GCSE years
Forms 4 and 5 are the gateway to students’ first experience of externally examined qualifications. Students will build an academic foundation of skills and knowledge that will pave the way for further, more detailed study in the Sixth Form.
Students in these year groups at Concord all study Mathematics, English (either as English Language and Literature or English as an Additional Language (EAL), Biology, Physics and Chemistry. They also choose four additional options. All students also attend Physical Education and PSHE lessons which are not examined but are nonetheless important.
Students choose four options from a menu of subjects which includes Art, Astronomy, Computer Science, Drama, Economics, French, Geography, German, History, Music, Psychology, Religious Studies, Spanish and Statistics.
The majority of Concord students take ten or more GCSE and IGCSE qualifications and therefore have a varied and challenging curriculum.
Alongside their studies, students are encouraged to lead balanced lives and to begin to develop their extra-curricular interests. This helps them to explore and develop their strengths in the so-called softer skills such as resilience, teamwork, empathy and leadership which are increasingly prized by university recruiters and employers alike.
In Form 4, students are able to apply for positions as Monitors, roles of responsibility which require them to demonstrate maturity and teamwork as well as embodying Concord’s values as role models for others.
