All students will study Core Subjects listed below. In addition, students will study 4 semesters of subjects selected from General Electives and 2 semesters from Design and Creative Arts Electives. The 4 semesters of general electives may be made up of a combination of full-year or semester-length choices.
Subject Preference Planning Sheet Year 9 (2026)
Click on the subject links below for more information:
English and Library
Geography (one semester)
Health and Physical Education
History (one semester)
Mathematics
Philosophy and Religious Education
Science
General Electives | |
(semester) | Dance |
Design and Creative Arts Electives | |
(semester) | Art - Photography |
A minimum number of students is required for a subject to proceed.
Languages: French assumes prior studies have been undertaken. For Chinese (Mandarin), previous knowledge is preferred. Latin does not assume previous knowledge.
Geography and History courses listed under “Core Subjects” are separate to those listed under “General Electives”.
In the Design and Creative Art electives, numbers are limited for safety reasons. For this reason, it may not be possible to meet the first and second preference. Hence, please number all preferences. These courses are 1 semester in length and students will undertake 2 different electives in Year 9.
If you are invited by the College to participate a Learning Enrichment group, this subject will replace one elective. Similarly, EAL students may undertake a course to support language development in replacement of one elective.
Individual tuition for an instrument is not included in Music subjects. However, it is assumed that study of an instrument occurs concurrently.
Subjects cannot be altered by students once the academic year has commenced.
The allocated electives will be displayed on the Student Portal in early November. Only in exceptional circumstances, changes to subject preferences may be requested at this time by:
making contact with the Deputy Head of SS (Mr M Taylor) to discuss the change alongside timetabling restrictions for subsequent requests
complete a ‘Change of Subject Form’ collecting the necessary signatures of staff as directed by the Deputy Head of SS
return the ‘Change of Subject Form’ to the Deputy Head of SS
Subject change requests will be considered dependent upon the stage at which the development of the timetable is at and it must be understood that class sizes and other timetabling considerations will often prevent changes being made.
Students will be advised of the success of their application prior to the end of the school year. Change of Subjects requests received during the school holiday will be dealt with in the last week of school holidays. All students are reminded that subject changes may not be altered once the academic year has commenced.