Choosing House Life the right subjects for GCSE ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL Your son/daughter will make initial GCSE choices in If you will not be next in school for any reason, your parents should ’phone the boarding house by 8.30 am February so that year’s timetable can be blocked to and let us know. staffing planned. They will confirm their choices at the end of this term. There is the opportunity to add Apart from special occasions (eg.initial a family wedding), you are expected to be in school throughout the any supporting comments on both and final term. option-choice forms if you feel particularly strongly about the choices that have been made. Once the final Requests for leave of absence from lessons must be put in writing by your parents to the Headmaster. options form is submitted, the allocation of options The exception to this is an appointment to the will be made based on the information supplied on dentist, physio etc where a telephone call to Mr Shedden the form.is fine. Where possible, 2 weeks notice is expected. Once choicesinvolves have beenmissing made, the reserves If the request anCollege afternoon activity/sport it is YOUR responsibility to obtain the right to withdraw any courses for which there is the activity that will be missed. permission from the member of staff who runs insufficient demand. If you have been ill and are goingchoices to be ‘off games’ on your return, please bring an explanatory note We try to accommodate all subject within with you on your arrival. the prescribed framework. However, subjects are sometimes oversubscribed and availability of staffing prevents additional classes. If this is the case, we will contact you to discuss alternatives. On the following pages, you will find more information about each subject, as well as some useful advice from the Head of Careers and Higher Education, Sharon Allmark. These will help you when weighing up the various factors involved in making the most appropriate choices.
Stephen Badger Deputy Head (Teaching & Learning)
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