Purpose of the curriculum:  Ambition for All

As a member of the Brooke Weston Trust, our core purpose is Ambition for All.  Our curriculum is designed for all our students to have the chance to be the best they can be – to maximize their learning to give them the best start in life, able to contribute fully to society.  We offer a broad and balanced curriculum designed to provide students with the knowledge they need and the chance to develop their personal and academic skills.
 

Our curriculum is designed to:

• Provide challenge.  To stretch, challenge and support our students so that they are prepared for life as workers and as citizens
• Provide academic rigour across a broad and balanced range of subjects
• Provide vocational learning where this is appropriate for our students’ aspirations and ambitions
• Promote students' self-esteem and emotional well-being, offering opportunities for students to develop their knowledge, understanding and appreciation of their own and different beliefs and cultures
• Make use of information relating to special educational needs and students’ prior attainment in order to better meet student needs

Further details are given in the booklet here.  To find out more about our curriculum please contact the Academy reception and you will be directed to the relevant person.

 

KS3 curriculum

Key stage three lessons (years 7-9) are designed to develop students’ skills and knowledge ready for their key stage 4 qualifications.

KS3	Y7	Y8	Y9
English	4	4	4
Maths	4	4	4
Science	4	4	4
Humanities	3	3	3
MFL	3	3	3
Art	1	1	1
DT	2	2	1
Music	1	1	1
Drama	1	1	1
PE	2	2	2
Computing	0	0	1
	25	25	25

 

MFL:	Modern Foreign Language, either French or German
DT:	Design and Technology, including Food Technology, taught in rotation
Humanities:	Geography, History and Ethics, taught in rotation.  RE is included within Ethics

Lessons are 65 minutes long.

Students who require extra support in English have literacy lessons instead of MFL in years 7 and/or 8 and 9

PHSE is delivered through tutor time and assemblies, 25 minutes each morning.

 

KS4 curriculum

KS4	Y10	Y11
English	4	4
Maths	4	4
Science (core)	4	4
PE (core)	1	1
Option 1	3	3
Option 2	3	3
Option 3	3	3
Option 4	3	3
	25	25

All students study a core curriculum of English (Language and Literature), Mathematics, Science (combined science or the three separate sciences), PE and PHSE.  Students taking the three separate sciences take this as one of their options.  Computer science is also available as an option.  All students also study a humanity subject, either History or Geography.  All those who are able, also study either French or German.

Students also study a range of other high quality GCSE and vocational subjects, with the vast majority taking 9 GCSEs (or vocational alternatives) in year 11.

Option subjects in Key Stage 4 are as follows:

Art

Business

Computer Science

Construction

Drama

Enterprise

Ethics

Food

French

Geography

German

Graphics

H and S Care

History

ICT

Media

Music

PE examined

Photography

Princes Trust

Product Design

Textiles

Triple Science

Further details of these courses and be found in the booklet here.

Our SMSC/PHSE programme is integrated into our tutorial and assembly programme over the academic year and covers a wide range of topics that enhance, equip and provide our students a greater understanding of the world they live in.  We have external speakers and events covering aspects such as motivation, careers, counselling, bullying, enterprise, drugs, hate crimes and great historical events, as well as assemblies for rewards and celebration.

 

 School day