Pupils choose their GCSE options towards the end of Year 9, to study in Year 10 and 11. In some schools, however, all or some GCSE syllabuses are studied over a three-year, rather than a two-year, ...

It might seem like no time at all since your child first set foot in secondary school and yet here they are in Year 9 having to select their GCSE options already. If it feels dauntingly grown-up and ...

MY son Jack is enjoying this half-term holiday even more than usual. He knows that it's his last week as a relatively carefree teenager. Next week we have a meeting, an event which has the potential ...

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