Year 8 Options
Introduction to the Year 8 Options Process
This page provides an overview of the options process for Year 8 students. In Year 8, we ask students to select one option which they would like to study through to Year 11 and receive a qualification in. In Year 9, the options choice they select will be studied alongside the Key Stage 3 subjects they currently study, leading to a broadening of the curriculum which they will experience. At the end of Year 9, students will then select a further three options which they will study until the end of Year 11, alongside their first option choice and the core subjects of GCSE English Language, GCSE English Literature, GCSE Maths, and GCSE Sciences.
We would encourage students and parents/carers to review the materials on this page carefully before submitting their options choices. The options booklet provides a comprehensive overview of the process and frequently asked questions, supplemented by subject videos to support students in making their choices.
Options choices should be submitted by 13 March 2023, using the paper application form (below)
Subject Videos
You should choose one of the following, plus one reserve choice:
BTEC Enterprise
BTEC Health & Social Care
GCSE PE
GCSE Photography
GCSE Psychology
GCSE RE
GCSE Separate (Triple) Sciences
Cambridge National Sports Studies
- Curriculum
- Assessment
- Form Time
- British Values & Preventing Radicalisation
- Curriculum Subjects
- Art Curriculum
- Business Studies Curriculum
- Communication Curriculum
- Criminology Curriculum
- Design & Technology Curriculum
- English Curriculum
- Geography Curriculum
- Graphic Design Curriculum
- History Curriculum
- ICT Curriculum
- Law Curriculum
- Mathematics Curriculum
- Modern Foreign Languages Curriculum
- Performing Arts Curriculum
- Personal & Character Development
- Photography Curriculum
- Physical Education Curriculum
- Psychology Curriculum
- Read to Succeed
- Religious Education Curriculum
- Science Curriculum
- Sociology Curriculum
- Learning Qualities & Values
- The Options Process
- Supported Study and Revision