Our Curriculum

We aim for the very best in our classrooms – and this starts with our curriculum. We believe in the power of knowledge and offer a knowledge rich curriculum approach for all our students ensuring they have access to a broad, balanced, high quality education.

We go the extra MILE to achieve this. We ensure our curriculum develops students’ moral compass through an intellectual programme of subjects from year 7 to year 11. We recognise that to get the most from this our students need a strong literacy foundation and we ensure they are supported to achieve this. It is important to us that students enjoy their time at school and recognise areas of interest that lie beyond the academic. This is why we have an enrichment programme that aims to broaden the learning experiences of all our students. This is just one of the reasons we are passionate about great sports, arts, and of course, great teaching.

We believe in the power of knowledge. With subject-specific knowledge at its heart, our curriculum is both inclusive and ambitious. Our teachers draw on the latest research and evidence about how learning happens and how best to achieve this in the classroom so that our students can reach their full potential and achieve excellent outcomes.

During the course of a 28 hour week of lessons, we provide an unapologetically ambitious academic curriculum. Our focus is on long established subjects, the knowledge of which provides a strong foundation for all students to specialise in further studies post16.

Key Stage 3 (Years 7 to 9) runs over three years to enable students to benefit from a breadth of subjects including Religious Studies, Drama, Music, Technology and Computer Science. All students study a Modern Foreign Language.

GCSEs are chosen in Year 9 ready to begin study during Year 10. Key Stage 3 provides a breadth of knowledge that supports the further depth that greater specialisation at Key Stage 4 enables. All students continue to access PE (Physical Education) and PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Emotional education) alongside studying Maths, English Language, English Literature, Science and Humanities. Students have the option to study both History and Geography as well as continuing with a Modern Foreign Language. Further options are available in creative and vocational subjects. Curriculum maps for each subject are available on our website which show what students are being taught throughout the year.