I'm not totally up to speed on this yet - dd1 going in to year 9 - but I'm a bit about the choices she thinks she will have for GCSE.
Afaik it goes something like this:
Maths
English
One language
History or Geography
Music, Drama or Art
ICT
One from Graphic design, textiles etc
Double award science
RE
One other thing = 11
or triple science and no other thing =11
Now my problem is this - dd1 is very bright. She has an aptitude for languages, she loves drama, is very strong on art and is also doing well in science.
I am struggling to see the value in the ICT GCSE tbh. She really wants to do textiles and she likes RE a lot so that's ok (though why it's obligatory I have no idea). I think given the choice she would just do double science and have an extra choice (that's assuming she can do 11 - if it's 10 then there's no extra one at all) However at parents evening her science teacher told us that school pick the children for triple award. I didn't think to ask then but I don't know how 'optional' that is.
So my question is - has anybody argued with the school about the options. Is there any flexibility? It is a comprehensive school with decent results btw.
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NLatlarge · 26/08/2011 10:30
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