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Page 1: Welcome to Year 11 Parent Tutor Evening. The Importance of GCSEs and Btecs You need at least 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C to study a Level 3 course... Achieving

Welcome to Year 11 Parent Tutor

Evening

Page 2: Welcome to Year 11 Parent Tutor Evening. The Importance of GCSEs and Btecs You need at least 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C to study a Level 3 course... Achieving

The Importance of GCSEs and Btecs

• You need at least 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C to study a Level 3 course ...

• Achieving 5+ A*-C including English and Maths offers many more opportunities including A-levels ...

• You need 5+ A*-C including English and Maths to do a University degree in any subject or to progress on to any of the professions.

Page 3: Welcome to Year 11 Parent Tutor Evening. The Importance of GCSEs and Btecs You need at least 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C to study a Level 3 course... Achieving

Attendance

• Attendance is really, really important this year

Percentage attendance Percentage chance of achieving 5+ A*-C inc English

and Maths80-89% 35% chance

90-94% 50% chance

95% + 73% chance

Page 4: Welcome to Year 11 Parent Tutor Evening. The Importance of GCSEs and Btecs You need at least 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C to study a Level 3 course... Achieving

Know the dates for exams, controlled assessments and Btec deadlines

Page 5: Welcome to Year 11 Parent Tutor Evening. The Importance of GCSEs and Btecs You need at least 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C to study a Level 3 course... Achieving

GCSE Exams this year

November 2014• English iGCSE, Maths iGCSE

Results are published on January 20th

Summer 2014• English Literature• English iGCSE• Maths• Science• All the GCSE Option subjects

Page 6: Welcome to Year 11 Parent Tutor Evening. The Importance of GCSEs and Btecs You need at least 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C to study a Level 3 course... Achieving

BTEC Exams this yearSummer 2014

BTEC Music, BTEC Science

December 2014

BTEC ICT

January 2015

BTEC H&SC, BTEC Music, BTEC Sport (tbc)

March 2015

BTEC Science resits

Art, Drama and Dance exam pieces in the Spring/Summer term

Page 7: Welcome to Year 11 Parent Tutor Evening. The Importance of GCSEs and Btecs You need at least 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C to study a Level 3 course... Achieving

Look forward to Results Day

20th January

20th August

See the school website for blank revision timetables and KS4 assessment schedules