Senior School Programme

• The Senior School Programme prepares all students for further education, provides Career Guidance and addresses the development of personal, social and emotional intelligence through a comprehensive PSHE Programme.
  
  Compulsory Programmes of Study:
• •  Maltese (including Maltese Literature) *
• •  English
• •  English Literature
• •  Mathematics
• •  PSHE - Personal, Social and Health Education
• •  ICT - Information Communication Technology
• •  ACCS - Active Citizenship & Cultural Studies
• •  French or Italian or German ***
• •  Religious Education **
• •  Physical Education
• •  Art and Design

* International students may opt out of this programme of study
** Students may opt out of this programme of study
*** Language chosen in Middle School

In addition to the compulsory programme of study students must then select:

1. Three option subjects, each with a provision of four lessons per week.

2. One of these options must be chosen from Biology or Physics.

3. Students may then choose two further option subjects out of the list of subjects below.

• •  Biology
• •  Computer Studies
• •  Environmental Studies

• •  German
• •  History
• •  Physical Education
• •  Art
• •  Chemistry
• •  Economics
• •  French
• •  Graphical Communication
• •  Italian

• •  Physics
• •  BTEC IT
• •  BTEC Health & Social Care

4. The international languages French, German and Italian in the list above would be in addition to the languages that students have already been taking since Form 1.

5. Students in the Alternative Learning Programme are given special programme combinations and ad hoc specific cases are considered, subject to timetable possibilities.

Students wishing to follow a SIXTH FORM COURSE at one of Malta's Colleges need to possess 'O' level passes in:

• •  Maltese *
• •  English Language
• •  Mathematics
• •  ONE Science subject

and ANY other TWO subjects - 6 IN ALL

Our ICT Programme prepares our students for the seven modules in ECDL between Form 1 and Form 4.

Formative and Summative assessment throughout the Senior School constantly keeps teachers, students and parents aware of progress. Where difficulties are made evident, support, encouragement and differentiation help to bring students on track.

Each student receives a profile twice yearly. This covers all aspects of every subject done in great detail.