Welcome to Year 9 Options

At Seahaven Academy we design the school curriculum to provide a broad and balanced experience for all students, whatever their starting points, to enable them to achieve the success they deserve and open doors to future opportunities.

We promote the highest expectations for all and pride ourselves on ensuring that Further and Higher Education can be accessible to all. We want students to feel confident and prepared when they make decisions about their next steps, having taken part in a range of careers education, information and guidance sessions and activities throughout their time at Seahaven Academy.

Options Evening will allow you to hear from members of teaching staff as they offer explanation and guidance on their subjects in person.  There will be an opportunity for you to ask questions face to face or via email millenl@seahavenacademy.org.uk 

Year 9 students have access in school to careers advice via their tutors, the Head of Year, Key Stage Directors and careers staff.

Key Stage 4 pathways

There are two pathways available at Seahaven Academy, designed to meet the academic needs of our students and to ensure a broad and balanced curriculum is provided for everyone:

  •     EBacc pathway: students study the core curriculum plus Geography or History, and French at GCSE level. In addition, one other optional subject is chosen.
  •     Attainment pathway: students study the core curriculum plus Geography or History. Some students may study French (if appropriate) and one or two optional subject choices.
What do you have to study?

At Key Stage 4 it is compulsory for all students to study English, Mathematics, Science, PE,  PSHE and Geography or History.

Every student will also be expected to study a Modern Foreign Language (French) if appropriate.

You can, if you wish, consider a reserve option that we can discuss should a foreign language not be appropriate for you.

The options process and next steps

The options process: 

Launch Research Options Evening

The options process is laucnhed and introduced to students in assembly with follow up activies in tutor time.

The launch starts from 28th January.

Further assemblies on option subjects will take place from the 11th February. 

From the 21st February onwards there will be classroom lessons about options delivered by staff to subjects about option subjects and how they link to specific careers.

Options Evening will take place on Thursday 12th March, along side parents evening. 

This event is an opportunity to attend a short presentation on the options process and meet with subject specialists and senior leaders to learn more about the courses on offer.

Selection Reivew Confirmation
Option choice need to be submitted online, no later that Monday 16th March. Each student's selection will be reviewed. Parents and stuidents will be contacted if the selected options need to be discussed further. We will write to parents and students to confirm their option choices during term 4.

 

Next steps:

  • Look through the Options Booklet.
  • Submitt your choices by 16th March using the options form.

 

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