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EBacc:

The 'EBacc' is the term applied to a specific selection of qualifications at GCSE. At Diss High School, we feel this would be the appropriate combination of courses for students who wish to continue on to study academic A-levels and progress on to university courses in the future. In order to achieve the English Baccalaureate students will need to achieve a 'good' pass in English, Mathematics, two Sciences, History OR Geography and a Language.

This year we are offering two different EBACC pathways for students to choose from:

EBACC Pathway A: The Core subjects as well as History or Geography and French or Spanish with two other option choices. 

EBACC Pathway B – The Core subjects as well as History, Geography, French or Spanish with three other option choices.  

We recommend Pathway A for students interested in continuing with academic A Levels after school or who are considering going to university in the future. Pathway B may be more suited to those students who are interested in continuing with more vocational subjects post 16, whether at school, college or in an apprenticeship. For a small number of students, we may recommend an alternative pathway. In this case we will be in contact with you to discuss.  

Having this suite of qualifications will no doubt aid your child in the future and help give them a broad curriculum base for further education choices.

We offer the following 'Ebacc' subjects:

* English (Language & Literature)

* Mathematics

* Combined and separate Sciences

* Computer Science

* History or Geography

* Languages (French or Spanish)

Across the two years of study, students will have five hours a fortnight allocated to the study of the Humanities and Languages. The following pages give an overview of Computer Science, History, Geography and Languages (French & Spanish).

The English Baccalaureate

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