Need an overview of Year 9 please
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:08 pm
I would appreciate an overview of Year 8/9, hopefully this is the right part of the forum. Briefly my DS has not received any offers of places for senior school so will probably be re-entering the state system at year 9.
I will be having to look round secondary schools but having missed out on the Year 6/7 stage, I think what I should be looking for at this stage is GCSE information. Our nearest school has just become an academy and has little information on their website. The general questions on this website are a good start, but are there any specific GCSE questions you would ask?
He would know a few children at the local school, I'm guessing that it would be better to supplement a 'thinner' curriculum, rather than trying to get into a better school further away but where he would know no-one?
The local schools do not have 6th forms, so any advice about how GCSE results impact As/A2s would also be appreciated.
My DS has strengths in maths and science.
Any guidance, experience or help would help me in what is a difficult situation.
Susan
I will be having to look round secondary schools but having missed out on the Year 6/7 stage, I think what I should be looking for at this stage is GCSE information. Our nearest school has just become an academy and has little information on their website. The general questions on this website are a good start, but are there any specific GCSE questions you would ask?
He would know a few children at the local school, I'm guessing that it would be better to supplement a 'thinner' curriculum, rather than trying to get into a better school further away but where he would know no-one?
The local schools do not have 6th forms, so any advice about how GCSE results impact As/A2s would also be appreciated.
My DS has strengths in maths and science.
Any guidance, experience or help would help me in what is a difficult situation.
Susan