Sixth Form
Our curriculum is tailored to reflect the needs and aspirations of international, and internationally minded.
Sixth Form
Concord Secondary’s curriculum broadly follows the English National Curriculum, which is widely respected by leading universities and employers around the world, appropriately adapted to reflect the context of Concord as an international school in Malaysia.
Students are taught in the English medium, leading to IGCSE qualifications at age 16, and A levels in the Sixth Form at age 18. Our curriculum is tailored to reflect the needs and aspirations of international, and internationally minded, students, while at the same time providing opportunity for all to be challenged in new and exciting ways which they may not have encountered in their previous schools. Students are offered a broad and rigorous curriculum which gives them the added enrichment of studying with and learning from young people from a range of cultures, religions and nationalities.
The Secondary School consists of a Middle School comprising Year 7 and 8 students who are offered a broad curriculum, a Senior School comprising Year 9 to 11 students preparing for their IGCSE examinations, and the Sixth Form, where Year 12 and 13 students will have the opportunity to take three or four A level subjects.
Sixth Form (A Level)
In the Sixth Form (Years 12 and 13), students have the opportunity to take three or possibly four A level subjects. AS level exams will be sat at the end of Year 12. For Cambridge International A levels, the marks obtained will then contribute towards the A level grade at the end of Year 13. The one exception to this will be students taking both Mathematics and Further Mathematics A levels, who will take the first Mathematics A level in Year 12.
The Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) is a course equivalent to half an A level and offers the chance to complete a research project in an area of academic interest. Students applying for this option would begin this in Year 12 and submit their work in Year 13. Before being accepted onto the course, students will be assessed to ensure they have the necessary skills and commitment to undertake a project in addition to their other work.
All Year 12 students will be assessed for English, and EAL students will be assigned to an EFL course in addition to their other academic courses leading to the IELTS English exam in Year 13, which qualifies students for university.
Students can choose a core programme of three subjects* from amongst the four groups below:
- Mathematics
- Biology, Further Mathematics or History
- Art, Chemistry, Computer Science or Economics
- English, Economics, Geography or Physics
*Each subject availability will be confirmed upon enrolment
They can choose to supplement the core programme with either an EPQ, or a 4th A level choice, with a view to providing as much breadth in their profiles as possible.
Please note that an A level in Further Mathematics is only available as a 4th A level choice (requiring an additional 5 lessons, rather than the usual 7), in combination with A level Mathematics and two further choices from groups 3 & 4. The Further Mathematics course will be taught at an accelerated pace, and is challenging, and therefore only suitable for students with the strongest Mathematics and Additional Mathematics IGCSE results (or equivalent).
Students in the Sixth Form (A Level) will also have two or three (or up to three) 45-minute tests each Saturday morning on a two-week rota for each subject.
