Sixth Form Open Evening...Wednesday...22 February...6.30pm..............Sixth Form Open Evening...Wednesday...22 February...6.30pm................
The academic curriculum provides a balance between traditional and modern subjects.
In the First and Second forms all pupils study English, mathematics, French, German, Latin, biology, physics, chemistry, geography, history, art, music, design & technology, information technology, religious studies, physical education and games.
In the Third Year pupils follow a common core of subjects comprising English, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, history, religious studies, PE and games and , choose French, German or Spanish as their core language and choose three subjects from art, design & technology, German, Greek, Latin, music, Russian, Spanish and ICT.
In the Fourth & Fifth year pupils follow ten GCSE courses. All pupils take English language, English literature, mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, PE and games, a core modern foreign language, choosing one of French, German or Spanish, and three subjects from: geography, history, German, ICT, Russian, Spanish, Latin, Greek, art, music, design & technology and religious studies. Pupils who do not choose ICT as one of their options have one period per fortnight of ICT. From September 2010 there was a change in the curriculum, pupils now follow seven GCSE courses and three International GCSE courses in physics, chemistry and biology.
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In the Sixth Form pupils choose four Advanced Subsidiary level subjects from art, biology, business studies, chemistry, design & technology, economics, electronics, English literature, English language and literature, English language, French, further mathematics, geography, geology, German, Greek, history, information technology, Latin, mathematics, music, music technology, physical education, physics, politics, psychology, religious studies, Russian, Spanish and theatre studies. In addition, they also take two eleven-week general studies courses from a wide range of non-examined options, or Japanese. There is the opportunity to sample Mandarin.
Pupils then take three or four of their AS courses through to A level. It is possible to replace the fourth subject with another AS course.