This document outlines the options and guidance process for students in Year 9. It discusses providing students with early information on course options, skills to make decisions, and timeline for choosing options. It also covers further education options after Year 11 like apprenticeships, university, and how student loans work. The key messages are to choose a broad range of options that keep future doors open and develop skills for lifelong learning.

1. Year 9
Information and Guidance
Parent Information
Evening

2. Purpose of the evening
 Outline the options process
 Begin giving you early information on a
variety of courses
 Show you where to find out more
 Answer your questions

3. Our IAG process
 Will
give students the skills they need to
make good decisions
 The information about all the options
available to them
 Guidance

4. IAG inputs
 Parents
 Subject teachers
 Tutors
 Mr Farr – Student Support Manager
 Hilary Burr – Guidance Advisor
 PSHE skill development days
 Student Support and Mr Parker and his
team
 Friends and peers

5. Options Process Timeline
September and October and November
All about thinking forward to futures and
potential career choices
All about giving early information about the
wide range of options

6. December
All about students and parent reflecting on
the full report
January
All about gathering specific information and
developing the skills for making good decision
- PSHE day
- Options Booklet
- Assemblies
- IAG in subject lessons

7. February
Completion of a ‘dry run’.
Mentoring – working through dry run options
23rd February – subject teachers and
parents’ evening and Options Presentation

8. March
All about making final option choices
- 16th March - Final Option choices
April to July
- Timetabling and staffing
- Partnership liaison
- Taster lessons
- Failed options re-think

9. September 2012
Year 10
 Commitment to chosen courses
 Success and achievement
 Enjoyment and engagement

10. Looking ahead into
the distant future
Mr Farr

11. FULL-TIME EDUCATION
A huge choice of courses
At Level 3 A Levels, IB, Pre U,
Advanced Diploma’s, BTEC Level 3 Nationals,
NVQ’s
At Level 2 Further GCSE’s, Diploma’s, BTEC
Level 2 Firsts, NVQ’s, Access to A Levels

12. And more choices…
Level 1 and Foundation Level, NVQ’s,
Foundation Diploma’s, BTEC Vocational
Qualifications, Skills for Life.
APPRENTICESHIPS level 2 - equivalent to 5
good GCSE passes
ADVANCED APPRENTICESHIPS level 3 -
equivalent to 2 A Levels

13. Thinking about University?
Think you won’t be able to afford it?
Full-time and part-time students who start
their course after 1 September 2012 begin
paying back their student loan once they
earn more than £21,000 year.
So, for example, if your course finishes in June
2015 and you get a job paying £25,000 in
September 2015, you start repayments in April
2016.

14. 2016
If your income falls below
£21,000 a year, your repayments
stop
Your income per year Monthly repayments
(including interest)
£21,000 and under no repayments
£25,000 £30
£30,000 £67.50
£40,000 £142.50
£50,000 £217.50
£60,000 £292.50

15. A personalised curriculum
 The right courses for you
 To engage and motivate you
 To challenge you and so you can
achievement
 Broad and balanced
 Different ways of assessment
 Pathways to further education and training
post 16 and beyond – the right
qualifications

16. A broad and balanced
curriculum
 Thecore subjects
 Academic subjects
 Vocational / Applied / work related courses
 Consider the range of skills you will need
for your future.

17. Key messages
 Age of participation in education and
training – 18
 Choose options which will keep doors
open
 Choose options which will develop a range
of skills for the future

18. Some things which have changed
 The English Baccalaureate new
 The value of Btec courses
 Diplomas at LVC X
 Offer of media and dance
 Courses at partnership schools / colleges

19. The English Baccalaureate
 English Language
 Maths
 Double Science
 A Humanity (History or Geography)
 MFL (French or Spanish)
These 5 GCSEs at A* - C grade make up
the ‘English Baccalaureate’.

20. Post 16 is selective
The importance of grades at GCSE/BTec to
get onto post 16 courses
A greater emphasis on GCSE results for
University entry

21. What hasn’t changed
 An outstanding curriculum offer at LVC
 A personalised approach
 The importance of Year 9 – achievement
 The importance of English and maths

22. Next steps
 Explore the possible future pathways
together
 Check out Cambscoursefinder
 Focus on developing your child’s decision-
making skills – the process
 Explore all the options
 Put dates in your diary