Year 9 Options Process
We offer a very broad range of subjects at Key Stage 4.
Our current core offer for 2026-28 includes English Language and Literature, Mathematics, Triple Science, a modern foreign language and a level 2 HPQ (Higher Project Qualification).
Alongside this, all students in Key Stage 4 undertake core Physical Education, recognising the importance of physical health, wellbeing, and lifelong active lifestyles.
Religious Education (RE) is a statutory entitlement for all students from Year 7 to Year 13.
From September 2026, students in Key Stage 4 will have the option to study Religious Studies at GCSE. RE will be delivered through assemblies, tutorials, and the PSHE programme, with Year 10 students also completing wider reading of a non-fiction philosophical text to develop critical thinking.
2026-28
The optional subjects are:
- Astronomy
- Computer Science
- Drama
- DT Textiles*
- Fine Art
- Food Technology
- French
- Geography
- German
- History
- Latin
- Music
- Physical Education
- Photography
- Product Design*
- Religious Studies
- Spanish
Note: * Students cannot study both GCSE Product Design and DT Textiles