Description : GCSE in Merchiston Castle School

The educational program for middle and high school students is GCSE: a course that gives an opportunity to get a certificate of secondary education. The academic list of disciplines studied by students includes a large number of different subjects: some are visited necessarily and all, some are chosen as electives. Such diversity helps each student to determine their interests, priorities and abilities, so that in the future it is easier to pick up disciplines for studying in high school and university.

GCSE pupils are offered the following list of subjects:

• English Language and Literature
• German
• Electronics
• Biology
• Religious Studies
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Greek language
• Informatics and communication technologies
• Physical culture and sports (physical education)
• Chinese
• Geography
• Mathematics
• Russian language
• Technology and Design
• Art and Design
• Latin
• History
• French
• Spanish
• History
• Music.

A traditional British program is designed for high school students (12-13 grades, 16-18 years old), preparing to enter the university.

The course lasts two years: the first year students study 3-5 selected subjects (the whole course is formed independently), on the second of this list there are only 3-4 disciplines, according to which the final exams are surrendered. Choose items from the following list:

• English literature
• Physics
• Technology and design
• Biology
• Political science
• Spanish
• Russian language
• Business
• Geography
• Electronics
• Latin
• Chinese
• Economy
• Japanese
• Higher mathematics
• Chemistry
• Religious studies
• Informatics and communication technologies
• Music
• Art and design
• history
• French
• Classical civilizations
• Technology and design
• Mathematics
• German
• Russian language
• Physical culture and sport.