Curriculum Provision
Curriculum Provision
Curriculum Provision: Subjects Years 7-11 (2023-2024)
|
Subject |
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
Year 10 |
Year 11 |
|
Art |
** |
** |
** |
Opt |
Opt |
|
Business Studies |
|
|
** |
Opt |
Opt |
|
Careers Education |
** |
** |
** |
** |
** |
|
Computing |
** |
** |
** |
Opt |
Opt |
|
Creative iMedia |
|
|
|
Opt |
Opt |
|
Design & Technology |
** |
** |
** |
Opt |
Opt |
|
Drama |
** |
** |
** |
Opt |
Opt |
|
English |
** |
** |
** |
** |
** |
|
Geography |
** |
** |
** |
Opt |
Opt |
|
History |
** |
** |
** |
Opt |
Opt |
|
First Foreign Language |
** |
** |
** |
** |
** |
|
Second Foreign Language |
|
** |
** |
Opt |
Opt |
|
Mathematics |
** |
** |
** |
** |
** |
|
Media Studies |
|
|
** |
Opt |
Opt |
|
Music |
** |
** |
** |
Opt |
Opt |
|
Physical Education |
** |
** |
** |
** |
** |
|
Personal Social & Religious Education |
** |
** |
** |
** |
** |
|
Science |
** |
** |
** |
** |
** |
Key: ** = Compulsory Opt = Optional
- In Year 9, students study Business/Media/Computing. This is compulsory.
- There is optional GCSE in PE for Year 10 & Year 11.
- At GCSE, along with the compulsory subjects, students are required to take either History or Geography within their subject choices.
- For information about the curriculum content for each subject please access each subject area on the website.
- For details of the Sixth Form curriculum please see our Sixth Form prospectus.
Year 9 GCSE Options (Entry 2024)
In September 2024, current Year 9 students will start on an important new stage in their school career as they enter Key Stage 4. Although these students have already begun studying GCSE content in some subject areas (mathematics, science and RE), in Year 10 and 11 they will have the opportunity to study from a wide range of subjects to prepare themselves for further education, and for the world of work.
To learn more about core subjects and option subjects available to students, please review the Year 9 Options Booklet below:
Year 9 Options Booklet - GCSE Courses 2024 Entry
Year 9 Students are invited to an Options Evening at the end of January (see letter in Parent Digest). After the Options Evening there will be the Year 9 Consultation Evening , which will be another opportunity for parents to query any option choices their child may wish to make.
Students will make their choices via an On-line service provided by SIMS; they will be given instructions on how to access the service. The deadline for submissions is the 8th March 2024.
Arts in School
An optimistic report has been produced in April 2023 - a powerful manifesto for the Arts in Schools. This is an area of the Willink curriculum that suffered during the covid years, and we very much welcome the report and see the value of arts as integral to the international dimension to our curriculum.
Arts in School Manifesto, April 2023
