Curriculum Overview

Our curriculum is underpinned through the following elements:

Years 7, 8 and 9

Year 7	Hours	Year 8	Hours	Year 9	Hours
English	7	English	7	English	7
Maths	7	Maths	7	Maths	7
Science	7	Science	7	Science	7
History	4	History	4	History	4
Geography	4	Geography	4	Geography	4
French	4	French	4	French	4
Religious Education	1	Religious Education	1	Religious Education	1
IT	1	IT	1	IT	1
Art, Craft & Design	2	Art, Craft & Design	3	Art, Craft & Design	2
Drama	1	Drama	1	Drama	1
Music	2	Music	1	Music	1
Healthy Living	8	Healthy Living	8	Healthy Living	7
				Higher Project (A band)	2

Years 10 and 11

Year 10 (Hours)	Year 11 (Hours)
English (9)	English (7 or 9)
Maths (8 or 9)	Maths (8 or 9)
Core RE (1)	Core RE (1)
Healthy Living (3 or 5)	Healthy Living (2 or 4)
Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Science Double Award (9 or 12)	Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Science Double Award (10 or 15)
History or Geography (5)	History or Geography (5)
5 hours of any 2 of: Art, Craft & Design Business Studies Dance Drama Food French Health and Social Care Media PE RS	5 hours of any 2 of: Art, Craft & Design Business Studies Dance Drama French Health and Social Care Media Music PE RS

Years 12 and 13

Students choose their preferences during the application process and then 5 blocks are created from these preferences. Each subject is delivered in 8-10 hours per fortnight. All students also have 1 hour of healthy living per fortnight to support in future planning, PSHEC, RSE and study skills. They also have 1 hour per fortnight of healthy active. Students also have access to the Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award.