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Supporting your child with GCSE Options choices

Here are some resources put together by University of East Anglia (UEA) for parents and carers, to support their children in making informed choices about their GCSE option subjects:

 

1. Navigating the Road to GCSEs – digital &/or printed map

Reassuring, step-by-step guide to helping young people make good GCSE choices (see below). 

 

2. A website for parents & carers all about GCSE options

https://www.uea.ac.uk/study/information-for/parents/curious-questions

Simple, jargon-free explanations. Top tips and creative ideas for sorting out their subject choices. Realistic and reassuring advice about the importance of GCSEs for future success.
 

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Year 9 Options : Subject Presentations

Post-16 Opportunities

Unifrog

Which university degrees are best for intergenerational mobility?

Health and Care Careers Discovery Event- Year 9 and up

UEA Resource Portal

National Citizen Service

Career Conversations with your Child

Thinking of going to University?

Apprenticeship opportunities: EDF Sizewell B and Sizewell C

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Science

Curricular Enrichment

English

Post-16 Open Events for Year 11s

Local Governing Body Vacancies

Year 9 Options 2025-2026

English

Benjamin Britten School: Our History

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Careers Year 9 Options GCSE Options Local Governing Body Revision Videos Evening GCSE Enrichment A-Level HE Physics Sixth Form Year 7 Nationals Policy Student Information University Year 11

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