Sixth Form Curriculum

Key Stage 5 (Sixth Form)

Key Stage 5 is completed in the Lower (Year 12) and Upper (Year 13) Sixth Form years and is assessed through GCE ‘A level’ examinations taken at the end of the Upper Sixth year. Most subject courses are full two year A levels.  A small selection of AS examinations are also offered.

Boys choose three or four A level subjects, and study these alongside a range of enrichment activities in the Lower Sixth.

All lessons are taught in mixed ability groups within the context of the schools academically selective intake. 

All boys also have the opportunity to undertake the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ). This qualification helps boys develop and demonstrate important transferable life skills such as project management and provides opportunities for extended writing, both of which are highly valued for progression to higher education and employment.

The Sixth Form Curriculum Booklet can accessed here, this also indicates qualifying marks for entry into each subject and cumulative totals required for taking an additional AS Level, the EPQ or a fourth A Level.

Current A Level subjects available at Sixth Form:

In the Sixth Form, students choose three or four subjects to study for A level.

Courses currently on offer for A level study:

Enrichment Programme 2024

Our 2024 Enrichment Programme is designed and delivered in full collaboration with Wycombe High School, the outstanding all girls grammar school situated next to us. The programme allows students from both Year 12 cohorts to choose a different ‘elective’ each half-term from now until the summer term and therefore provide students with far more opportunities to supplement their learning and develop a true love of learning beyond the taught curriculum.

During the sessions, students will have the chance to discuss, debate and challenge each other so that they can build up a critical awareness of current affairs and the issues that are pertinent to young people in today’s society. Some of these sessions will be taught at JHGS and some will be taught at WHS. We will be asking JHGS students to select at least one elective that is taught at WHS. 

Elective sessions available include:

• Preparation for Oxbridge (at JHGS)
• Bar Mock Trial (at JHGS)
• Engineering (at JHGS)
• A Business challenge (at JHGS)
• The Human Mind (at WHS)
• Psychological Warfare in Politics (at WHS)
• Med Soc (medicine, dentistry and veterinary, at JHGS)
• Creative Writing (at JHGS)
• Global issues and solutions (at JHGS)
• Leadership (at JHGS)
• Rock Band and Audio-visual team options (both JHGS and WHS)
• Introduction to Sign Language (at WHS)
• History - Where have we come from? (at WHS)
• Oracy and Critical Thinking (at WHS)
• Criminology (at WHS).
• Sports Squads (invitation only)

We strongly believe that this redesigned programme will enrich JHGS students’ curriculum and that the co-education and collaboration between the two schools will encourage respect, understanding and prepare our students for the ‘real world’ where they will have to thrive in an environment where they will be working alongside people from many different backgrounds.