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Entry Requirements and Option Blocks

 

The Option Blocks for September 2024 will be available in January 2024

Pathways

 

Subject entry requirements

 

Understanding Attainment 8 

Attainment 8 is a national measure of Level 2 attainment which is used to assess a student’s overall academic achievement in their GCSE and equivalent qualifications. The measure considers the grades that students achieve across 8 subjects from the following groups: 

2 Core Subjects: Maths and English language or English literature 

3 EBacc Subjects: Sciences, humanities and modern foreign languages 

3 Open Subjects: Any other subjects 

The attainment 8 measure adds up the grades that students achieve in these 8 subjects (with a double weighting for the 2 core subjects) to give an overall points score.

 

Two examples of attainment 8 score calculations are show below: 

Student A 

Maths = Grade 6 (doubled to 12) 

English Lang = Grade 5 (doubled to 10) 

Biology = Grade 6 

Chemistry = Grade 6 

Physics – Grade 6 

Geography = Grade 5 

Art = Grade 5 

PE = Grade 5 

Attainment 8 Score = 55 

Student B 

Maths = Grade 4 (doubled to 8) 

English Lit = Grade 4 (doubled to 8) 

History = Grade 4 

French = Grade 4 

Biology = Grade 4 

Business Studies = Grade 4 

Drama = Grade 4 

Music = Grade 4 

Attainment 8 Score = 40