Year 9 Options
Your Year 9 child now has the opportunity to consider the courses which are available to them to study throughout years 10 and 11, (some will begin in year 9). This means that your child’s curriculum will be more personalised, and they will have some choice in determining the subjects that they study. These choices should provide a broad and balanced curriculum that will enable them to progress to the next stage of education, training or employment.
Timeline for Options
The list below states when all options related to activities will take place:
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Wednesday 5th February 2025 |
Careers Fair 12:00-4:00pm Y9 Options Evening 4:00-6:00pm |
| Friday 14th February 2025 |
Options Assembly Options form available online to submit |
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Monday 3rd March 2025 |
Options form submission deadline |
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4th March - 4th April 2025 |
Options follow-up conversations with students/parents/carers |
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Tuesday 22nd April 2025 |
Students begin humanities options |
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September 2025 |
Students begin other options |
Options booklet
To-do list
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1. Look at all the Options materials available online. Make sure you understand how the Options form will work and how many subject preferences you can make. |
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2. Attend the Options Assembly and submit questions via Google form to teachers. |
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3. Plan who you want to speak to and what you are going to ask on Wednesday 7th February at the Careers and Employability afternoon and Options Subject drop-in Evening, and attend these events. |
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4. Access the Options Google form sent via student email accounts from Thursday 8th February. |
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5. Submit the Options Google form by Friday 1st March. |
How do I choose options?
OPTIONS EVENING
The school will be holding an Options evening for students and parents/carers, which will be on Wednesday 5th February 2025 between 4:00 and 6:00pm
During this, students and parents/carers will have the opportunity to attend a presentation about the options process, as well as finding out more about the courses from the subject teams who teach them, so that students are empowered to make the most appropriate choices for them.
All students will have an assembly, where the options process will be introduced and explained to them.
Submitting options choices
Student choices should be submitted using the Google Form via the link sent to their school email account and on the Options website on Thursday 8th February. Options choices must be received no later than Friday 1st March.
Any student who has not chosen their options by this deadline will be supported to make their choices in school, but may have to pick from a reduced selection, as priority will be given to students who have submitted their choices by the deadline.
What happens after 3rd March?
Once all course choices have been made, they will be collated, analysed and students will be assigned to groups. Options choices should be finalised in the weeks between the deadline and the April holiday. Students and parents/carers will be informed via email of the choices which have been allocated to students.
Who can I ask for help?
Assistant Principal (Mrs Cooke)
Form tutors
Subject Teachers
Heads of department
Parents/Carers
Students
Yourself-give yourself some thinking time