1. Y9 Options Presentation 2016

4. Overview Which subjects are the options and which are compulsory?
How and when do you choose?
What qualifications could you get?
How will you know what to pick?
What about sixth form?

5. Generally follow 10 courses
qualifications
Broad and balanced curriculum

6. Options Offer

7. English Literature GCSE
English Language GCSE
English Literature GCSE
Functional Skills Levels 1 and 2

8. Mathematics GCSE

9. Double Award Science GCSE

10. Non- examined PE course

11. PSHE lesson to work
with Tutors

12. Short Course Religious Studies in Year 10
Enrichment or Study in Year 11

13. 4 option choices

14. Art and Design Health and Social Care
Business Studies History
Computer Science Horticulture
Drama ICT
Design Technology Media
Food and Catering Music
French Sociology
Geography Spanish
GCSE PE Triple Science

15. French Spanish Business Studies History Media Sociology Geography
GCSE PE

16. Health and Social Care
Horticulture
ICT
Food and Catering

17. Computer Science programming and structure ICT applications
Triple Science

18. Art and Design Drama Design Technology Media Food and Catering Music
Product Design
Fashion and Textiles

19. What qualifications will students receive?

20. GCSE Art and Design GCSE PE Business Studies History
Computer Science Drama
Design Technology Media
Music Sociology
French Geography Spanish Triple Science

21. GCSE
A new grading scale of 9 to 1 will be used, with 9 being the top grade. This will allow greater differentiation between students and will help distinguish the new GCSEs from previous versions.
Assessment will be mainly by exam, with other types of assessment used only where they are needed to test essential skills.
There will be new, more demanding content, which has been developed by government and the exam boards.
Courses will be designed for two years of study – they will no longer be divided into different modules and students will take all their exams in one period at the end of their course.
Exams can only be split into ‘foundation tier’ and ‘higher tier’ if one exam paper does not give all students the opportunity to show their knowledge and abilities.
Resit opportunities will only be available each November in English language and maths.

22. New GCSE Grades: English and Maths

23. New grading structure for GCSE
Grade 5 will be the new ‘good pass’ for GCSE Mathematics and English

24. BTEC
Horticulture

25. Advanced Certificate
Health and Social Care
ICT
Food and Catering

26. Y9 Options Timeline 2016-17 Finding Out Clarifying Committing
Options Launch Assembly
Parent Info Evening
Options Form Live
Tutor
Briefing
Options Info Evening
Tutor & PSHE Support
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Launch Assembly
Options
Booklet
Full
written reports
Options Submission Deadline
Finding Out
Clarifying
Committing

27. Options Timeline- Finding Out
Tutor & PSHE Support
Walk through booklet
Options Tracking Sheets
Tutor Folders
Subject Info/Talks from HOD’s
Personality, interests, skills assessments
Research careers

28. Options Booklet Sample Shot

29. Options Timeline- Clarifying
17th January
26th January
24th January

30. Options Timeline- Committing
27th January
3rd February

31. Options Timeline- Committing
NOT first come first served
Options Form – Electronic submission