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Seaford College Curriculum for Year 9
The Year 9 curriculum offers an exciting first step into your academic
life in the Senior School at Seaford. The curriculum is split into two
halves, the ‘core’ and ‘option’ subjects. The option subjects allow
students to have some autonomy over their academic life, now that
they are in the Senior School.
All students study a core curriculum of English, Maths and Science. These
will likely contribute at least 5 GCSE grades at the end of Year 11 and so a
good portion of a Year 9 student’s time is given over to these key subjects.
These subjects are supplemented with additional core subjects; Business,
Geography, History, Design & Technology, a Modern Foreign Language and
an extensive co-curricular programme.
Students now have some choices to make. Students have 5 ‘curriculum
points’ which must be spent on filling out the rest of their curriculum. The
table below shows you how many curriculum points each subject is worth.
Students must select at least one language as a part of their curriculum.
Languages each worth
2 curriculum points
Other subjects each worth
1 curriculum point
French
Spanish
Art
Computer Science
Dance
Drama
Food Preparation
and Nutrition
ICT
Latin
Music
PE
Philosophy,
Religion and Ethics
Information about each of the subjects in the table above can be found
throughout the rest of this booklet. It is not always possible to make every
combination of subjects work but we will work to ensure that as many students
as possible get their first choice of subjects.
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