English Baccalaureate ?

boiler_man

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Drama and Dance would both be relevant to primary school teaching as long as she gets good grades in her academic subjects.

Thanks for the reassurance. She is in top sets for all subjects that she is streamed in so hopefully she will get good grades.

gonzo127

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

But Music and Drama aren't "vocational" courses!

Ya know what i mean

as to the op worrying, i dont think doing Drama or dance etc will hold someone back for university/work, and it might even help them because it will show that they have a range of skills and knowledge - these being the reasons my SS and SD schools force the kids to have a mix - and these are a couple of the best schools in the south east,

susieb

RAS wrote: »

Science may be compulsory but most schools only offer single science or double science, both of which cover all three subjects.

If they think that a student might not get a CC for the double science, they push them into single science

Trouble is that single science does not cover enough to enable a student (even if they got A) to take any science at A Level standard.

it is often only private schools, a few larger state schools with "6th forms" that have the specialist teachers to cover single subject Physics and Chemistry. Some larger state schools do manage Biology but not many.

I suspect that the single subject GCSE students are at an advantage if they take A Level sciences.

My DD is at a state school, here they do the double award science gcse as standard, or can pick triple science as an option which is the 3 indiviual sciences which is what she has choosen to do