Your Sixth Form at Five Ways A Level Options
We want all Year 11 students to continue their education at Five Ways so we can support them to find their preferred destination: University, Apprenticeship or Employment.
There are now 3 Curriculum Pathways to consider:
A) Students may study 3 A level plus EPQ.
B) Students may study Further Mathematics, Mathematics and 2 other A level subjects.
C) Students may study 4 A levels.
Students who wish to study ‘Further Maths,’ will choose FOUR subjects, as they must choose both ‘Further Maths’ and ‘Maths for Further Maths.’
All students taking three subjects will work on an Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) in addition to their ‘A’ Levels.
Subject availability depends on a viable number of students opting for a course.
Making your choices:
From the diagram below please do the following:
A) If you are studying THREE A Levels please make THREE choices
B) If you are studying Further Maths please choose Further Maths you will also need to choose ‘Maths for Further Maths.’ You must then pick two other subjects.
C) Both English Language and Literature and English Literature may not be taken
D) If you are studying FOUR A Levels please make FOUR choices
Qualifying Essay Based Subjects
Please note that the following subjects qualify as being essay-based, however each subject can only be used once. i.e. a student wishing to study Psychology and Economics may not use their grade 7+ in English as evidence of suitability for both.
English Language and Literature
Religious Studies
History
Geography
Notes
a) If a student has studied GCSE Combined Science, they will only be permitted to choose a maximum of 2 Sciences for A Level.
b) If a student has studied GCSE Combined Science, in order to study a Science at A Level must achieve at least a double grade 7.
c) Conditional offers are not a guarantee of a place, nor a guarantee that the subjects that have been selected by a candidate will be the subjects undertaken at A Level. Subjects studied are determined by exam results and the availability of spaces.
d) The school and its governors reserve the right to reduce the curriculum time allocated to a specific course due to low uptake of students, and also to withdraw a course due to an extremely low uptake.
e) The school strongly discourages students from electing more than 2 subjects at A Level that were not studied at GCSE.