CURRICULUM

CURRICULUM 2008

A very wide curriculum is available at Combermere which caters to most interests, aptitudes and abilities.  From First to Third Form (Junior School) the subjects listed below comprise the Junior School Curriculum.

At the end of the Third Form Year, students and parents make choices about the subjects they will study at CXC.  Most students will sit eight (8) subjects – a few, nine (9) – at this level.

The Fourth and Fifth Year are geared towards the public examinations and the syllabi and teaching reflect this.  Students can select their subjects from about twenty-one (21) options offered at this level. All students have a core curriculum Science subjects, foreign languages, technical, vocational and commercial programmes round out the choices available.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

There is a large Sixth Form body at the school.  These students reach the highest academic standards e.g. winning Barbados Scholarships and Exhibitions. As seen below, Sixth Formers at Combermere have the widest choice of curriculum of any other school in the island.  The following subjects are offered at Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE)   These courses are devised to include important Caribbean issues and content. 

You may choose three (3) subjects.  Only one (1) subject must be chosen from each group.

 N.B.  Design & Technology is also offered by EDEXCEL

Three (3) subjects are selected from the above list.  The only constraint on choice, given a highly qualified and motivated student, will be that of timetabling.

N.B.  All Sixth Formers must study Communication Studies and Caribbean Studies.  These are COMPULSORY one unit courses which have replaced and enlarged the General Paper which was offered at Cambridge “A’ Level.