Key Stage 4
Dream Big. Through aspirational and inspirational teaching, learners will attain outcomes which empower and enable their future pathways. Work Hard. We’re supporting learners to develop self-discipline and courage, enabling them to grow as individuals, now and in the future. Be Kind. We treat every member of the community with kindness and respect. Quality relationships and restorative approaches are at the heart of what we do. |
Our KS4 curriculum is ambitious meaning that it provides challenge to all learners as follows:
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It covers the National Curriculum for our subject area
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It progresses from the KS3 National Curriculum (as appropriate) and deepens understanding of any learning that we revisit to avoid repetition of content
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It provides support in literacy and numeracy development across all subject areas
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It outlines how we weave the little examples, the stories, the illustrations and the richness of the topic into our lessons
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It uses high quality resources (e.g. texts, artefacts, examples, textbooks)
The number of hours allocated to the teaching of a wide range of GCSE subjects can be seen below:
Key Stage 4
Our Key Stage 4 curriculum is broad including all the subjects shown below. For each curriculum area at Key Stage 4, click on the faculty or subject name to find out what students learn, when and what Age Related Knowledge and Skills they acquire:
Faculty | Subject | Exam Board |
Art | Fine Art | AQA |
Photography | AQA | |
Business, Computing & Economics | Business Enterprise BTEC | Pearson/Edexcel |
Business GCSE | Pearson/Edexcel | |
Digital ICT BTEC | Pearson/Edexcel | |
Computing GCSE | Pearson/Edexcel | |
Drama | Drama | WJEC/Eduqas |
DT | Food GCSE | AQA |
Hospitality and Catering (WJEC Level 1 or 2) | WJEC/Eduqas | |
Product Design | AQA | |
Textiles GCSE | AQA | |
English | English Language | AQA |
English Literature | AQA | |
Humanities | Geography | Pearson/Edexcel |
History | Pearson/Edexcel | |
R.E | AQA | |
Sociology | AQA | |
Psychology | AQA | |
Maths | Entryl Level | AQA |
Further Maths (Level 2) | AQA | |
GCSE Maths | AQA | |
MFL | French | AQA |
Spanish | AQA | |
PE | Sport and Fitness BTEC | Pearson/Edexcel |
PE Core (all students) | No specification as this is not an examined subject | |
PE GCSE | Pearson/Edexcel | |
Personal Development | No specification as this is not an examined subject | |
Psychology | Psychology | AQA |
Science | Biology GCSE | AQA |
Chemistry GCSE | AQA | |
Combined Science Trilogy GCSE | AQA | |
Physics GCSE | AQA |