text: Year 9 Options for Key Stage 4 2024-2025
  To support Year 9 students in making their options choices, we have made some changes to our website and are currently in the process of updating our subject curriculum pages.
  There is a Year 9 Options Booklet, accessed via the blue button on the right*, which students/parents must read before making their choices. There is essential information in this booklet about the subjects students must study and additional information about the options subjects, which will allow students to make informed choices.
  There are also subject presentations videos that contain information relating to the courses we offer. These can be accessed via the Millom School website – there are links to the relevant You Tube videos on the right-hand side*.
  * If you are accessing the page using a hand-held device, you may need to scroll to the bottom of your page to see the link buttons.
  We are in the process of making further changes to our individual subject pages. Here you will be able to find detailed information about the curriculum at Key Stages 3 and 4 (and Key Stage 5 where relevant), in addition to subject-specific information about teaching, learning and assessment, progression and extracurricular activities. For each subject we have downloadable curriculum rationales and learning journeys, which map out skill development.
  Year 9 Options Application Form
  Students in Year 9 will be able to access a link which enables them to complete the Options Application Form. This link will be shared in early January via the students’ school email addresses. I will also include a link on this page, which will be found below the links to the Options Subject Presentations once it goes live.
  If you are a parent/carer and your child has forgotten their login information (to access their email account), please ask them to speak with the IT Technician at school for support.
  The application form can only be completed by each student once. Only students are able to complete and submit the form. However, you may wish to support your child as they complete the application form, to ensure that they complete the process as accurately as possible. If you have any concerns/queries, please do not hesitate to contact school.
  The deadline for completion of the online form and application process is 11.59pm on Thursday 23rd January 2025.
  Note that the Options process does NOT work on a ‘first-come-first-served’ basis. Once all of the students’ first choices and reserve choices are in, we then make some timetabling and curriculum decisions about which courses are viable, and how the options blocks will be structured. At this point, it may not be possible to offer all students all of their first choices, although we do our best to ensure that as many students as possible are given their first choices of subject. If students are allocated a reserve choice or if there are issues with their chosen combinations then Mrs Vance will speak with the student.