Charter GCSEs

[Ole]

What is the number of gcse subjects charter lets each student choose? According to the website they timetable for 8 (but one is PE?)

[hpsaucey]

PE I think they do anyway, but can be taken as a GCSE option.

Assume you've looked at the GCSE guide from their website:

http://www.chartereastdulwich.org.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=1262&type=pdf

[Curmudgeon]

English is 2 GCSEs plus Maths plus Science is 2 or 3 GCSEs plus 4 choices

So that?s 9 or 10

Why would you want to do more? Another school forced my eldest into taking 14 for no reason that benefitted him that I could see.

GCSEs are increasing in difficulty since they all became linear

When I was at school, in the dark ages, we used to take 6 or 8

[Ole]

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.

[seenbeen]

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...

[cactus]

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.

[womanofdulwich]

And English is 2-Literature and Language.

[Curmudgeon]

seenbeen Wrote:

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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

That are certainly harder