Sixth Form Options Booklet

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We expect you to make sensible and informed choices as to what to study for the Sixth Form. These choices need to reflect your abilities and need to have been discussed with school staff, including your Tutor and relevant teachers/Heads of Department.

You will need to score at least an 8 grade at GCSE in order to study Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics or Physics.

Since there is less continuity of material at A Level in other subjects, our principle is that you will need to score at least a 7 grade at GCSE to access other subjects.

For new subjects, you should be expecting to score at least a 7 grade at GCSE in related disciplines as follows:

Business Studies: Maths and any Humanity subject Philosophy: any Humanity subject Politics: any Humanity subject Psychology: any Humanity subject and Biology Classical Civilisation: English literature Economics: Maths at grade 8 is preferred although those achieving a grade 7 will be considered, and English at grade 7

To be eligible for the Maths & Further Maths option, you will need to be in an accelerated set at GCSE, scoring a 9 grade and an A in FMSQ.

Final approval of your A-level choices is at the discretion of the Head Master. Parents’ Evenings In the first half of the Spring Term there are a series of Parents’ Evenings; these serve a dual purpose. On one level, they allow boys and parents to talk to their subject teachers about the recent Fifth Form Assessments and to reflect upon what you could and should do next to progress still further. However, these meetings are also an opportunity to focus on the subjects that you might be considering taking forward for Sixth Form study. The subject teachers will, in most instances, be able to give a good idea as to whether you are suitable to study that subject in the Sixth Form. In some instances, they may wish to refer you to their Head of Department for further discussion. The Parents’ Evening is also a good opportunity to talk to your Tutors about any combinations of subjects that you may be considering. Tutors will have a very good idea of areas in which you excel and will also have a raft of professional experience, which will help guide you on which subjects work well with each other and how they can provide you with a number of routes to enter excellent universities.