wish to speak to Mrs Evans, Head of

Careers tonight, or to Mr Cross, one of the Deputy Headteachers or Ms Bellis, Head of Sixth Form

are provided by World Challenge students, in the Dining Hall. If you would be willing to help at a school event, please see me during the evening.

It’s your daughter’s future!