Year 10 - GCSE/IGCSE (1st year)

Girls choose their GCSE subjects in the Spring Term of Year 9. During Years 10 and 11, most girls will study nine GCSE subjects. In order to ensure that every Mayfield girl is equipped with a good balance of skills and knowledge, certain subjects remain compulsory at GCSE level. These subjects constitute what is known as the ‘core curriculum’, and include English Literature and Language (or International English for girls for whom English is a second language), Mathematics, Science (a choice of two separate Sciences, or Trilogy – a combined science course worth two GCSEs), and Religious Studies.In addition, girls can then choose three options from a substantial list of subjects including Art and Design, Biology, Ceramics, Chemistry, Classical Civilisation, Computer Science, Drama, Food and Nutrition, French, Geography, History, Latin, Music, Physical Education, Physics and Spanish.Greek is offered as part of the extra curricular programme and girls in the Newton Maths group also have the option of taking Further Maths.