Supporting our students to maximise their potential

Current Changes- Who is affected and how? Current New Basics and Stage 1 – will all do the new GCSEs, which will be grade from 1-9. Current Stage 2: Year 9 – will do new GCSEs in English and Maths and be graded 1-9; in other subjects they will be given GCSE grades as they currently exist. Year 10 and 11 – will do GCSEs as they currently exist and be graded A*-G.



Making choices Students will need to think carefully about their choices: Ebacc – English & Maths and 2 from Science (Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Computer Science) 1 MFL, 1 Humanities (History/Geography). Progress 8 – Students will be judged on their best 8 subjects which have to include English, Maths, 3 Ebacc subjects and 3 other good qualifications. Breadth – students need to ensure that they are picking the widest breadth to ensure that they have a good and wide coverage of subjects.

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