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 student’s 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 6 options to study in Year 9 along with the core subjects of Maths, English, Science, a Language, RP 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, 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 3 GCSE subjects. These include a 2nd Modern Foreign Language, Religious Philosophy (Long Course), Computing, Drama, Food, PE, Music, Art, Textiles, Geography, History, Latin and Food.
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.
It’s a huge success story for our students who follow 11 subjects as standard compared to the normal 9 taken in most others in Cornwall.
This year, some girls even chose to take 12 subjects, adding optional extras including Further Maths, Chinese and Russian.
For further information about our results, please contact our Registrar, Mrs Jo Norriss, at registrar@trurohigh.co.uk