Cur­ricu­lum information

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Key Stage 3

Years 7, 8 and 9 are grouped accord­ing to abil­ity and fol­low a cur­ricu­lum which includes learn­ing in the fol­low­ing areas:

  • Eng­lish
  • Math­e­mat­ics
  • Sci­ence
  • Design
  • Music
  • Drama
  • His­tory
  • Geog­ra­phy
  • Reli­gious Studies
  • Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion (includ­ing dance and team sports)
  • Cit­i­zen­ship
  • Mod­ern Languages
  • Infor­ma­tion and Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Technology
  • Per­sonal, Social and Health Edu­ca­tion
    (includ­ing cit­i­zen­ship and careers edu­ca­tion and guidance)

For full infor­ma­tion please fol­low the link below.
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Key Stage 4

Dur­ing Year 9 stu­dents need to make choices regard­ing the sub­jects they will study for the fol­low­ing two years. The major­ity of stu­dents under­take level 2 courses, whereas some stu­dents will fol­low a bespoke tech­ni­cal path­way com­bin­ing Level 2 & Leve1 courses.

Level 2 and Tech­ni­cal Path­way
All stu­dents must fol­low GCSE courses in the fol­low­ing subjects:

  • Eng­lish
  • Math­e­mat­ics
  • Sci­ence

They must also under­take the fol­low­ing gen­eral courses:

  • Per­sonal, Social and Health Education
  • Phys­i­cal Education
  • Careers Edu­ca­tion and Guidance

Level 2 Path­way Only

The above accred­ited and gen­eral courses form the core of the Key Stage 4 level 2 pro­gramme. In addi­tion each stu­dent must choose 4 courses, at least one of which must be an EBacc GCSE sub­ject and at least one applied/​vocational course from a range of BTECs.

EBacc GCSE Courses

  • Com­puter Science
  • Geog­ra­phy
  • His­tory
  • Span­ish

Voca­tional courses

  • Art and Design
  • Busi­ness
  • Health and Social Care
  • ICT
  • Music
  • Per­form­ing Arts
  • Sport
  • Travel and Tourism

Other GCSE courses

  • Cit­i­zen­ship
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Film Stud­ies
  • Food Prepa­ra­tion and Nutrition
  • Phi­los­o­phy and Ethics
  • Pho­tog­ra­phy
  • Soci­ol­ogy
  • Sports Sci­ence

Tech­ni­cal Path­way Only

All Tech­ni­cal Path­way Stu­dents study

  • GCSE Film Studies
  • Tech­ni­cal Award Travel & Tourism
  • GCSE Eng­lish Literature
  • ASDAN (Cer­tifi­cate of Per­sonal Effec­tive­ness) + Addi­tional Lit­er­acy Numer­acy and Study Sup­port Time

If you would like to dis­cuss and aspects of the cur­ricu­lum fur­ther, please con­tact Mrs V Willis, Head of School