KS4 Options 2024 - 2026

In this area we have put together a range of information relating to the options process for current year 9 (students who will start Year 10 in September 2024).

This includes: 

• Additional information to complement the Options Booklet. 
• Presentations from subject specialists 
• Thoughts of recent KS4 students 

All of the information outlined above supports the information that can be found in the Options Booklet, which students will be receiving on Tuesday 19^th December 2023. The Options Booklet will clearly outline the options process, give further information about choices and subjects available and will explain the next steps students should take to confirm their choices. 

Important dates in the 2024 process are shown below: 

Date
Monday 18th December 2023	Options introduction assembly
Tuesday 19th December 2023	Options booklets distributed to students
Thursday 11th January 2024	Options Evening in school – see letter from 27th Nov for details.
Monday 15th January 2024	Start of Year 9 exam week
Thursday 25th January 2024	PSHE Day – GCSE taster lessons
Monday 29th January 2024	Year 9 Progress Report 2 to parents
Friday 2nd February 2024	Options form emailed to students
Tuesday 6th February 2024	Year 9 Progress Evening
Friday 9th February 2024	Options Day – All completed forms in by this day.

Please click on the links below to access the two documents about core and optional subjects:

Core Subjects additional information

Optional Subjects additional information

Subject presentations

The videos below contain information on the content of the different subjects students can study at KS4.  

Student views 

The video below gives you a short student view of each option subject available in KS4 (except Sports Studies which was a recent addition to the options available). The video was filmed for options during the COVID period, but the information remains relevant.