KeyStage4CurriculumEvening

ChoosingYourOp:ons

Timescale

•  Friday22January2016-Year9Reportsissued

•  Monday25January2016-Year9Op:onsEvening

•  Wednesday27January-GuidanceInterviewsbegin

•  Thursday25February-Year9Parents’Consulta:on2pm-7pm

•  Monday29February-Completedop:onsformshandedin

SomeGuidingPrinciples

•  Whatsubjectsdoyoulike/enjoy?

•  Whatareyourinterests?

•  Whatwillyousucceedat?

•  WherewillyougoaUerCamVC?

•  Keepyourop:onsopenforthefuture.

Thinkingaheadtopost-16andbeyond

Post16

Con:nueinfull:meeduca:on

StartanAppren:ceship Getajobor

volunteer,withtraining

Years10and11

A-Levels•  SomesubjectsrequireaGCSEinordertocon:nueontoA-levele.g.languages.Somedo

not.•  TherewillbenewsubjectsavailableatA-Levelthatmayhavespecificentryrequirements.•  SciencesandMathsatA-level.•  Voca:onalcoursesarecountedasGCSEequivalentbysixthforms,butthenumberthatcan

beincluded,varies.

Voca-onalcoursesYoudon’tneedtohavedoneavoca:onalcourseatKeyStage4todooneatKeyStage5

Howdothechoicesyoumakenowaffectyourop:onspost-16andbeyond?

Whataboutuniversity?AllGCSEsandLevel2qualifica:onsareimportant.

•  Universi:eslookatthem•  Someuniversitycoursesrequireatleast5AgradeequivalentsatGCSEinaddi:on

toA-levels•  Somescience-baseddegreecoursessuchasVeterinaryScienceneedBgrade

(equivalent)atGCSE

Con:nueinfull:meeduca:on

ApplyingforajobYouwillputyourGCSEgradesandotherqualifica:ononeveryjobapplica:onyoucomplete

Whathappensnext?

•  Advicefromyourteachers,tutorsandthesupportteam

•  Post-16evening•  Post-16guidancemee:ngs•  SixthFormtasterdays

ChangingLandscape•  Anewgradingscaleof9to1,9beingthetopgrade.

•  Assessmentwillbemainlybyexam•  New,moredemandingcontent•  Coursesdesignedfortwoyearsofstudy;examsinoneperiodattheendofthecourse.

•  Fewerexamssplitinto‘Founda:on:er’and‘Higher:er’.

TheCoreCurriculum

Examined:•  EnglishLanguageandEnglishLiterature•  Maths•  Science•  Alanguage

Non-Examined:•  PE•  PSHE

BlockA:Languages

Mustchoosealanguagefrom•  Spanish•  French•  German

BlockB:Op:ons

•  Mustchoose3subjectsfromBlockB

•  Canincludeanaddi:onallanguage

•  Needtohaveareservesubjectfromthisblock

BlockC:AUerSchoolOp:ons

•  Op:onalchoice•  Only1•  Thinkcarefully•  Costassociated

SummaryofChoices•  CoreCurriculum(nochoice)

•  EnglishLanguageandEnglishLiterature•  Maths•  Science•  PE•  PSHE

•  BlockA•  Spanish/French/German

•  BlockB•  3choices

•  BlockC•  Op:onalaUer-schoolchoices

Guidance

•  PSHELessons•  KS4CurriculumBrochure•  Year9Reports•  Tutors•  GuidanceInterviews•  TeachingStaff•  Thisevening•  Parents’Consulta:on