1. Welcome to Year 11 Parent Tutor Evening

2. The Importance of GCSEs and Btecs You need at least 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C to study a Level 3 course... Achieving 5+ A*-C including English and Maths offers many more opportunities including A- levels... You need 5+ A*-C including English and Maths to do a University degree in any subject or to progress on to any of the professions.

3. Attendance Attendance is really, really important this year Percentage attendancePercentage chance of achieving 5+ A*-C inc English and Maths 80-89%35% chance 90-94%50% chance 95% +73% chance

4. Know the dates for exams, controlled assessments and Btec deadlines

5. GCSE Exams this year November 2014 English iGCSE, Maths iGCSE Results are published on January 20 th Summer 2014 English Literature English iGCSE Maths Science All the GCSE Option subjects

6. BTEC Exams this year Summer 2014 BTEC Music, BTEC Science December 2014 BTEC ICT January 2015 BTEC H&SC, BTEC Music, BTEC Sport (tbc) March 2015 BTEC Science resits Art, Drama and Dance exam pieces in the Spring/Summer term

7. Look forward to Results Day 20 th January 20 th August See the school website for blank revision timetables and KS4 assessment schedules