Key Stage 3 curriculum (Years 7 to 9)
Our Key Stage 3 curriculum, is designed to offer students a broad and balanced experience covering a wide range of subject areas which aligns with the National Curriculum.
The time allocation for each subject is given below and our grouping policy at KS3 can be found via this link.
Detailed information about what students will study in each Key Stage 3 subject can be found in the KS3 Curriculum Guides.
Time allocation (in hours per fortnight) for each subject in Key Stage 3 is as follows:
| Subject | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 |
| English | 6 hrs | 6 hrs | 7 hrs |
| Mathematics | 7 hrs | 6 hrs | 7 hrs |
| Science | 5 hrs | 6 hrs | 6 hrs |
| Languages* | 4 hrs | 5 hrs | 5 hrs |
| Geography | 2 hrs | 3 hrs | 3 hrs |
| History | 2 hrs | 3 hrs | 3 hrs |
| Philosophy & Applied Ethics | 2 hrs | 2 hrs | 2 hrs |
| Design Technology | 4 hrs | 4 hrs | 4 hrs |
| Physical Education | 4 hrs | 4 hrs | 4 hrs |
| Art | 2 hrs | 2 hrs | 2 hrs |
| Music | 2 hrs | 2 hrs | 2 hrs |
| Drama | 2 hrs | 2 hrs | 1 hrs |
| Computing | 2 hrs | 2 hrs | 2 hrs |
| Life Skills | 1 hrs | 1 hrs | 1 hrs |
| Skills Based Curriculum | 3 hrs | 0 hrs | 0 hrs |
| Literacy | 2 hrs | 2 hrs | 1 hrs |
| Total Hours | 50 hrs | 50 hrs | 50 hrs |
* In Year 7, students will study 3 languages (French, German and Spanish) as part of a carousel. At the end of Year 7, students choose the language they would like to study in Years 8 and 9.
Key Stage 3 Curriculum Guides:
You can find full year Curriculum Guides below as well specific guides for Terms.
Terms 1 & 2: Year 7, Year 8, Year 9
Terms 3 & 4: Year 7, Year 8, Year 9
| Art (Head of Dept: Mr Wallis) | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 |
| Computing (Head of Dept: Mr Wells) | Year 7, 8 & 9 | ||
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| Design Technology (Head of Dept: Mrs Nelmes) | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 |
| Drama & Theatre Studies (Head of Dept: Mrs Curtis) | Year 7, 8 & 9 | ||
| English (Head of Dept: Mrs Melville-Brown) | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 |
| Geography (Head of Dept: Mr McCarthy) | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 |
| History (Head of Dept: Mr McCarthy) | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 |
| Life Skills (Head of Dept: Mr Sanders) | Year 8 | Year 9 | |
| Mathematics (Head of Dept: Mr Hatch) | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 |
| Modern Foreign Languages (Head of Dept: Mr Carter) | Year 7, 8 & 9 | ||
| Music (Head of Dept: Mr Andrews) | Year 7, 8 & 9 | ||
| Philosophy & Ethics (Head of Dept: Mr McCarthy) | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 |
| Physical Education (Head of Dept: Mr Sykes) | Year 7, 8 & 9 | ||
| Science (Head of Dept: Mr Griffiths) | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 |
| Skills Based Curriculum (Head of Dept: Mr Sanders) | Year 7 |
