DD2's school have six compulsory subjects - Maths, double English, double science, and RE.
Pathway 1, for the most able group, allows her to select either history or geography, and either French or Spanish, plus one free choice.
Pathway 2 allows a selection of history or geography or French or Spanish, plus two free choices.
DD1 has been put on Pathway 1, but really wants to do both music and art instead of geography or history.
School have said I can put my request to them with my reasoning (she wants to work in the arts, she enjoys the subjects much more, she's better at them, and still has a humanity in RE) and they may consider it, but not to hold out much hope. But I'm not sure "what's in it for them" IYSWIM, are they measured on these subjects or something and by asking for the other pathway they'd be marked down? Is this what Progress 8 is?
Just want to make sure I understand!
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Requesting a different GCSE pathway - what do I need to know from school's point of view?
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TessaTeacake · 23/02/2017 21:53
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