1. Options at KS4

2. Schedule Tomorrow – Options Subjects Forum
3rd March – Options Evening for your parents
4th March -Options Pilot in form time

3. Compulsory Subjects English and English Literature Maths Science RE
Core PE
PHSCE

6. Schedule 23rd March – Parents’ Evening
24th March – Options Sheets issued
This gives you the Easter holidays to finalise your choices
11th April – Options Sheets returned
If one of your first choices is not available, Mr Fox or Mr Sharpe will speak to you

7. How to choose and why it is important
Year 8 Options
How to choose and why it is important

8. Why is important to make the right choices?
The options you choose will affect how you spend your time at school for the next three years.
The choices you make will also influence your options beyond GCSE, what A-Levels you will study, what courses will be available to you at College or University, and what career paths you can follow.

9. It is YOU who are going to shape the world of tomorrow
It is YOU who are going to shape the world of tomorrow. All WE can do is to try help you prepare.

10. Good reasons for choosing an option
You are good at the subject
You think you will enjoy the course
It fits your career ideas and plans
It goes well with your other choices
It helps to give you plenty of choice post 16
You think you might want to continue studying it post 16
Your research shows that it will interest you and motivate you to learn.

12. Bad reasons for choosing an option
Your friends have chosen it
You think it will be easy
You think it’s a good option for a boy/girl
Someone else thinks it is a good idea
You like the teacher you have now
You did not have time to research your options properly

14. Where else can I get advice?

15. The Subject Forum
Each options subject is represented by a current GCSE student
Create a shortlist of subjects you are interested in seeing
Prepare questions you want answered
Don’t just walk round with your friends
Don’t feel you have to visit every subject