Moorland Boarding School and Day School

Moorland offers a full range of GCSE subjects and follows the National Curriculum. Whilst we fully support its content we also believe in retaining the best traditional approaches and values in the education of our pupils.

 Boarding school entrance & day school entrance information

GCSE compulsory subjects:

  • Mathematics.
  • English language
  • English literature.
  • Dual award science (which gives 2 GCSE's) or Triple award science (which gives 3 GCSE's)
  • A foreign language, with a choice of:-
    • French
    • German
  • IT
  • RE

GCSE options:-

  • History
  • Statistics
  • Geography
  • Business Studies
  • Art
  • PE

The current senior timetable breaks down as follows......

YEAR 7
YEAR 8
YEAR 9
YEAR 10
YEAR 11
3 LessonsEnglish &
English Lit		 4 LessonsEnglish &
English Lit		 4 LessonsEnglish &
English Lit		 4 LessonsEnglish &
English Lit		 4 LessonsEnglish &
English Lit
4 LessonsMaths 4 LessonsMaths 4 LessonsMaths 4 LessonsMaths 4 LessonsMaths&
Statistics
4 LessonsScience 4 LessonsScience 5 LessonsScience 5 LessonsScience 4 LessonsScience
2 LessonsPE 1 LessonPE 1 LessonPE   2 LessonsPE or GCSE PE
1 LessonFootball or
Horse Riding 		1 LessonFootball 1 LessonFootball 1 LessonFootball 1 LessonFootball
1 LessonEng & Drama        
2 LessonsGeography 2 LessonsGeography 2 LessonsGeography 3 LessonsGeography or
Art		 2 LessonsGeography or
Art
1 LessonART 1 LessonART 1 LessonART    
2 LessonsHistory 2 LessonsHistory 2 LessonsHistory 3 LessonsHistory or
PE		 2 LessonsHistory or
(CDT or Bus Stud)
1 LessonRE or
Elite Football 		1 LessonRE 1 LessonRE 1 LessonRE
 2 LessonsRE
2 LessonsFrench or
German		 2 LessonsFrench or
German		 2 LessonsFrench or
German		 2 LessonsFrench or
Germanor
 2 LessonsFrench or
German or
2 LessonsIT 3 LessonsIT (1 lesson
with optional
horse riding) 		2 LessonsIT 2 LessonsIT/Bus Stud 2 LessonsIT

= Number of lessons per week. There are 25 lessons per week (20 lasting 60 minutes and 5 lasting 100 minutes).

SAT's

Moorland pupils take SAT examinations at key stage one, two and three.

Other Qualifications

  • Sporting achievement awards (eg. Judo belts, gymnastic awards etc.)
  • Speech and drama awards.
2 Lessons