WEEK A (8th- 12th March 2010)

Pathways for Year 10 pupils, Sept 2010

A number of parents have contacted me and expressed concern about aspects of the “options choices” presented at the Pathways Fair on 4th March.

Rather than reply to each person individually, I am posting an explanation of our rationals over the website.

1. Any curriculum offer must be affordable and efficient- particularly with the forthcoming budget situation. We can’t, for example, provide a “History” option in every column, as this would lead to very small History groups (although it’s worth noting that we now offer History in three columns, one more than last year). Similarly, we know from experience that some subjects only attract enough pupils for one group (at most!) and can only be offered in one column.
2. The GCSE choice process can never deliver limitless choice to all pupils. My daughter went through the same process last year in a school with a significantly smaller range of option choices than ours. She couldn’t choose all the subjects she wanted and had to take one she didn’t actually want to do. She’s come to terms with this and now enjoys that subject.
3. One particular column is being labelled “non- academic” by some parents. This column includes fast-track French, Drama and Technology. Many of our brightest students here in the past have taken and excelled in these subjects.
4. Specifically, some parents have pointed out that pupils can’t take a combination of History, Geography, Spanish/ French and Art. That’s true and there are no doubt other combinations that can’t be taken either. Because this particular combination seems to be popular this year, we are looking at whether it’s possible to accommodate this combination in some way although we can’t guarantee it at this point.

Michael Shew

Science Week

8th-12th March is Science Week at Acland Burghley, to find out what events are taking place please click the icon below.

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Friday 12th March: Year 12 Geography Trip to Birmingham

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