State vs Private School Curriculum

In a typical private school you'd expect to see pupils taking International GCSEs (IGCSEs) in some subjects (most commonly maths and science) instead of GCSEs. You'd also expect that "soft" subjects such as media studies wouldn't be offered, but you'd still get some arts (at my school you can do GCSEs and A levels in art, drama, music and DT) although unlike many state schools most private schools wouldn't offer more than one type of DT. In private schools you'd also expect to see smaller class sizes, especially at GCSE and A level - as private schools have more money, they can afford to provide classes and opportunities in subjects there is little demand for - at my school only one person has to want to do a subject for A level for them to run the course, and there are two of us in year 12 considering applying for classics at uni and one person in year 13 who actually is but they're still running classics uni prep sessions for the three of us...feel free to ask me any more questions about a private school curriculum


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