History or Drama if want to be a teacher?

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Hi, DC is year 9 and wants to be a teacher. Will prob be an MFL teacher, or perhaps English.

Does it make any difference whether he chooses drama or history as his “last choice” gcse? - I think I’m wondering whether drama is academic enough?

Personal opinion.
If it's his last choice and the others aren't full of random stuff then it honestly doesn't matter.
If he enjoys both equally I'd go for drama because the 'performance' element would help with self confidence etc for teaching, and it would fit quite well with English.
If he has an MFL degree or English degree he's not going to be turned down for a PGCE because he has drama not history GCSE.

No, it doesn't matter - go with what is enjoyed most.

And your child will probably change her mind

I don’t think it would matter at all if he selects Drama as long as his selection means he has the Ebacc. I am a Drama teacher and it is true to say that history is “academic” in the sense that it is entirely book based and assessed entirely through written examinations but of course there is academic rigour in Drama too. When your DS is applying to study teacher training with providers in the future they will be much more interested to check that his degree discipline is relevant if he wants to train for secondary, and possibly look at his A level subjects and grades.

don’t think it would matter at all if he selects Drama as long as his selection means he has the Ebacc

But whatever he chooses, the Ebacc is a performance measure for the school, not something that he, personally, 'has'... Nor something that the school is bothered about, if it is allowing the choice, unless they do insist on a qualifying Humanities subject and he has already chosen Geography.

If he thinks he might want to teach English then drama. A surprising number of KS3 drama lessons are taught by English teachers and there's a few who teach both, I can imagine GCSE drama being helpful with that.