{"id":7035,"date":"2026-02-23T09:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacademy\/?p=7035"},"modified":"2026-02-23T09:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:24:16","slug":"senior-options-s4-to-s5-s5-to-s6-2026-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacademy\/2026\/02\/23\/senior-options-s4-to-s5-s5-to-s6-2026-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Options (S4 to S5\/S5 to S6) 2026\/27"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Learning in the senior phase<\/h2>\n<p>Aims of the Senior Phase<br \/>\n\u2756 The Senior Phase in Scottish secondary schools is from S4 to S6. The aim of the Senior Phase is to ensure that all pupils continue to develop as confident and responsible young people.<br \/>\n\u2756 Pupils embark on appropriate programmes of study in S4\/5\/6 in order to gain qualifications that reflect their academic potential, develop skills and knowledge, provide for progression within school, provide for progression beyond school.<\/p>\n<p>Click the links below for options forms for S4 to S5 and S5 to S6. A link to our option booklet is also included, along with a link to the college offers available.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/airdrieacademy\/uploads\/sites\/26442\/2026\/02\/23091313\/Option-Return-Form-S4-2026.docx\">Option Return Form S4 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/airdrieacademy\/uploads\/sites\/26442\/2026\/02\/23091315\/S5-Complete-Option-Booklet-2026-27.docx\">S5 Complete Option-Booklet-2026-27<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/airdrieacademy\/uploads\/sites\/26442\/2026\/02\/23091316\/Senior-Phase-Option-Form-2026-27-Pattern-5.docx\">Senior Phase Option Form 2026-27 Pattern 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below is a college Padlet link, which details the college offer:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/padlet.com\/kellyci2\/nlc-industry-recognised-qualification-2026-27-3pzjmsvh59t5hc3q\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">https:\/\/padlet.com\/kellyci2\/nlc-industry-recognised-qualification-2026-27-3pzjmsvh59t5hc3q<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Supporting Pupils to Choose Subjects<\/h1>\n<p>If you or your child would like to discuss any issue with regard to their options,<br \/>\nplease contact the appropriate Pupil Support teacher. Pupils will have the<br \/>\nopportunity to meet with their Pupil Support teacher to discuss subject choices.<br \/>\nThe following websites should be familiar to pupils and can help<br \/>\nwith the subject choices process.<\/p>\n<p>Skills Development Scotland: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk\/<\/a><br \/>\nMy World of Work websites:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myworldofwork.co.uk\/\"> https:\/\/www.myworldofwork.co.uk\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myworldofwork.co.uk\/parents\">http:\/\/www.myworldofwork.co.uk\/parents<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myworldofwork.co.uk\/my-career-options\/\">https:\/\/www.myworldofwork.co.uk\/my-career-options\/<\/a><br \/>\nUCAS website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucas.com\">https:\/\/www.ucas.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning in the senior phase Aims of the Senior Phase \u2756 The Senior Phase in Scottish secondary schools is from S4 to S6. The aim of the Senior Phase is to ensure that all pupils continue to develop as confident and responsible young people. \u2756 Pupils embark on appropriate programmes of study in S4\/5\/6 in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacademy\/2026\/02\/23\/senior-options-s4-to-s5-s5-to-s6-2026-27\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Senior Options (S4 to S5\/S5 to S6) 2026\/27<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57232,"featured_media":6467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4319,399694,5,1955,399656,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-option-choices","category-parents","category-s4","category-s5-pupils","category-uncategorized","eportfolio_category-skills-for-work"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/airdrieacademy\/uploads\/sites\/26442\/2026\/01\/21200618\/subjects_options_Airdrie_Academy.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7039,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7035\/revisions\/7039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/airdrieacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}