Curriculum Overview

Our curriculum promotes innovation (we're not afraid to take risks to explore our curiosity), aspiration (we set ourselves challenging goals) and excellence (we do everything to be best of our ability, every time).

We are in the enviable position of having brand new, specialist facilities for all curriculum areas. Teaching responds to the latest research so that your child is immersed in innovative practice underpinned by traditional values and expectations.­­­­­­

Some established schools have been lucky in recent years to receive enhanced facilities in one or two specialist areas, for example STEM or the Performing Arts. We are in the enviable position of having state-of-the-art facilities across the entire curriculum, with eco-friendly ground-source, mechanically ventilated buildings across the campus so that pupils are never too warm or too cold whilst accessing their learning.

Key Stage 3 (Years 7-9)

Key Stage 3 represents, for us, an intellectual powerhouse! It is the opportunity for children to fall further in love with each of the subjects our professionals teach and develop their own passions; they are immersed in a broad and balanced diet and will study the full National Curriculum. This builds a strong foundation for pupils' transfer to their KS4 options, including the English Baccalaureate. This is complemented by access to an enriched provision for the performing arts and citizenship education.

Pupils study 50 periods a fortnight. Subject allocations are shown in hours (see the brackets after each subject).

At Key Stage 3, all pupils will study a broad and balanced curriculum consisting of (hours per fortnight in brackets):

English Language  and English Literature (7), Mathematics (7), Science (6), History (4), Geography (4), French (3), Spanish (3), Religious Studies (2), Computing inc. Broadcast (2), Core Physical Education (3), Design Technology/Food Preparation & Nutrition (2), Visual Arts (Art/Photography/Graphics/Textiles - 2), Performing Arts - Acting (1), Dance (1), Music (2), and PHRSE (inc. Leadership, Organisation, Resilience, Independence and Communication (L