Key Stage 4

Grove offers an outstanding choice of courses in Years 10 and 11. All students follow the core of English (Language and Literature), Maths, Science, a Modern Foreign Language, PE, Personal Social and Health Education, ICT and Religious Studies.

All students can then choose an option course from a long list of possibilities, including the humanities, technology (including ICT at greater depth), arts and an additional language.

 

Beyond this, students can choose from two very different sets of options:

The General route allows an additional choice of two subjects - mostly GCSE but some other courses, including Motor Vehicle Studies taught at a college through a partnership and NVQ studies undertaken with local businesses, with students spending time at the place of work one afternoon a week.

The Vocational route involves students in either spending a whole day each week with a local employer working towards an NVQ qualification or taking a course in a subject such as engineering or land studies at a local college, also for one day a week.

Through this imaginative offer we aim to allow all students to find a programme of study in Key Stage 4 that will interest and motivate them, whilst allowing the flexibility to, for example, achieve GCSE passes alongside an NVQ qualification.