Yes, dark ages me too which is why I'm asking as I know things have moved on. 14 sounds ridiculous, I think 9 is the norm. From the website it looked as only 7 so that's why I asked - I didn't know science counted as two etc.
There is potential to do 3 GCSEs in Science and 3 in Maths (Maths, Stats and Additional maths) so that's 6 for a start (I do not know about the Charter school though)...some are done in year 10. BUT to get a decent A level A/A* grades are needed in the GCSE....some schools are happy for the student to get a C grade....and will enter them early...does not do the future of the student any good especially since Universities will look at GCSE attainments...
I suspect 7 means, English/Maths/Science, plus 4 other subject choices.
As others have pointed out, the core subjects will be sub divided, so students often end up
with at least 9 GCSEs.
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> There is potential to do 3 GCSEs in Science and 3
> in Maths (Maths, Stats and Additional maths) so
> that's 6 for a start (I do not know about the
> Charter school though)...some are done in year 10.
> BUT to get a decent A level A/A* grades are needed
> in the GCSE....some schools are happy for the
> student to get a C grade....and will enter them
> early...does not do the future of the student any
> good especially since Universities will look at
> GCSE attainments...
No longer true I’m afraid, grades are 0-9 and they are all linear so I don’t believe you can take any early. All have to be at end of 2 Year course so unless they start some in year 9 this won’t happen. I’m not sure if taken early they get included in national tables