Curriculum Overview

Academic excellence through our curriculum

Our curriculum is both ambitious and balanced. We use the national curriculum as a starting point and adapt and expand to ensure that what we are teaching is relevant, engaging, and challenging.  

For subject specific curriculum, see the curriculum section of the Academy website.  

Key Stage 3 

Curriculum Allocation (two-week timetable, 50 lessons in total, one hour per lesson) 

Subject  Curriculum Allocation  
Science 8 lessons 
English  7 lessons 
Maths 7 lessons 
Modern Foreign Languages  4 lessons 
Physical Education  4 lessons 
Art and Design 4 lessons 
History  3 lessons 
Geography 3 lessons 
Philosophy 2 lessons 
PSHE  2 lessons 
Computing 2 lessons 
Drama 2 lessons 
Music  2 lessons 

Key Stage 4  

Curriculum Allocation (two-week timetable, 50 lessons in total, one hour per lesson) 

Core and Foundation Subjects 

Subject Curriculum Allocation 
English 8 lessons 
Maths 8 lessons 
Science 8 lessons 
Physical Education 3 lessons 
PSHE  2 lessons 
Religious Studies 1 lesson