Support and advice will be available when you are making your choice during the College Open Evenings (in November) and, if you are invited for interview, during a guidance discussion in the spring term.

The Wider Curriculum

In addition to AS and A level courses, students also select courses from the Wider Curriculum. These courses provide a valuable opportunity for students to develop transferable academic skills, to make links between their studies and the contemporary world, and to develop new areas of personal and academic interest, always an exciting challenge. Participation in the Wider Curriculum is a central feature of a students’ time at Hills Road. The Wider Curriculum contains a mixture of compulsory and voluntary courses, and some of these courses are accredited. All parts of the Wider Curriculum share in common an immediate relevance to developing the skills required for successful study at advanced level, while also providing access to new skills and interests to be taken forward into the world of work or further study.

In Year 12, the Wider Curriculum comprises the Academic Research Course (ARC), Enrichment and Citizenship activities.

In Year 13, the Wider Curriculum comprises choices from Critical Thinking, World Development, Science in Society, the Extended Project, Citizenship activities and Enrichment (optional).