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Academic Life
Our aim at Harrow is to teach in a way that interests and motivates pupils and to ensure that all pupils achieve outstanding examination results relative to their ability.
For the purposes of the academic curriculum there are five year-groups: Shell, Remove, Fifth Form, Lower Sixth and Upper Sixth.
Curriculum: First Year
Boys normally enter Harrow at age 13 from a wide variety of schools: the Shell therefore provides a foundation-year covering a large number of subjects. All boys take English, French, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, History, Geography, Latin or Classical Civilisation, Religious Studies, Art, Music, Design Technology and Information Technology. Greek, German or Spanish is offered to boys with good linguistic ability.
Curriculum: Second and Third Years
In the Remove and Fifth Form boys work towards GCSE examinations. Most subjects require two years for their GCSE courses; however, pupils take Religious Studies GCSE in one year and some pupils also take French and Mathematics at the end of the Remove, going on to more advanced study. Lessons in Study Skills are also available.
By the end of the Fifth Form all boys will have taken English Language, English Literature, French, Mathematics, Religious Studies and a Science. In addition to these core subjects pupils choose, in a wide variety of combinations, four other subjects from History, Geography, Latin, Classical Civilisation, Greek, German, Spanish, Italian, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Music, Art and Design Technology.
Curriculum: Fourth and Fifth Years
In the Sixth Forms all pupils are expected to take AS-level in four main subjects, going on to A-level
in at least three. There are many to choose from including English Literature, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Greek, History, Geography, Economics, Business Studies, Ancient History, Classical Civilisation, Political Studies, Religious Studies, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Design Technology, Physical Education, Music, Music Technology, Art, History of Art, Theatre Studies, Statistics and Photography.
Each boy is given plenty of help to make sure that his chosen combination is appropriate to his interests, abilities and future plans. Some boys reach beyond A-level
to work for entrance to Oxford and Cambridge, and to universities abroad, particularly in America. For the latter, we prepare boys to take American SAT exams.
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