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FREQUENTLY WHAT NEXT?

ASKED
QUESTIONS

Q. Can I change my choices in Year 10? How do I confirm my choices
A. If, over the summer holidays between Year 9 and Year 10,
you decide that you have made the wrong choices you must with the school?
let us know. We will do our best to accommodate your new
request but we cannot guarantee that we have space in the Towards the end of the spring term your parents will be sent an
groups that you need. After the start of Year 10 it is very electronic form. This will ask some simple questions:
difficult to change your option subjects so please make your
choices carefully. • Is the green pathway best for you?

Q. Can I opt for sports coaching in place of an option? • If yes, then you will be asked to choose four subjects from the
A. About 10 students a year meet the demanding criteria to options list.
be able to drop an option subject for sports coaching. If you
would like more information please contact your group • If no, then you will be asked to choose your core language
tutor. qualification followed by three subjects from the options list.

Q. Other schools take ten or eleven GCSEs. Can I add to • It is important that this electronic form is filled and returned to
my options? us by the end of the Easter holidays.
A. At Millfield we believe that quality is more important than
quantity. Top universities, both in the UK and abroad, are The subject combinations that we are able to offer are based
looking for excellent grades rather than high numbers of upon our own research and our own experience of the sorts of
GCSEs. Given the extensive nature of our co-curricular and subject combinations which Millfield students traditionally
sporting programme, nine is the maximum number of choose.
subjects we can timetable. Those students in the accelerated
maths groups will gain a tenth qualification in Additional The teaching of Year 10/11 subjects has to fit into the school’s
Maths. timetable. Failure to return Year 10/11 choices information by the
deadline may mean that your requirements are not considered
Q. Can I self-study out of school but sit additional exams when the timetable is being constructed. Similarly, changes
at school? requested after the submission of this form cannot be guaranteed.
A. In exceptional circumstances this may be possible. For
example, if a student is bilingual in German there is little Although every attempt will be made to offer the courses
point in them attending German GCSE classes, but they shown, the school reserves the right to limit places if demand
would have the opportunity to sit German GCSE. is too high or to close courses if numbers are too low.

The Year 10/11 timetable for 2023-2025 will be finalised early in
the summer term following the deadline for the submission of
student choices. While we will make every effort to
accommodate your choices, staffing and/or timetabling
restrictions may require some students to make alternative
choices.
Your choices will be confirmed in the second half of the term.
Once the Year 10/11 arrangements have been finalised, revised
subject combinations must conform to this structure and any
changes will be dependent upon the availability of space in the
teaching sets.
If you or your parents require any further details at this time,
please ask your group tutor in the first instance.

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