Senior Curriculum

Key Stage 3 Curriculum (Years 7-9)

All pupils study a breadth of subjects including Geography, Home Economics, a language and ICT to name a few. The wide scope of learning allows pupils to experience a variety of subjects and develop a core understanding and knowledge base in all of their subjects. Certain subjects are continued throughout their education at Moorland School, whilst others are available as options.

Some subjects such as ICT allow students to complete a one year vocational GCSE in year 9, which they will be able to collect in Year 11 with their other qualifications. This was introduced after the SATS were removed in order to give pupils a tangible outcome at the end of their KS3 studies.

GCSE Curriculum (Years 10-11)

Compulsory subjects

All pupils take GCSEs in English, English Literature and Mathematics.

All pupils study Biology, Chemistry and Physics: they can choose whether to take the Science/Additional Science route which results in 2 science GCSEs, or to a full GCSE in each of the 3 sciences separately.

All pupils take a GCSE in ICT / Business.

All pupils study a foreign language to GCSE; French, German, Mandarin, Cantonese or Spanish. They may choose to study a further language as one of their optional subjects.

Optional subjects

In addition to the compulsory subjects, pupils choose a further 2 or 3 subject (depending on their science option) to a total of 11 GCSEs. The optional subjects available are currently:

Art
Drama
Geography
History
Catering
Religious Studies
Physical Education
Statistics

The curriculum is subject to annual review. The school reserves the right not to run a subject if insufficient numbers opt for the subject.

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