Checkpoint and IGCSE learners are encouraged to select a global awareness subject to support and promote that Sagan Academy learners;

• are independent and empowered to take their place in an ever-changing, information-heavy, interconnected world

• have an analytical, evaluative grasp of global issues and their causes, effects and possible solutions

• enquire into and reflect on issues independently and in collaboration with others from a variety of different cultures, communities and countries

• can communicate sensitively with people from a variety of backgrounds

• work independently as well as part of a team, directing much of their own learning with the teacher as facilitator

• consider important issues from personal, local/national and global perspectives and understand the links between them

• critically assess the information available to them and make judgement 

• can support judgements with lines of reasoning

• have a sense of their own, active place in the world

• can empathise with the needs and rights of others