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Malvern College Briefing on GCSE Choices

Learn about the GCSE and IGCSE choices available for students entering the Remove at Malvern College in September 2019, including compulsory and optional subjects, timing of decisions, and grading structure.

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Malvern College Briefing on GCSE Choices

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  1. Malvern CollegeBriefing on GCSE Choices For entry into the Remove in September 2019

  2. GCSEs & IGCSEs • At Malvern, like at most other UK independent schools, we offer a mix of GCSEs and IGCSEs. • The ‘I’ denotes ‘international’ but IGCSEs are awarded by UK exam boards, just like GCSEs. Universities regard them as entirely equivalent.

  3. How many GCSEs do the Remove/Hundred take? Most pupils will take 10 GCSEs: • English Language • English Literature • Mathematics • The equivalent of at least 2 Science GCSEs • Plus 5 optional GCSE subjects

  4. 5 Optional Subjects (for most pupils) • Most pupils will take 5 optional subjects • It might be appropriate for a significant minority of pupils to take 4 optional subjects if their tutor, Housem and Mrs Swart, Head of Lower School, think that is right for them, for example, in order to fit Learning Enhancement lessons in to their timetable.

  5. Modern Foreign or Classical Languages Except for pupils in the lowest two FY French sets (4 & 5), pupils must choose at least one Modern Foreign Language (French, German, Spanish) or Classical Language (Latin or Classical Greek) Non-native English speakers may choose to study a Modern or Classical Foreign Language but do not have to do so.

  6. More than the standard A significant minority of pupils take more than the ‘standard’ 10 GCSEs if they do: • Additional Mathematics (which doesn’t require them to use one of their 5 optional subject choices or, • An additional language by private tuition

  7. REMOVE CURRICULUM, with number of lessons allocated

  8. Compulsory Subjects: • Mathematics IGCSE (the top set take Additional Mathematics as well) • Biology, Chemistry, Physics (either as Dual Award Science IGCSE or Triple Award Science IGCSE) • English Language IGCSE • English Literature IGCSE

  9. Compulsory Subjects: • Except for pupils in the twolowestFY French sets, pupils must choose at least one Modern Foreign Language or Classical Language • English as an additional language (for non-native English speakers - All non-native English speakers in the FY who currently take English as an additional language must continue with EAL in the Remove & Hundred). • Life Skills & Ethics • MUSIC, ART, PE, TECHNOLOGY, DRAMA & SPORT SCHOLARS DO NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE THOSE SUBJECTS FOR GCSE

  10. Optional Subjects • Triple Award Science • Art and Design • Photography • Music • Drama • Physical Education GCSE • Design Technology (Resistant Materials or Graphic Products or Textiles) • French • German • Spanish

  11. Optional Subjects Continued • Classical Greek • Latin • History • Geography • Religious Studies • Computer Science • Classical Civilisation

  12. Timings • Parents receive the information on choices via e-mail before Half-term in the Lent Term • FY pupils receive GCSE booklet before Half-term in the Lent Term • Pupils make their preliminary choices in Week 7 of the Lent Term • Blocking of subjects will then commence • Choices refined later in the Lent Term & during the Summer term • Refinements to the options blocks made to accommodate as many pupils’ first choices as possible

  13. Pupils should talk to: • Their parents • Their tutor • Their Housemaster/Housemistress • Their teachers and Heads of Departments • Mrs Swart (Head of Lower School) • Mr Gauci (Deputy Head: Academic)

  14. GCSE Reform • The teaching of new I/GCSEs in all subjects began in September 2016 or in September 2017 • A new grading system of 9-1 (9 = the highest) has replaced the old A*-U scale for all subjects

  15. New GCSE/IGCSE Grading Structure

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