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Year 10 Options Briefing for Parents - Understanding Your Child's Curriculum Choices

This briefing outlines the Year 10 options process, aiming to engage students in selecting appropriate courses that match their learning styles and future academic pathways. It introduces the core curriculum and available options, including GCSEs, BTECs, and vocational courses. Parents are encouraged to consider their child's strengths and interests while exploring pathways, including the English Baccalaureate. The briefing also details support systems, qualifications, and practical tips for making informed decisions about subjects to ensure students are set on a path for success.

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Year 10 Options Briefing for Parents - Understanding Your Child's Curriculum Choices

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  1. Year 10 Options 2014 – 16 Briefing for parents Jim Parker - Headteacher Debbie Chivers - Assistant Headteacher KS4

  2. Aims • To engage students with the options process • To start students on the right courses • To start students on courses which suit their learning styles • To start students on courses they can pass

  3. Core Curriculum: Year 10

  4. Core Curriculum: Year 11

  5. Option Choices • 4 option choices with - 4 hours in Year 10 - 5 hours in Year 11 • GCSEs – one option choice • BTECs First Awards– one option choice • Vocational courses – three option choices

  6. Qualifications

  7. GCSEs • Exam based academic qualifications • Assessed at the end of the course with some controlled assessments • Graded • A*-C (Level 2) • D-G (level 1)

  8. GCSEs

  9. Level 2 BTEC First Awards • One option choice • Equivalent to one GCSEs at A* - C grade graded Pass, Merit, Distinction and Dist* • All can reach Pass grade but the higher grades are challenging • 80% coursework(20% external assessment) • Less exam focus than other subjects but you need to be just as hard working

  10. Level 2 BTEC First Award Business Sport Health & Social Care

  11. Vocational Options • All count as three options • Access to these courses will be agreed with individual students as they are specialised options

  12. Student Support • Study Plus • Additional English and Mathematics (Learning Guides will tell you if it would be sensible to choose this option) • Small Learning Community • Study Centre

  13. English Baccalaureate • A fairly new qualification that shows if a student has a good overall academic ability • GCSE passes in: • English Language • Mathematics • Two Sciences (Core + Additional / Triple / computer science) • Language • Humanities (Geography or History)

  14. Pathway 1 Students • Expect this group to follow a traditional academic route • Should predominantly consider GCSEs • Will take the English Baccalaureate • Need to complete a special Pathway 1 form • BTECs may be appropriate, especially in favourite subjects or if it suits learning style

  15. Pathway 2 Students • Should consider GCSEs, Level Two vocational courses and BTECs • Could do English Baccalaureate

  16. Pathway 3 Students • Curriculum choice is crucial • Should consider, • BTECs rather than GCSEs (where there’s a choice) • Additional English and Maths (where we recommend it) • Level One/Two vocational college courses • Study Plus might be a good option too

  17. Pathway 4 Students • Should definitely consider BTECs rather than GCSEs • Additional English and Maths may well be a good option if we recommend it • Consider level One vocational courses • Study Plus would be a good option

  18. Pathway Summary

  19. Issues with Options • No BTEC/GCSE in similar subjects • Language choice • A/S in Use of Maths • Science options: Additional or Triple • Year 8 in to 9 options

  20. How to choose option subjects • Read the booklet carefully • Listen to advice • Choose subjects you enjoy • Choose subjects you are good at • Be an individual • Opt in to subjects not out of others • Take a long term view – 4 more years in education/training

  21. Things to consider • Do you know what is studied in each subject? • Do you have a career in mind? • Are you considering a science subject at A level? • Are you thinking about university one day? • Which qualifications suit me best? GCSE/BTEC/vocational? But not • What are my friends doing? • Which teachers do I like?

  22. Timeline

  23. Year 10 options evening Parents and students can start visiting subject areas from 7pm in the following locations. T block Art, Technology and Media C block social area PE, H&S Care, Business Studies, Study Plus, Use of Maths, Triple Science, Vocational courses (College) M1/drama studio Drama, Dance and Music A Block social area History, Geography, MFL

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