Overview of provision
Key Stage 3
We deliver a three-year Key Stage 3 curriculum, to ensure pupils have the opportunity and time to study a wide range of subjects, enabling them to make more informed choices at Key Stage 4.
At Key Stage 3, the rich and varied curriculum includes a programme of creative arts (Technology, Art, Performing Arts), further practical subjects (Food Technology, Resistant
Materials, Ceramics, Textiles, Physical Education and ICT), Modern Foreign Languages (Spanish), and Humanities (History and Geography) alongside the provision of the core subjects of English, Mathematics, RE, Science and CPSHE.
There are 5 teaching sessions per day therefore there are 25 timetabled sessions per week.
|
Subject |
Year 7
|
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
|
English |
8 |
8 |
8 |
|
Mathematics |
7 |
7 |
7 |
|
Science |
6 |
6 |
8 |
|
Geography |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
History |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
IT |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
RE |
5 |
5 |
5 |
|
Spanish/MFL |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
PE |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
Performing Arts |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
Art |
2 |
2 |
/ |
|
PSHE |
Rolling programme once every 2 weeks |
Rolling programme once every 2 weeks |
Rolling programme once every 2 weeks |
The 50 sessions are allocated over a two-week timetable to subjects as follows:
Hours per fortnight (pupils rotate between all three disciplines throughout the year)
|
Technology discipline |
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
|
Textiles |
4 |
4 |
4 (Art & Ceramics) |
|
Food Technology |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
Resistant Materials |
4 |
4 |
4 |
*As we are in a period of transition to broaden our curriculum offer, Year 9 follow the historical model for Technology and study a rotation of Art and Ceramics, Resistant Materials & Food Technology.
