With it being the Year 9 GCSE Options season, it’s good to understand some of the lingo used…

The English Baccalaureate (EBacc) is a performance measure for schools in England, not a qualification, which highlights students who achieve a grade 5 or above in a core set of GCSE subjects: English, maths, science, a language, and history or geography.

Introduced in 2010, it aims to keep options open for young people by ensuring a broad, academic curriculum recognised by employers and universities.