The Sixth Form Curriculum Pathways
At Dubai British School we offer two pathways within the Sixth Form. These are the ‘Traditional’
AS-A2 pathway and the ‘BTEC’ pathway. A student will follow one of the pathways and not a
combination of the two.
In line with other International and Independent Schools subjects will only run with viable course
numbers. The Head of Sixth Form and Sixth Form Team will do their utmost to ensure that
students are coursed for their first choices.
Coursing onto the A Level programme is conditional and therefore dependent upon students
obtaining the (I)GCSE grade requirement for that individual subject and the general requirements
for AS Level courses.
Traditional AS/A2 Pathway:
Students will study four subjects (in a few cases three or five – subject to approval from
Head of Sixth Form) from the following list of options:Please note that although we aim to provide students with their first choice of course,
we cannot guarantee that all classes/subjects will run and that students will
automatically get their first choice of course. It is for this reason that we ask for your
reserve course/subject to be identified when submitting your option form.
Art
Arabic
Business Studies
Biology
Chemistry
Design Technology
Drama
Economics
English Literature
French
German
Government & Politics
Geography
History
ICT
Maths
Further Mathematics
Media Studies
Music
Physical Education
Physics
Psychology
Sociology
Spanish
BTEC Pathway:
Business Double Award
Travel & Tourism Single Award
In addition to academic subjects all students within the Sixth Form will follow a programme of Core
Physical Education and PSHE.