Year 9 GCSE Options

The below information is for courses beginning in September 2024, information for September 2025 starts will be available in the Autumn Term of 2024.

Welcome to the Year 9 options page for courses starting September 2024. This is an important and exciting time for students, as it is one of the first steps on the pathway to GCSE qualifications. This page contains all the information you should need to support your child in making their options choices.

Once your subject choices have been decided the Option Preference Form should be completed online no later than Monday 4th March 2024. The form will be added to the website in February. 

Options booklet

Key Stage 4 Options Booklet 

Year 9 Options presentation

Year 9 options presentation 

All the key details of the Options process will be shared in the parents meeting on the 22nd January 2024, 7pm-8pm. We will share the key details of the options process with you.

Further details of the evening will go out to parents during the week beginning 8th January 2024.

If you have any queries about particular aspects in the process that are not answered in the presentation or in the subject information below then please contact the school office and someone will get back to you. If you have specific subject based questions then we would ask that you email Mrs K Musson on kmusson@keslichfield.org.uk and she will forward your email to the appropriate members of staff to get back to you.

Important Dates

Date Information
22 January 2024 Courses information presentation evening
22 January - 2 February 2024 Year 9 Options discussions with Tutors
23 January 2024 Options details and booklet go live on website
29 January - 9 February 2024 Subject Information shared in lessons
Week beginning 29 January 2024 Year 9 Parents’ Evening
4 March 2024 Deadline for Preference Forms
Follow the links below to find out more about the pathways and subjects available: