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Studying at GCSE

Choosing your passions…

At Truro High School, subject selection for GCSE is approached with careful consideration for each student. The focus is placed firmly on students identifying the areas of study they are truly passionate about and developing and honing the skills in the subjects they truly enjoy.
Students will refine their subject selection at the end of Year 8 and choose 5 options to study in Year 9 along with the core subjects of Maths, English, Science, a Modern Foreign Language, Philosophy and Religious Studies and PE. We want students to begin making informed decisions early on so when they come to make GCSE subject selections, they will be more experienced in this process.

 

Option subjects for Year 9 include French, Spanish, Latin-Classical Civilisation, Geography, History, Computing, Food, Music, Drama, Art and Textiles.
In Year 10, your daughter’s academic pathway will develop once more and she will refine her choices once again by choosing 4 GCSE subjects. These may include a Modern Foreign Language, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Art, Business Studies, Classical Civilisation, Computing, Drama, Financial Education, Food, Geography, History, Latin, Music, PE, Separate Sciences and Textiles.
Our understanding is that each student is more likely to achieve academically when she is studying subjects she enjoys and is well informed in her choices.

Stretching way beyond the curriculum…

There are also many opportunities for students in Years 10 and 11 to extend their passions beyond the curriculum from taking part in our programmes for aspiring lawyers, engineers and medics to reading academic journals, publishing research papers, attending extra-curricular clubs and taking on leadership roles in everyday school life.

The results…

There was a wonderful atmosphere of celebration this year with students collecting yet more fantastic GCSE results. We are especially proud that raw residual data shows girls earned up to 5.5 grades higher than their natural cognitive ability testing suggested they should. This demonstrates the tremendous growth we see from our students each year.

This year, some girls chose to take optional extras including Astronomy, Further Maths, Chinese and Russian.

For further information about our results, please contact our Registrar, Mrs Jo Norriss, at registrar@trurohigh.co.uk

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