Thursday 11 February 2021
On Thursday 11 February we are holding the virtual GCSE Options Information Evening. The evening will commence at 6.00pm and comprises a short presentation on the options process followed by an opportunity for parents and pupils to attend subject specific presentations with Q & A sessions. Links to these presentations can be found here and will be sent separately to you via iSAMS. Four sessions will be available during the evening but the sessions will be recorded should you wish to view them after the event.
We hope that this evening, together with last week’s Parents’ Evening, will give Year 9 parents the best possible support in helping their son or daughter decide their GCSE options. You will shortly receive a hard copy of the GCSE Options Booklet via the post, a pdf copy can be viewed by clicking here.
After half term, we will host Academic Review Evening appointments in the week commencing Monday 22 February, in which you can discuss your son or daughter's proposed GCSE choices with their tutor along with their general academic progress before submitting their final choices.
The day after the Options Evening, we will email you with a link to an online GCSE Options Form so you can submit your child's GCSE choices. Please make sure to have submitted the form by 9am Monday 1 March. We will then collate that information to create the Option Blocks for next year’s GCSEs. Once the Option Blocks have been finalized, we will contact you to let you know that your child's choices have been successfully entered on to the system.
Dr Michael Reddish
Deputy Head - Academic