Courses
We offer a broad and balanced curriculum, for key stage 3 (Years 7-9), key stage 4 (Years 10 and 11) and key stage 5 (Years 12 and 13 - Sixth Form). Click the appropriate button below to find the details for each subject offered in each key stage.
Further details of our curriculum are available on the curriculum page.
Overview
Home Languages
Introduction
Silverdale School is extremely fortunate to have students who speak a wide range of languages at home from Gujurati, Persian and Arabic to Urdu, Chinese, Hindi and Turkish as well as a wide range of European languages such as Russian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish and German. Being bilingual is fantastic for students’ brains and has been shown to improve their creativity, focus, decision making and thinking skills in all subjects.
In celebration of this, we are keen to ensure that students have the opportunity to be accredited in as many of these languages as possible. If a student's home language is not English, passing an exam in their home language can increase their confidence as well as adding to their range of qualifications.
Qualification
A-level
Awarding body
Various
Course leader
Ms M Tiernan
Curriculum
Course content
We give students the opportunity to do a mock exam in January to practise and to decide if they are ready to do the exam. If they are, we enter them for the exam.
Skills and requirements
Entry requirements
- The language must be the student's home language.
Beyond the classroom
Future pathways
The high grades that are possible from taking an A-level in a student's home language can be very helpful when applying to university or college or for jobs in the future.
