Key Stage 4 Options

• Throughout January: subjects advertised in lessons, in-school guidance.
• Monday 13 January: options information available at www.westfield.chorustrust.org/ks4options.
• Wednesday 15 January: options assembly for students.
• Wednesday 15 January: options booklets distributed to students.
• Wednesday 15 January: options form distributed to students (either a blue, pink, yellow, or yellow plus version depending on the pathway they are following).
• Thursday 30 January: Year 9 parents' and options evening.
• Friday 14 February: options forms to be handed in to form tutors.
• June/July: students notified of options decisions.
• September: students start their key stage 4 courses.

Students can:

• Ask their form tutor for advice.
• Talk to individual subject teachers, whose names are given in the options booklet.
• Speak to the Careers Team in the careers office at the back of the Library.
• Speak to any member of the School Leadership Team.

Students can:

• Speak to the Careers Team in the careers office at the back of the Library.
• Visit nationalcareers.service.gov.uk.

Students may wish to study a suite of qualifications called the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) – namely GCSEs in English, maths, science, a language and a humanity (either history or geography). 

The EBacc is the name given to a collection of subjects which is known to open up the widest range of post-16 routes. It is a preferred combination of subjects for many universities and promotes a well-rounded education.

BTEC, OCR, WJEC & Technical Awards are nationally recognised Applied Learning qualifications which are recognised by employers, further education institutions and universities. These applied learning courses are vocationally based qualifications that relate to the world of work. They are Level 1/Level 2 qualifications and are equivalent to one GCSE. Much of the work covered in BTEC, OCR, WJEC and Technical Award learning is assessed internally on a modular basis.