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KS4 Options - for 2025-2026 Academic Year
KS4 Options - for 2025-2026 Academic Year
The Y9 options process has started!
Timeline of activities
February:
Options introduction in assembly
March
Option talks in assemblies and individual option interviews, for all pupils.
Tuesday 25th: Taster Day - a chance to try a number of option subjects and find the best fit - complete the Google Form
Thursday 27th: Year 9 Subjects Face to Face Parent’s Evening
May:
Thursday 1st: Y9 Options Face to Face Parents’ Evening
Form Tutors, Curriculum Leaders, careers and sixth form staff available to chat to. Electronic options form goes live to complete via Google Classroom
Wednesday 14th: Deadline for online Options Forms to be completed and submitted for collation
June:
Option choices finalised and communicated to pupils and parents/carers
Introduction
You are about to make one of the most important decisions of your life - the selection of subjects for study in Key Stage 4. Increasingly, you need to see this as a step taking you to your destination at the age of 18 or even 21. Here are some key things to remember:
Your working life will go far beyond the present economic climate - so think LONG TERM!
Be realistic and ambitious - do not settle for being less than you are
The greater qualifications you have the more you are likely to earn over your lifetime and the greater your freedom to choose your own pathway
Alder Grange School has always aimed to combine the advantages of a school where pupils are well known by the staff, with the opportunities of a large school in terms of the number of subjects available to pupils. However, once begun, it is usually impossible to change courses.
Pupils with special educational needs will have the same choice as all others and will enjoy continuing supports from the various support agencies. Where we feel that the burden of a full range of GCSE's and/or applied subjects would not be appropriate for a pupil, we shall discuss alternative routes. Further advice for individual pupils will be an integral part of the process of setting up next year's curriculum.
With such a wide degree of opportunity a great deal of careful and informed thought is needed before making final choices and we are here to give you as much help, information and support as we can.
Required Subjects
Religious Education
Religious Education
Maths English Science
PSHE
PSHE
Key Stage 4 Options
Art & Design Technology
Humanities
Computing & Business
European Languages
Creative Arts
Health
(Physical Education, Health & Social Care, Food & Nutrition)
Social Sciences
Separate Sciences
Classical Civilisation
Curriculum Leaders
English...................................................................................................................................................................................Mr Harper dharper@aldergrange.com
Mathematics ......................................................................................................................................................................Mrs Billington sbillington@aldergrange.com
Science..................................................................................................................................................................................Mr Varley svarley@aldergrange.com
Art & Design Technology...............................................................................................................................................Mr Stocks tstocks@aldergrange.com
Humanities..........................................................................................................................................................................Mr Ali sali@aldergrange.com
Computing & Business.................................................................................................................................................. Mrs Huddart rhuddart@aldergrange.com
European Languages.......................................................................................................................................................Mr Corbishley scorbishley@aldergrange.com
Creative Arts .....................................................................................................................................................................Ms Guy nguy@aldergrange.com
Health (Physical Education, Health & Social Care, Food & Nutrition).........................................................Mr Bibby sbibby@aldergrange.com
Social Sciences...................................................................................................................................................................Ms Ashworth dashworth@aldergrange.com
SEND......................................................................................................................................................................................Mrs Taylor ktaylor@aldergrange.com
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