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Hello my name is Mrs Cush and I am head of Careers here at Saint Kevin's College. 

Welcome to the Year 10 Subject Choices 2025 - This website is designed to give you and your Year 10 child information on the subjects that may be studied in Key Stage 4; that is Years 11 and 12. It sets out:

(a) The core and compulsory subjects which must be studied.

(b) The optional non-compulsory subjects.

Key Stage 4 is an exciting time for students in that this is the first time that there will be an element of choice in what they will study. From these optional subjects, pupils may choose to widen their knowledge and broaden their range of skills to provide a balanced base from which to progress to post 16 studies. Our curriculum has been designed create maximum opportunity for each student to be the very best that she can be. Each student will have her own pathway to success. Your child is going through a period of decision making and it is important to consider the following points when deciding on subjects:

• Choose subjects that the pupil finds interesting and enjoyable.

• Choose subjects in which the pupil has achieved good results in KS3 assessment points

• Choose subjects that leave a range of opportunities available at post 16.

I wish you the very best with your decision making, we at St Kevin’s pride ourselves in the support we provide our pupils and feel this is necessary to ensure good choices are made.

Yours Sincerely,

Rosemary Cush

Head of Curriculum and Careers