Year 9 GCSE Options
The Year 9 Options process for 2025 is now live!
The programme will provide details of all the GCSE subjects we have to offer at RTS and guidance to help your child make informed choices about the subjects they will be studying for GCSE.
GCSE Options Booklet
The GCSE Options Booklet will be presented to you during the Options Evening and is also available here. In it you will find details of all GCSE courses on offer at RTS, as well as a FAQ section and details of the online courses students can choose from to study during their enrichment.
Options Evening Event Details
On Wednesday 05 February 2025 we will be holding our Year 9 Options evening. This event will be held on the school site, and you are invited to attend with your child.
Options Process schedule
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Day/Time |
Event |
How |
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10 January
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Year 9 Options Bulletin sent to all Y9 parents/carers with initial information and timeline of process |
Via email |
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| 28 January, 18:00-19:00 |
SEND department Y9 SEN-K/EHCP students Options support session |
In school (parents and students) | ||
| 03-14 February | GCSE taster sessions in lessons | In school (students only) | ||
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05 February, 18:00-20:00 |
Options Evening: GCSE Pathways - The Option Process Explained |
In school (parents and students) |
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| 06 February | GCSE Options Booklet issued to parents | Via email/website | ||
| 25 February-04 March |
Student destinations meetings with SLT: Discussions with individual students to help them make appropriate choices. Students will submit their options form during this meeting. |
In school (students only) | ||
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26 February, 15:30-19:30 |
Y9 Subject Teacher Consultation Evening | In school (appointment only) (parents and students) | ||
| 05 March | Options process closes | |||
Please ensure you have read the Options Booklet and the FAQs at the end of the booklet.
Submitting Options Choices
Once you have read all the literature, attended the Options Evening and had discussions at home with your child, they will then have an individual Destinations Meeting with a member of the Senior Leadership Team. Students will submit their options form during this meeting.
Parents will be emailed confirmation of the subjects their child has selected and definitive confirmation of GCSE options will be communicated to parents and students in the summer term.
Year 9 Subject Consultation Evening
This takes place face to face in school on Wednesday 26 February and will give you the opportunity to speak to your child’s subject teachers to help inform decisions around their option choices before submitting the Options form.