Options 2025
Welcome to the Options page for Year 9.Year 9 students at Castle Rock are about to embark on the most important stage of their education so far. For the first time, these students will be able to make some choices about the subjects they are going to study until the end of Year 11, and just as importantly, those subjects that they will not. Students will be able to shape their curriculum and match it to their future aspirations. This process requires careful consideration by you and your child as once they have started on a course, it is very difficult to change.
Our Options evening for parents/carers and students is Thursday 16th January 2025. If you have not received the letter via Beehive, there is a link below to the ticketsource website where you will need to reserve seats for the appropriate presentation.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/lionhearttrust
There will be three sessions to suit your needs, 4pm, 4.45pm and 5.30pm. Each session will begin with a short presentation about the process followed by the opportunity to talk to the staff from each of the subject areas about the courses offered.
Our Options booklet contains all of the information you will need about our curriculum and the subjects that we offer.
The students complete their options using our online portal. There are also step by step instructions on how to complete the online form.
If you are logging onto the options page for the first time, students must access their school email first and follow the link they have been sent. Following this, just click on the link below:
https://www.sims-options.co.uk/
The deadline for the option form to be completed is Friday 6th February.
Until this date, the form can be changed as often as you like. At the end of Friday 6th February, the entries will be locked and the process of allocating places to students will begin.
Please note that if the deadline is not met, it is likely that your child will not be able to receive their first-choice subjects. Additionally, completing the form early does not guarantee choices as it is not first come first served. It is preferable that students take time and consider their choices before entering their subjects.