(I)GCSE - The Challenge Ahead

Welcome to the (I)GCSE booklet. I hope this information will help your son or daughter decide their GCSE choices.

The 3rd Form is the last year without external examinations for our pupils. (I)GCSE examinations are a challenge to all pupils regardless of their ability: for many, the challenge has more academic breadth than will be encountered at any other point in their lives. A good portfolio of grades is essential for progression to A Level, BTECs and, indeed, university and the world of employment. It is worth noting that a pupil must achieve at least five Grade 4s or better if they are to move into the Sixth Form at King's (ideally a Grade 6 is needed in those subjects which are to be studied at A Level).

Good quality (I)GCSE grades are achieved, in the first place, by making the most appropriate subject choices. This booklet will help pupils to make these decisions, but it is vitally important that discussions are held with subject teachers, housemasters/housemistresses, tutors and parents, to enable the “right” choices to be made - every individual pupil must play to their strengths and interests.

Mr Wilmshurst Headmaster headmaster@kingsbruton.com