Key Stage 3 is a challenging yet extremely enjoyable phase our students’ school career. We have designed the curriculum in years 7 and 8 to ensure that students are prepared, academically and socially during this time to enable them to achieve their potential in their GCSE years and beyond.
We aim to provide lessons across a range of subjects that will prepare students by providing them with the knowledge, understanding and love of learning which are needed for the future.
Key Stage 3 Curriculum statutory curriculum requirements for all:
- English
- Maths
- Science
- History
- Geography
- Modern Foreign Languages
- Design and Technology
- Art and Design
- Music
- Physical Education
- Citizenship
- Computing
Schools must provide religious education (RE) and Sex Education from Key Stage 3 but parents can ask for their children to be taken out of the whole lesson or part of it.
Key Stage 3 Curriculum Showing the Time Allocation of periods per fortnight
* For a small number of our students, they may complete 2 periods of MFL (Spanish) rather than 6 periods (French & Spanish) to allow them extra literacy lessons.