Pathways and Perspectives at St Edward's 2023

PATHWAYS AND PERSPECTIVES

These new courses sit alongside a core programme of eight or nine GCSEs and cover areas such as Sustainability, Creative Arts, Design, the Classical World, and Sports and Human Sciences. The key feature of the courses is that they promote and reward more than just the capacity to retain information. To do well in Pathways and Perspectives, pupils are required to develop a much greater range of aptitudes, including research skills, creative thinking, self- awareness, collaboration and communication. Leading educationalists have contributed to the development of the courses, which are graded 9-1 and awarded alongside GCSEs.

‘The acquisition of core knowledge is important. But dry rote learning for exams is not the way forward … Young people need the opportunity to develop the knowledge and the skills they need for future employment through

a broad and relevant curriculum that links

explicitly to the real world.’ ROBERT HALFON MP, MINISTER OF STATE AT THE DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

‘The main virtue of the St Edward’s plan is that the School has written very attractive courses, focusing on the humanities and technology/science. They are superior to GCSEs in terms of their modernity, their breadth and the fact that there is more focus on coursework. Pupils still take a wide range of GCSEs but the new courses provide something extra.’ BARNABY LENON