Around age 14, your child will be able to make choices for study from 14 to 16 (key stage 4). This stage of your child's education calls for more choices than at earlier stages:

• your child has to make choices about subjects, and might end up studying a unique mix of subjects
• there are choices to be made about styles of assessment: should your child choose an option with lots of coursework, or will they be better off with exams?
• and at the same time as studying for exams, you and your child will be thinking about the next steps: should they go on to advanced level study, training or work?

This section gives information you will find useful when your child is about 14. It also gives some answers to questions parents have about study and coursework during the two years that follow.