GCSE Subject Choices

The Curriculum is taught within a 40 Lesson teaching week, comprising a combination of courses which are devised to ensure that all pupils receive a balanced education and keep open a wide range of Sixth Form and University options.

Compulsory Subjects

These are the core subjects which each pupil will study

Teaching Periods Per Week

Fourth Form Fifth Form English 5 6 Mathematics 5 5 Modern Foreign Language 4 4 Science individually taught as: -Biology 3 3 -Chemistry 3 3 -Physics 3 3 Religious Studies 2 2

Optional Subjects

Pupils must then opt to study three additional subjects from the list below

Teaching Periods Per Week

Fourth Form Fifth Form Art and Design

Classical Civilisation Computer Science Design and Technology Drama French Geography German History Latin Gratin (Latin and Greek) Music Spanish Additional Subjects

All pupils will study additional compulsory subjects

Each of the three additional subjects will be taught for 4 periods per week throughout Fourth and Fifth Form

Teaching Periods Per Week

Fourth Form Fifth Form PE 2 1 Lessons for Life 1 1

Course Combinations

There are a number of combinations which may not be taken:

• Only two Modern Languages in total may be taken, one in the compulsory core and one within the options

• Pupils should choose Latin or Latin with Greek (Gratin) but not both.