Pathway Choices
Pathway Choices:
We are delighted with the broad pathway choices that we are able to offer our Sixth Form students, with a wide range of subjects on offer that meet the requirements of the 16-19 Study Programme.
We are pleased to announce that we will be offering Level 3 Health and Social Care (BTEC) in our 2025 curriculum.
- In September 2022, we introduced Criminology and Politics, to further enhance the choices that our students have. In 2023, we extended our provision further by introducing English Language, Information Technology (BTEC), Performing Arts (BTEC) and Product Design.
- Our pathway choices allow our students to follow a range of specialist pathways including the Performing Arts, Social Sciences and the popular STEM route.
- We also offer Further Maths and the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) to enrich the offering for those students who wish to study additional qualifications.
- All students are encouraged to undertake work experience opportunities.
- We offer a dedicated enrichment afternoon, where students have a choice of a range of activities that include: Health and Well-being activities, including a range of non-competitive sporting events; completing Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs); attending presentations from a range of outside speakers from the world of work; and developing life skills, such as cookery, basic car maintenance and budgeting!
- We have also offered the Duke of Edinburgh Award to our Year 12 from September 2023 and this continues to be a popular option in 2024.
Details of our full curriculum offer and more information about our wider Sixth Form provision can be viewed in our Sixth Form Prospectus and Course Guide.
Curriculum Offer 2025
Please be aware that all subject preferences and courses are provisional, whilst we await information from the government on the Level 3 curriculum in December 2024. Courses will only run where student numbers are sufficient.
Students are required to choose three subjects to study.
| Block A | Block B | Block C | Block D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | English Language | Biology | Art & Design |
| French | Physics | Geography | English Literature |
| Music | Politics | History | Maths |
| P.E. | Psychology | Performing Arts (BTEC) | Philosophy & Ethics |
| Product Design | Business Studies (BTEC) | Sport (BTEC) | Criminology (Level 3 Applied) |
| Sociology | Creative Digital Media (BTEC) | ||
| Information Technology (BTEC) | Health & Social Care (BTEC) | ||
| Sport Double Award (BTEC) |
Further Maths will be available as an additional option for students achieving Grade 8 at GCSE Maths.
Students cannot take BTEC Sport (Double Award) without taking BTEC Sport
The Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) will also be an additional option for students meeting requirements, as part of our extended curriculum offer.
We will consider applications for 4 A levels for students with exceptional academic ability on an individual basis.
Wherever possible we will try to accommodate subject requests but cannot guarantee this. If you desire a subject combination that is not possible above, please indicate this on your application.