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Preferences. The Way Forward. Curriculum Policy. Barlby High School will provide: an environment and curriculum which allows young people of all abilities to develop the skills and attitudes which will facilitate lifelong learning, work place success and sustained personal development.

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  1. Preferences The Way Forward

  2. Curriculum Policy Barlby High School will provide: • an environment and curriculum which allows young people of all abilities to develop the skills and attitudes which will facilitate lifelong learning, work place success and sustained personal development.

  3. Developing The Curriculum • THE STUDENTS • Parental Feedback • Student Voice • The Educational Landscape

  4. The Qualifications • VOCATIONAL • GCSE (TRADITIONAL)

  5. Why preferences? • Based on ability, interests, personal qualities and learning styles • Chosen by teachers with input from parents/carers and students • Chosen to give students the best possible learning experience and success • The Yellow pathway

  6. The Timetable 2 GCSE Options 5 hours each covering the whole of Tuesday. 1 Vocational Option covering the whole of Thursday.

  7. CORE • Core curriculum Maths, English, ICT, Science, PE, PSHRE. • Everybody takes these subjects.

  8. The Preferences Process • What the school can offer.

  9. Restrictions • The minimum number of students for a course to run is 18. • The maximum in a GCSE group is 32 and in a vocational group is 24. • Certain subject areas have specific maximums – Engineering 12, Hospitality 16

  10. Guided Pathways • Based on ability, interests, personal qualities and learning styles • Chosen by teachers with input from parents/carers and students • Chosen to give students the best possible learning experience and success • Once chosen, not changed

  11. Pink Pathway FFT B data and teacher assessment indicates pupils are likely to achieve success through Level 2 GCSE/BTEC/OCR subjects. Pupils will study: • Two GCSEs or one GCSE and OCR National in ICT PLUS • A vocational subject (BTEC or OCR National)

  12. Yellow Pathway FFT B data and teacher assessment indicates pupils are likely to achieve success through Level 1 Study. Pupils will study: • A Level One Vocational course at Selby College • The ASDAN Certificate of Personal Effectiveness (COPE).

  13. What To Do Next? • You have to assist your son/daughter to choose a first and second choice in section A. • You have to assist your son/daughter choose a first, second, third and fourth choice in section B.

  14. What Happens Then? • Spend January gathering information on option choices and careers. • Guide your son/daughter to take advice from adults and older students whose opinions you trust. • Completed forms need to be returned by 1st February.

  15. What happens then? • The preferences forms are analysed to see which courses are running and where these can be placed within the timetable. • Courses will then be populated with students using the preferences. • By the end of March, final decisions will have been made. • Students will then receive their curriculum choices to check.

  16. What should be considered? • What are your interests? • Where are your strengths? • How will my preferences influence my future? • Think about past performance. (Results from KS2)

  17. Fischer Family Trust Estimates

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