YEAR 9 OPTIONS

Fulham Cross Girls’ School is committed to ensuring that every student makes the most progress in their academic studies as they are capable of. Nowhere is this more important than in their final GCSE examinations in Year 11. Consequently, significant support is provided to the students when, in Year 9, they begin the process of choosing their GCSE subjects. 

There are some subjects which are compulsory: 

• English Language

• English Literature

• Maths

• Science

• Religious Studies. 

Students then have three remaining choices. We ask all students to choose a preference from: 

• Geography or History

• French or Spanish

• A ranked preference of 3 other subjects

Students are allocated 3 of their preferred subjects from this list. We aim to allocate students their first choices where this is possible. 

We support students during this process by:

• Having a ‘launch’ assembly with the Head of Year 9

• Running a Year 9 Preferences and Parents’ Evening for families

• Providing a Year 9 Preferences booklet for students and their families

• Continuing 1-2-1 careers interviews throughout Year 10 and Year 11 to support clarifying students’ ambitions for the future