Year 10
Year 10 Parents Information
Pathway to Success
It was really pleasing to see so many of you at the Pathways to Success meeting in the first week. For those of you unable to be there, the materials used are attached below. The “How to revise booklet” will be of particular interest as students should be making a great effort in their revision already.
Pathway to Success Evening - Key Stage 4 Presentation
How to Revise Booklet - Parents Guide
Year 10 is a critical year and it is important that students make the best start to their GCSE courses that they can.
There are a few key things to remember:
1) When the government moved the exams from grades A*-E to 9-1, the government deliberately set out to make the exams harder. The content is more difficult, and often includes things that were not taught until A level previously. There is also more content than previously.
2) 9-1 grades have 9 at the top, highest grade. 4s are known as a “pass” and 5s a “good pass” by the Department for Education. There is less coursework than in the past as exams have become “linear” – most subject now have only exam at the end of Y11.
Parents can support their children by coaching them – there is some guidance here: How to Maximise Your Progress - Top Tips
3) The content covered in Y10 is not repeated. Other than a very quick revision session at the end of Y11, the things that students study in Y10 will not be revisited. So they need to get it right first time.
Parent Letters
Course and Exam Boards
