Y10 Information Evening Curriculum and Qualification Update Dave Cavill - Vice Principal

“Students First” The focus of our curriculum has always been and will continue to be : High quality outcomes for all students

GCSE Reform Reformed GCSEs are now in the process of being introduced. Reformed GCSEs have a new grading scale from 9 - 1 (instead of A* - G). 9 being the top grade.

A new grade 1 will be at the same standard as an old grade G A good grade used to be a C or above and a good grade in the new courses is a 5 or above A new grade 7 will be at the same standard as an old A Around the top 3 per cent of students will be awarded a new grade 9 (higher than an A*)

English Language Course Content Component 1 1hr 45 Exam Reading 20th Century Prose (1 hour) Writing Creative Writing (45 mins) Worth 40% of qualification Component 2 2 Hour Exam Reading 19th & 21st Century Non-Fiction (1 hour) Writing Two transactional writing tasks Worth 60% of qualification

English Literature Course Content Component 1 2 hour Exam Shakespeare – Romeo & Juliet One extract question One essay question (1 hour) Poetry Anthology – Post-1789 One question on a single poem One question comparing 2 poems Worth 40% of qualification Component 2 2 hr 30m Exam Blood Brothers One extract based question (45 mins) A Christmas Carol Unseen Poetry One question on a single poem One question comparing 2 poems Worth 60% of qualification The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

GCSE Mathematics 9-1

Attainment 8 English lang 6 Maths 7 Attainment 8 Score = 6.9 English EBACC 9-1 7 EBACC 9-1 8 EBACC 9-1 6 Best of the rest 8 Best of the rest 7 Best of the rest 7 Sciences, history, geography, French, Spanish or computer science All BTECs, all 9-1 GCSEs inc. English Lit, A*-G GCSEs in ICT, Statistics, Business Studies and Design and Technology

To make your child`s Attainment 8 score as high as possible we are: Moving history and geography, for all Year 10 students studying these courses, onto the new 9-1 GCSE and continuing the course on 3 hours per week into Year 11 Providing an opportunity for some students who are studying French, Spanish or computer science in Year 10 on the A*-G GCSE, to take the new 9-1 GCSE in Year 11 Providing an opportunity for more students to sit triple science - Physics, Chemistry, Biology - in Year 11 Giving extra time to maths and English in Year 11 for students who need it The impact of these reforms means we need to make changes now to ensure the best possible outcomes for your child. Expect history and geography results to be up to a grade higher than if students take the exam in Y10. Students can take both the A*-G GCSE (y10) and the 9-1 GCSE in MFL (y11) if necessary Rest assured, we will not compromise the outcomes for students in the key subjects of English and maths

Why are we making these changes now ? These new GCSE 9-1 courses in were not available when students chose their options in Spring 2015 They only became available to start teaching this September

Points to consider….. … at Grade 5+ English Baccalaureate GCSE English GCSE Maths GCSE Science × 2 Humanities – GCSE History or Geography Language – GCSE French, Polish or Spanish … at Grade 5+

Further Year 10 into 11 IAG In the Spring term all students will have an individual interview with a senior member of staff to create a personalised pathway for Year 11.

And finally … The Year 10 and 11 examination results will be yours forever so make them great.