Curriculum Information

Our curriculum is designed to ensure that each individual student is educated and supported to succeed in the world today. The academy offers a wide range of high quality academic and vocational courses. The curriculum for each Key Stage is outlined below.
 

Key Stage 3

This weekly key stage programme of study is followed during years 7 and 8. In the majority of subjects, students are put into sets appropriate to their ability.

English 6 lessons per week	Maths 5 lessons per week	Science 5 lessons per week
Physical Education 2 lessons per week	Spanish 4 lessons per week	Design Technology 2 lessons per week
Geography 2 lessons per week	History 2 lessons per week	Music 1 lesson per week
Drama 1 lesson per week	ICT 1 lesson per week	Art & Design 1 lesson per week
Religion & Philosophy 1 lesson per week

 

Key Stage 4

The Key Stage 4 programme of study is followed during years 9, 10 & 11 where students are split into three different routes dependent upon need.  F & E route students follow the English Baccalaureate subjects, whilst the N route students follow a narrower curriculum.

All students will have a mandatory option choice of History and/or Geography,  which will be allocated 4 teaching periods.  Students then have a further two option choices which will be allocated 3 teaching periods each.  Some options choices may have entry criteria.

Please click the subjects below to view a brief video about each option choice, or to view all the videos, please click here.  A copy of the full Key Stage 4 Curriculum Guide can be found in the documents area at the bottom of this page.

For further information, please contact Mr Kevin Watson at the Academy.

Core Subjects
English Language & Literature F&E - 6 lessons per week N - 7 lessons per week	Mathematics F & E - 5 lessons per week N - 6 lessons per week		Science (combined) F & E - 5 lessons per week N - 6 lessons per week
Spanish F&E - 4 lessons per week	Citizenship F&E - 2 lessons per week N - 3 lessons per week		Physical Education (non examinable) 1 lesson per week

Mandatory Option Subjects 4 lessons per week

Geography

History

Option Subjects 3 lessons per week

Art & Design

Business

Drama

Food Preparation & Nutrition

Health & Social Care

ICT

Materials Technology

Physical Education

Sociology

Statistics

Triple Science

 

Key Stage 5

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