“Choose the right courses and the right qualifications for you”
Current information relates to 2010/2011.
Students are presented with the choices and given advice at a Careers Conference, Options Assembly and Options Evening. Students must choose a foreign language from, French, German or Spanish. They then choose two other options.
Some subjects are considered to be very important to your general education and are viewed by universities and employers alike as an important requirement. As well as central subjects such as Mathematics, English and Science, the education provided in Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE), PE and a modern language will be beneficial to all students.
All non-core subjects are optional and although you will be confined to a certain extent in order to ensure that you follow a balanced curriculum, you will be able to choose subjects according to your strengths and weaknesses. It may not be possible to provide all possible combinations of subjects, but we shall arrange the system of blocks to accommodate as many of your choices as possible.
It is important that when choosing your options you try to achieve some sort of balance between subjects. We advise this in order that you do not unnecessarily specialise too soon and thus restrict possible further career areas. This is the reason behind the constraints that we place on the option system.