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Is not offering triple science a deal breaker?

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ProfMorrell · 28/11/2015 11:05

Fortunate to have an excellent, fully comp, comp IYSWIM as catchment. Really do take everyone. We do also have access to over border grammar (which so far has always offered to people at our distance away). DS Y4 is, and always has been, very keen on science and now increasingly in maths also. Comp does not offer triple and has limited streaming, grammar obviously does. Should that sway us on an otherwise very good school? Will triple/double still exist in new exams?

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TeenAndTween · 28/11/2015 11:11

I think that for a 'very keen on science' child, it would be a deal breaker for me, if there were other viable options.

You can progress to A level in any science having only done double at GCSE, but obviously it is a bigger step up as will have only done 2/3 of content that those doing triple have done.

I would also be wary of anywhere with limited setting (per subject). I don't like early streaming (banding across everything).

As only y4, keep an eye on comp as they may change policy in next couple of years. What's their reasoning for not offering it? (maybe most of the 'brighter' kids hop over to the grammar school, so insufficient demand?).