The Upper School
(National Curriculum Years 10 & 11)
Girls at Tormead normally take a maximum of ten subjects to GCSE, including a compulsory core which covers the essential GCSE subjects for most career areas, these are:
- English
- English Literature
- Mathematics
- A Modern Foreign Language
All girls will also study Science as part of their core subjects. They can study Biology, Chemistry and Physics as three separate sciences or learn a broad Science curriculum and be awarded two GCSE's of equal grade by studying IGCSE Dual Award Science.
Girls then choose three or four further subjects (depending on their decision regarding which Science option to take).
Where possible, girls are encouraged to choose their optional subjects from different areas of knowledge in order to maintain variety, breadth and balance in their education until the age of 16. The availability of individual subject choices depends on the level of pupil demand and on timetabling considerations.
Possible options include:
- Sciences: as three separate options
- Biology,
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Languages:
- French,
- German,
- Spanish,
- Latin,
- Classical Greek
- Humanities:
- Geography,
- History,
- Religious Studies.
- Aesthetic/Practical Subjects:
- Art or 3D Studies
- Art & Design – Painting, Drawing, Graphics, Textiles or Three dimensional Studies,
- Design and Technology: Graphic Products or Resistant Materials or Textiles
- Drama
- Home Economics-Food and Nutrition
- Music
- Physical Education.
ICT skills are developed through a specialist course which all girls follow in Year 10.