Year 9
Welcome to your new year as part of the Lipson Co-operative Academy family.
The year may be new, but the values we hold and the standards that we ask from all of our students and, indeed, staff remain unchanged and important.
At the centre of all that we do is PERK. We expect classrooms to be full of students who are: Prepared; Engaged; Respectful; and Kind.
Those qualities will underpin all you do at Lipson and, combined with high personal standards, good levels of effort and the right attitude to learning, will naturally lead to the high premium that we place on good behaviour inside and outside of lessons.
Our promise to you is that we will ensure that there is a great, trusted teacher in every classroom at Lipson, providing a high-quality learning experience. This will not only give you the opportunity to achieve your full academic potential but will give you the chance to exceed in all that you do and reach for the results and further opportunities that you dream of.
We encourage you to take part in our extra-curricular opportunities, from our three specialist academies in Music, Sport and the Performing Arts to all manner of enrichment opportunities, including after-school clubs, residentials and day trips.
Every opportunity builds relationships and establishes friendships that, with kindness underpinning everything, makes Lipson special and enables you to progress socially, emotionally and academically during your years with us.
All year 9 students are shortly going to have to make provisional choices for their GCSE or BTEC subjects. At Lipson we have created a digital booklet that contains all of the current information designed by our fantastic heads of departments for you to look at in your own time. This booklet is intended to help you with that choice.
The first section gives you general information about how options work and what combinations of subjects are possible. The second section gives brief details about each subject that may help you to make your choices. This is available through the link you can find below. Also, we have created a selection of short video clips that explain each subject in further detail, each introduced by our fantastic team of subject leads. You can skip to your chosen subject using the new and improved version attached below. In addition to this Mr Mitchell and Mrs Toze as well as your child's tutor will help and guide you and your child in selecting the correct choices for year 10 and 11. You will receive correspondence through the school MCAS app that will invite you to the Year 9 Parents/Guided Choices Evening on Thursday 5th March 2026.
