Leadership and Challenge

In Year 9, to enrich students’ education, there is a leadership and challenge pathway where students are given the opportunity to gain life skills or qualifications.

Our Leadership and Challenge courses run in year 9 only, and while they are not part of GCSEs, they do offer students a taste of what choosing subjects entails and some can offer a qualification at the end of the year. All subjects are then timetabled for 1 period a week.

Courses on offer:

• Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award*
• Google Workspace Passport
• Rookie Lifeguard
• Photography
• Media Studies
• Sports Leaders
• British Sign Language
• Dance
• Textiles

*incurs a parent contribution of £190 (support available for eligible students) 

How to select your Leadership and Challenge Option

Year 8 families will be invited into school in May 2026 to hear more about the Leadership and Challenge options process. Below you can read the documents for last year.