Options

Year 9 Options

 

The Year 9 Options process for selecting GCSE subjects starts in February and the details of the timeline are below:-

·         Parents' Evening Monday 20th November 2025– these will take place in school with the students receiving information about each of the subjects that we offer during their lunch time tutor period.

 

·         Options Assemblies W/C Monday 2nd Feb 2026– these will take place in school with the students receiving information about each of the subjects that we offer during AM tutor time and first half of period 1. The assemblies will take place from Monday to Friday in the Assembly Hall.

 

·         Options Evening Thursday 12th February 2026 (17.00 – 19.00) - we invite parents into Slough and Eton from 17.30 to speak to subject staff about the GCSE qualifications that we offer for Key Stage 4. These qualifications are a blend of GCSE subjects with some vocational subjects such as Vehicle Mechanics and Enterprise and Marketing. Students will also receive a grade card at Options Evening giving details of current performance and attainment in each subject.

 

·         Meetings with Senior Leadership Team Members Tuesday 17th March 2026 (15.30 – 17.30) – you will be assigned a meeting with a member of the SLT to make final decisions about the student’s options. These will take place in school and appointments will be made via School Cloud.

 

·         Options Form Deadline - Friday 20th March 2025 – this is the last date that changes can be made to the options form and subject choices. If the form is not handed in during the meeting with the link SLT member then it must be given to Dr Joshi by this date.

 

When parents attend the Options Evening on the 12th February, they will receive an Options Form and a Grade Card. The Options Form will give details of the subjects that the student can select. There are 3 different pathways and they are detailed below. Students will have a personalised Options Form that will indicate the selected pathway based on their suitability to study different combinations of subjects. Form is just for your information and students don’t need to fill this form in as it will be filled in by a member of SLT team during meetings with senior leadership team on Tuesday 17th March.

 

·         EBacc Pathway – students will choose a language, Geography or History and 1 other subject (plus a reserve choice). This pathway allows the students to study the English Baccalaureate, a suite of subjects that the government highly recommends students follow. 

 

·         Core Pathway – students will choose an EBacc subject – a language, Geography, History or Computer Science, and 2 other subjects (plus a reserve choice)

 

·         Support Pathway – students will choose 1 or 2 non GCSE subjects that focus on supporting their learning at KS4 and then 1 or 2 other subjects (plus a reserve choice)

 

Students will have a personalised Options Form that will indicate a selected pathway based on their suitability to study different combinations of subjects.

 

For more information on the Options process please click the link below:

Options 2025-26 Information

 

Options Evening Presentation

Core Subjects

Options