Building an Ambitious Curriculum

At Key Stage 4, students follow a carefully structured curriculum that provides strong academic foundations while allowing for personalisation.

Our options structure ensures:

  • Academic breadth

  • High expectations

  • Clear progression routes

  • Preparation for post-16 education and employment

The Core Curriculum

All students study a compulsory core programme:

  • English

  • Mathematics

  • Combined (Dual) Science

  • Core Physical Education

  • Growth (including PSHCE and Religious Education)

This core curriculum develops essential literacy, numeracy, scientific understanding and personal development.

Maintaining Academic Breadth

To ensure a broad and ambitious education, all students must choose one of the following subjects:

  • History

  • Geography

  • Modern Foreign Language (MFL)

This requirement keeps pathways open and supports progression to a wide range of post-16 and university options.

Personalised Option Choices

Students then choose two additional subjects from our wider options offer.

These subjects allow students to:

  • Develop individual strengths

  • Explore creative and technical disciplines

  • Align choices with future aspirations

Students also select reserve options to ensure flexibility where subjects are oversubscribed.

Designed for Success

Our Key Stage 4 structure is designed to ensure that students:

  • Follow a balanced and challenging curriculum

  • Continue to build subject expertise

  • Are well prepared for GCSE examinations

  • Receive guidance and support throughout the process

Guided Choices is about more than selecting subjects — it is about planning a successful pathway beyond Year 11.

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Year 9 Guided Choices

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