Parents of students currently in Fourth and Fifth Year are invited to attend a meeting on Thursday 28th February 2019 from 7 – 8.30pm in the school theatre. At this meeting detailed information will be provided regarding students’ curriculum choices for session 2019-20.

This meeting will cover subjects at Advanced Higher Grade, Higher Grade, National 5 and National 4 and a final draft ‘Option Form’ will also be issued.

In addition, there will be a short presentation by a member of North Lanarkshire’s Foundation Apprenticeship Team about the increasing number of Foundation Apprenticeships which will be available to students from next session. This presentation will cover the detail of how this qualification can be achieved as it is a mix of classroom study and a placement in an industry relevant to the particular field covered by each Foundation Apprenticeship. These qualifications benefit from strong support from relevant industries as they were created in close partnership with them.

A key aspect of Foundation Apprenticeships is their equivalence to Higher Grades A-C. These have now been agreed with most Scottish Universities with many at A Grade equivalence and in certain cases, universities will count an appropriate Foundation Apprenticeship as equivalent to 2 B Grade Highers due to its relevance to the course being applied for.