Year 8 to Year 9 Options

All students (whether currently at King Edward’s or new applicants) entering into the Year 9 are asked to make choices about the range of subjects that they will study.

All pupils study, or continue to study, the subjects below: English History Mathematics Geography Biology Religious Studies Chemistry Physical Education & Games Physics

We then ask pupils to choose a further five subjects to study alongside the mandatory ones listed above.

This can be either Two languages + 3 option subjects or Three languages + 2 option subjects.

Languages

All pupils study at least two languages in Year 9.

Current pupils will continue to study their Modern Foreign Language 1, that being the language first started in the First Year. For their Modern Foreign Language 2 they have the option to continue to study their current Modern Foreign Language 2, i.e. the language started at the beginning of the Second Year, or switch to Italian or Latin.

Pupils joining the school next year must pick two languages from French, German, Spanish, or Italian. It is expected that one language will have been studied for at least two years, and that the other will have been studied for at least one year – unless opting for Italian which is taught as a beginners language.

It is possible to study three languages, in which case one will be Latin.

If you decide on two languages, you can add any three subjects from the list below, whilst if you decide on three languages, you can add two subjects from the list below:

Art*, Design and Technology*, Music*, Drama*, Computer Science, or Classical Civilisation.

Please note that whether choosing two or three subjects from this list, at least one must be a creative subject, marked *

Deputy Head (Academic): Dr B M Waymark bmw@kes.hants.sch.uk