Key Stage 4 - Intent

TO DEEPEN KNOWLEDGE

Our KS4 curriculum is designed to provide a diverse range of educational opportunities to suit the needs of all of our students.  It is aimed at enabling our students to reach the highest levels of achievement and personal development.

Students are encouraged to choose whichever options they want, and we are proud that we build our curriculum around their choices.  KS4 options allow for greater personalisation of a challenging, broad and rich curriculum.  While the majority achieve the EBacc qualification, not all choose those paths.  Students develop oracy further to become articulate and confident in expressing opinions informed by a knowledge-rich curriculum.  We aim to develop a love of learning and scholarship so that students flourish in KS5.  The curriculum aims to enrich rather than accelerate.

The pastoral system supports students as they prepare for external examinations and make decisions about their future pathways.   A core aim of the PSHE programme is to foster resilience and confidence and to promote the School’s core values.  We aim to equip students with the skills to keep themselves safe in the face of social media and peer pressure.