Sixth Form Subject Guide

Welcome to our virtual Sixth Form Subject Guide. The subjects listed below reflect our current Sixth Form curriculum, but these are reviewed annually and may change. Please take some time to read through the subject information and watch the videos below.

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Choosing your Subjects: the Options Process

The deadline for the submission of your preferred subjects is January of the year of entry. This date will be communicated to you via our Admissions team (new students), or the Felsted Academic Office (current students).

For current Felsted students, this is done through iSAMS; however these choices must then be validated by a parent/guardian (also on iSAMS). The deadline is immediately following the Year 11 Parents’ meeting to enable you and your parents to discuss the suitability of your preferred choices with your subject teachers and tutor.

External applicants should submit their options using the form provided by the Admissions Department. Please contact the Academic Office if you have any queries with your subject choices.

IB Diploma or A Levels?

Before you make your subject choices we suggest you familiarise yourself with the IB and A Level curriculums, to make sure you have chosen the pathway that most suits your needs. Please watch the two video introductions below.

IB Diploma Overview

A Level Overview

IB Diploma

IB Diploma

For the IB, you must choose one subject from each of the 6 groups and indicate whether you wish to take that subject at Higher Level or Standard Level. You should be taking at least 3 subjects at Higher Level and up to 3 subjects at Standard Level (please note that some subjects are only offered at either Higher Level or Standard Level). Although you may request alternative combinations (particularly for your Group 6 subject), we cannot guarantee that we will be able to provide a combination not currently shown.

A Level and/or Modular Pathway

A Level and/or Modular Pathway

For A Levels, we recommend that pupils choose three A Levels and supplement this with the Extended Project Qualiﬁcation. However, should pupils wish to take four A Levels (for example, pupils wishing to take Maths and Further Maths), we will consider their requests carefully. As we give pupils free choice of their A Level subjects (i.e. we create our timetable blocks based on your requests), we ask you to place your subjects in order of priority and to provide a ‘reserve subject’ when submitting your choices.

BTEC and AAQ: We also offer a couple of BTEC and AAQ options which can be combined with A Level subjects.

Every effort is made to ensure that a wide range of subject combinations are available and that a pupil’s ﬁrst choice of subjects can be met. Where it is not possible, the Deputy Head (Academic) will inform all concerned at the earliest opportunity and the reserve subject will be used. Once the option blocks have been ﬁxed, based on the choices initially submitted, it may not be possible to change options. Furthermore, a subject may be withdrawn if there is insufficient demand.

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IB

IB Subject Choices

Please note these option blocks are a guideline based on previous years and are subject to change.

Those wishing to take the IB Diploma should choose one option from each group (3 at Higher Level and 3 at Standard Level. This is in addition to the Core: EE (Extended Essay), CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service) and Theory of Knowledge (ToK). Please refer to the notes below when choosing.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6
Literature	Language	Humanities	Sciences	Mathematics	The Arts / Electives
English A HL / SL	English B HL only	Economics HL / SL	Biology SL only	Analysis & Approaches HL / SL	Biology HL only
German A HL / SL	French B HL / SL	Geography HL / SL	Chemistry HL / SL	Application & Interpretation HL / SL	Global Politics HL / SL
Self Taught Language A	German B HL / SL	History HL / SL	Physics HL / SL		Music HL / SL
	Spanish B HL / SL	Psychology HL / SL	DT HL / SL		Visual Art HL / SL
	Spanish ab initio SL only		Sports, Health and Exercise Science HL/ SL
Expression of interest welcome, course running subject to numbers:		Philosophy			Latin

SL / HL = Standard Level / Higher Level

Notes :

These option blocks are a guideline based on previous years and are subject to change.
We reserve the right to withdraw a course if fewer than ﬁve students wish to take it.
The option blocks align with the IB criteria – the electives available in column six are based on the most popular options in previous years.
If you wish to take a different Science, Language or Humanities subject as an elective please indicate this on your option form but we cannot guarantee availability.
Some University courses have speciﬁc subject or level requirements, we are very happy to offer advice but you should also check directly with Universities.

A Level and BTEC/AAQ

Please note these option blocks are a guideline based on previous years and are subject to change.

Those wishing to take A Levels or a combination of A Levels and BTEC/AAQs should select one subject from each group.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Business	Business	Drama	Art
Chemistry	Classics	History	Biology
Computer Science	Further Maths	Further Maths	Economics
DT	Geography	Maths	English Literature
Economics	Psychology	Media	Music
Gov & Pol	Spanish	PE	Physics
Latin		Psychology
TEP
EPQ	EPQ	EPQ	EPQ
BTEC Business	BTEC Creative Digital Media Production	BTEC Sport	AAQ Applied Science
			BTEC Sport (Double)
Expression of interest welcome, course running subject to numbers:		French	German

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Subject Information

All the subjects offered at Felsted Sixth Form are listed below. Use the tabs to filter subjects by pathway. Each subject will contain a video introduction or information from the Head of Department followed by the course information for any or all pathways it is offered. The IB content will always show first followed by A Level and then BTEC or AAQ (if applicable).

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