Years 7 – 8 A broad curriculum in the first two years of the Senior School provides a rich academic diet and ensures a smooth transition from our Gollop Preparatory School and from other prep and primary schools. Class sizes are small, with 12 to 15 pupils per teaching group as the norm. In all, 15 subjects are studied, with both Welsh and French compulsory in these two years (except for pupils who require Learning Support for Dyslexia, who normally miss French). Latin, Greek and Classical Civilization are also available outside normal lesson hours. In Information Technology lessons key skills are targeted through exercises and assignments in English and Science.

Year 9 In Year 9 pupils continue to follow a very broad curriculum together with a limited number of option choices, which include Spanish, Latin, Greek, Religious Studies, Physical Education, and Welsh. Years 10-11 In Year 10 Llandovery College pupils face the fresh challenge of their GCSE courses. The Year 10-11 curriculum consists of a common core of English, Mathematics, Physics and Science, together with IT, PSHE and four other subjects chosen from the option columns, one of which must be a Modern Language (unless Learning Support has been received in Years 7 and 8). English leads to GCSEs in Language and Literature for the majority of our pupils. High achievers in Mathematics can sit the GCSE in Year 10 and an additional Mathematics GCSE in Year 11. Information Technology will focus on the acquisition of key skills through the core subjects of Mathematics, Science and English as well as providing the opportunity to gain an ECDL qualification. Years 12 – 13 Whether pupils have already benefited from the opportunities at Llandovery College, or are planning to start here in the Sixth Form, our aim is to provide a curriculum which is both challenging and wide-ranging. This is balanced with an extensive co-curricular programme of sporting, cultural, outdoor and recreational pursuits. Class sizes are small, usually between 6 and 13 in number. It is our expectation that members of the Lower Sixth take 4 (or occasionally 3 or 5) subjects to AS level, depending on previous experience, ability and other commitments, with 3 (or occasionally 2 or 4) of those subjects continued to A2 in the Upper Sixth. Typically this would result in the equivalent of 3½ A levels (arising from 4 AS levels and 3 A2 levels). The success rate at A level is very high with virtually all our leavers going on to university in England or Wales.