Curriculum
Key Stage 4
Your child can attend Year 10 at North East Futures and study a range of GCSEs and Technical Qualifications. All students will take Core GCSEs, Specialist GCSEs and non-examined activities. Students will then pick one technical award and one other optional GCSE. For specific subject information, see below.
Core Subjects
GCSE Mathematics GCSE English Literature GCSE English Language
Specialist
GCSE Biology GCSE Chemistry GCSE Physics GCSE Computer Science
Vocational Option
Technical Health Science Technical Computer Science
Option Subjects
GCSE Art GCSE French GCSE Geography GCSE History
Plus . . . non-GCSE Heath and Fitness, Personal Development, Independent Learning and Project Time
Key Stage 5
Students will have 3 options about what type of study they’d like to undertake, whether that be more academic biased learning by 3 or 4 of our A-level courses, the more practical route by taking one of our BTEC options or a mixture of both. Our smaller selection of courses provides a focused entry into the health science industry and the computer industry.
Route 1: A Levels
Choose 3 or 4 A Levels from the following:
Mathematics Further Mathematics Physics Chemistry Biology Computer Science
Route 2: BTEC
Choose either of the following:
Extended Diploma Computing Extended Diploma Biomedical Science
You may also take Level 3 Maths as well:
Level 3 Mathematical Studies
Route 3: Blended
Choose 2 A Levels from the list above and either of the following:
Extended Certificate Applied Science Extended Certificate Computing
Please note the following combinations aren’t possible due to an overlap in content:
- Extended Certificate Applied Science with Biology or Chemistry A-levels
- Extended Certificate Computing with Computer Science A-level
Enrichment
Keeping with our business driven education, our student will be expected to attend longer days. As a part of this we have made time in our school day for extra curricular activities called enrichment. Find out more about our Enrichment offer here.
Cyber Security
The documents below relate to the cyber security content of our courses which is unique to North East Futures.
cyber sec infographic NE Futures UTC Cyber Marketing Materials (1)