Curriculum

_{The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you. (BB King)}

In Order to serve our students with the best that education has to offer, they are taught in four 90 minute blocks of time each day, with three periods taking place on a Friday, over a two-week timetable.  Our Enrichment programme follows the final period of the day, and students also engage with a tutor programme of Personal Development on a Monday afternoon which lasts for 50 minutes.

Our Enrichment programme are planned activities where students are organised by subject areas to participate in activities that will enhance the curriculum; giving the opportunity for a range of different learning experiences, support for the core subjects, intervention, cross curricular projects, coursework.  Focus days or Learning Beyond the Classroom days (LBC) further enhance student opportunities.

Our Curriculum offer is reviewed annually in line with statutory requirements and recommendations from external agencies.  Decisions are made based on the needs of our students in each year group, as we recognise that each separate cohort will have different strengths and weaknesses.

The curriculum for each Key Stage is outlined below.  Details of individual subjects can be viewed on our Subjects page.  Our full curriculum document can be found in our Key Information area.  For further information, please contact Mr Kevin Watson at the Academy.

Key Stage 3

The Key Stage 3 programme of study is followed during years 7, 8 and 9.  

Each year group is split into 2 bands of mixed ability groups.  

Key Stage 4

The Key Stage 4 programme of study is followed during years 10 and 11.

The majority of students follow the EBacc set of subjects; English, Maths, Science, a Humanities subject and a language.  For students who do not continue to study a language in KS4 (non-EBacc), additional lessons will be distributed to core subjects.

Year 11 Students have two ‘options’ subjects, Year 10 Students have three 'options' subjects, plus a mandatory Humanities choice of History or Geography, all options subjects are allocated 4 lessons.

Options Subjects
Art & Design	Citizenship (option for Y10 only)	Design & Technology
Art & 3D Design	Sociology	Food Preparation & Nutrition
Drama	Geography or History	CNAT Health & Social Care
Music	NCFE Business & Enterprise	Computer Science
NCFE Health & Fitness	Business Studies	NCFE Information Technology
Physical Education	Statistics	Media Studies
	Triple Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics)

Key Stage 5

For details of the programme of study for Years 12 and 13, please see the Harris Sixth Form website.