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English Baccalaureate

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littlebillie · 06/02/2018 19:39

Please tell me about it and is it if any value

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noblegiraffe · 06/02/2018 23:04

The government has a target of 75% sitting the Ebacc by 2022 and 90% by 2025.

Or at least that was in their manifesto. They'll need to hire a few more language teachers to actually manage it, and that's a problem.

clary · 06/02/2018 22:58

No, it's not going to be law to do it, thank goodness!

Mate of DS's at a different school; what options did you pick? I asked. PE was the answer. That's it - he had to do French, he had to do history or geography, they only do eight subjects so he had one choice.

This is one reason why DT, music, RE, Food tech etc are dropping in numbers :(

DinkyDaisy · 06/02/2018 22:41

Law? Really?
Not impression I got at options evening tonight.
My ds a child that school would like to do MFL but he has other ideas...
All in a quandary at the moment as option blocks not confirmed...

TheEmojiFormerlyKnownAsPrince · 06/02/2018 20:36

It's becoming law next year, I think.

metalmum15 · 06/02/2018 20:36

Same here brighteyes . It's compulsory for those in the top groups. Unfortunately it means they have less options of subjects they'd actually like to study than other kids.

TheEmojiFormerlyKnownAsPrince · 06/02/2018 20:36

It doesn't allow a creative subject, that is not part of the Ebacc, which is just total crap.

Drama, music, art, dt are not part of it, as obviously this country requires no musicians, actors, or designers. 🙄

It's shit

Brighteyes27 · 06/02/2018 20:34

DS’s school are pushing it saying if you want a place at a top Uni EBAC is the only way to go.

roguedad · 06/02/2018 20:31

Good answer clary. It's league table nonsense IMHO. DS wanted to do German, Chinese and Music and not History, Geography or RS. So he will not get EB and I could not care less. In fact I worry about schools that try to enforce kids doing a combination that gets it as it makes me wonder if the school is more concerned about league tables than kids being allowed to focus on their strengths and interests.

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littlebillie · 06/02/2018 20:00

Thanks you

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clary · 06/02/2018 19:53

It was invented as an extra measure for schools which is why some push it.

It's a good idea to do a spread of subjects so a humanity, language, creative etc, but apart from that, doing the ebacc has no benefit to the student.

If they like the subjects involved, great. If they hate MFL then don't do it. And I say that as an MFL teacher.

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