The traditional curriculum
Traditional Curriculum
We want our key stage 3 curriculum to provide the knowledge and understanding of a broad range of subjects both academic and technical or vocational which best prepare students for success in their later academic or training careers.
Our curriculum time is planned to best provide depth and breadth in academic subjects like English, Maths, History and Geography, Science and Languages while at the same time providing meaningful opportunities for learning in arts, sports and technical subjects like Art, Drama, Dance and PE.
We also provide adequate curriculum curriculum time for education about religion, ethical and philosophical issues and personal, social, health and economic issues.
Our traditional curriculum is substantially supported, especially in English, Maths, History, Science, Geography, Religious education and personal, social, health and economic learning by our scholarship curriculum.
In years 7 to 9 our traditional curriculum provides the following
| Hours pw | |||||||||||
| Y7 | Y8 | Y9 | Y10 | Y11 | |||||||
| Maths | 4.25 | 2.83 | 2.83 | 4.25 | 4.25 | ||||||
| English Language and English Literature | 2.83 | 4.25 | 2.83 | 4.25 | 4.25 | ||||||
| Science | 2.83 | 2.83 | 3.54 | 4.25 | 4.25 | ||||||
| PE / sports development | 2.83 | 2.83 | 2.13 | 2.13 | 2.13 | ||||||
| History | 1.42 | 1.42 | 1.42 | 2.13 | 2.13 | ||||||
| Geography | 1.42 | 1.42 | 1.42 | ||||||||
| Languages* | 1.42 | 1.42 | 2.13 | 3.54 | 3.54 | ||||||
| Prep | 1.42 | 1.42 | 1.42 | ||||||||
| Art, Music and Drama | 2.83 | 2.83 | 2.83 | ||||||||
| Design Technology & Food and Nutrition | 1.42 | 1.42 | 2.13 | ||||||||
| PSHE & Citizenship | 1.42 | 1.42 | 1.42 | ||||||||
| Computing | 1.42 | 1.42 | 1.42 | ||||||||
| Religious Education | 1.42 | 1.42 | 1.42 | ||||||||
| Option 1** | 2.13 | 2.13 | |||||||||
| Option 2** | 2.13 | 2.13 | |||||||||
| Option 3** | 2.13 | 2.13 | |||||||||
| 26.92 | 26.92 | 26.92 | 26.92 | 26.92 | |||||||
| *Students choose from Spanish or French | |||||||||||
| Unless exceptional circumstances apply, all students will study Maths, English, Science, PE, History or Geography and a language in years 10 and 11. | |||||||||||
| **Students may also opt for three of the following subjects for years 10 and 11 | |||||||||||
| Psychology GCSE | The availability of these qualifications may vary - currently this is an indivative list of the subjects which students are likely to be able to study | ||||||||||
| Triple Science GCSEs | |||||||||||
| PE GCSE | |||||||||||
| Sport BTEC | |||||||||||
| Engineering GCSE | |||||||||||
| Sociology GCSE | |||||||||||
| Art GCSE | |||||||||||
| Music GCSE | |||||||||||
| Drama GCSE | |||||||||||
| Business GCSE | |||||||||||
| Computing GCSE | |||||||||||
| Graphic Design GCSE | |||||||||||
| Food and Nutrition GCSE | |||||||||||
| Religious Education GCSE | |||||||||||
| Citizenship GCSE | |||||||||||
