Our curriculum comprises a full range of subjects, including relationship and sex education and personal, social, health and economic education, drawing on good practice. Our intention is that our broad curriculum – including not only our academic subjects, but our pastoral curriculum and all that we offer beyond the classroom – contributes to advancing equality, diversity and inclusion.
We want our curriculum to have a positive impact on pupils of all races, disabilities, religions, sexual orientation and gender. We believe that all pupils of all kinds are entitled to a high-quality education, which includes preparing our pupils for life in modern Britain. Through our curriculum, we aim to develop our pupils into citizens who understand and appreciate diversity and who are respectful of difference. Our curriculum for those pupils who have SEND is ambitious, with the vast majority supported to follow a full curriculum where possible, but amended where appropriate to suit those with particularly high individual needs.
For curriculum and summative assessment information, please click an icon below or a subject heading to the left.
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Key Stage 4 options
Pupils in Year 9 are now reaching the stage where they can make certain choices about the curriculum that they will follow in key stage 4. This is an exciting time for pupils with a very wide range of subjects on offer. However, this can sometimes make the process of choosing quite daunting. It is therefore very important that both pupils and parents/carers are fully informed before making their choices.
There are several important dates coming up:
- Pupils will receive an听assembly about options听on听Wednesday 14 January.
- 罢丑别听option brochure听will then become available on the school website.
- For pupils and their parents/carers, our听Key Stage 4 Options Evening听is on听Thursday 15 January from 6-8 pm. There will be a brief talk explaining the options process and the opportunity to visit departments to talk to pupils and staff about the subjects on offer.
- All pupils will be invited to a guidance meeting with Helen Jarrett (our Careers Guidance & Development Lead) or as part of their EHCP review meeting. The meetings will be scheduled from听Monday 19 January.
- The听Year 9 Parents鈥� Evening听will be held online on听Thursday 26 February from 4-7 pm.听This provides an opportunity for parents/carers to talk to teachers about your child鈥檚 progress and the suitability of subjects for your child鈥檚 options.
- 罢丑别听deadline for the online submission听of the electronic form to confirm your child鈥檚 option choices is the听Wednesday听18 March. A link to the form will be sent to pupils鈥� school email on听Friday 13 March.
Key Stage 4 only courses
All pupils take GCSE courses in the following subjects:
- English Language
- English Literature
- Mathematics
- Combined Sciences (2 GCSEs), unless pupils choose to take GCSEs in the 3 separate sciences
- A modern foreign language (unless exceptional circumstances)
Pupils choose additional Key Stage 4 courses, some of which will be new to them, as they are offered only at Key Stage 4. Some courses are offered as after-school options only. All courses are available to all our pupils.
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