Science
Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Further Mathematics
Two laboratories, and a technician who prepares them, which is why practicals happen in the week they are timetabled.
Goes on to medicine, engineering, the sciences.
Six years, and an examination that asks for all of it.
Ultimate Secondary is a day school in Akute for JSS1 through SS3. Science, arts and commercial streams from SS1, taught by subject specialists in the rooms their subjects need.
- Years
- JSS1 to SS3
- Streams from SS1
- Science, arts, commercial
- Entry
- JSS1, and SS1 where places exist
- Entrance examination
- Second term, on a Saturday
Taught by people who teach one subject
From JSS1, every subject has a specialist. By SS1 a student has had the same form teacher for three years, and the choice of stream is made with them.
- Two laboratories and a technicianPracticals happen in the week they are timetabled, not when the equipment is free.
- Double periods for every scienceA practical that has to be packed away at the bell is only a demonstration.
- Debate as part of the syllabusGovernment is argued, not recited.
SS2 Science, as timetabled
Not a sample. This is the week a student in the science stream sits, with the double periods where the practicals are.
Two doubles a week for each science, because a practical that has to be packed away at the bell is a demonstration.
| Period | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00 | English | Mathematics | English | Mathematics | English |
| 28:45 | Mathematics | Physics | Mathematics | Chemistry | Mathematics |
| 39:30 | Chemistry Practical | Biology | Physics Practical | Further Maths | Biology |
| 410:15 | Chemistry | Geography | Physics | Biology | Civic Education |
| 11:00 | Break | ||||
| 511:30 | Physics | English | Chemistry | Physics | Further Maths |
| 612:15 | Biology | Further Maths | Geography | English | Games |
Scroll the grid sideways for Thursday and Friday.
Choosing at the end of JSS3
Three streams, chosen once, with a form teacher who has taught the student for three years, not from a list on a noticeboard.
Arts
Literature, Government, History, CRS or IRS, Yoruba or French
The debating society is not an extra here. It is where the Government syllabus is argued rather than recited.
Goes on to law, the humanities, international relations.
Commercial
Financial Accounting, Commerce, Economics
Taught with real ledgers and statements, so a student who leaves at SS3 can keep a set of books, and one who goes on already knows the vocabulary.
Goes on to accountancy, business, economics.
Admissions
Entry is at JSS1 and, where places exist, at SS1. Every candidate who sits the examination is seen with a parent afterwards, whatever the result.
- Register your childContact the admissions office in the first or second term.
- Sit the entrance examinationEnglish and Mathematics, written here on a Saturday morning in the second term.
- Meet us with a parentA school that admits a child should be able to say why, and one that does not should be able to say that too.
Students and parents
Timetables, results, report cards, attendance and fees are in the school portal.