Curriculum Overview

Key Stage  4

Key Stage 4 (KS4) is completed over a three year period.  Year 8 students start the process of preparing to make their Key Stage 4 Option choices in January prior to them starting Year 9 in September.  The curriculum offer is diverse. 

Additionally, a small number of students, where appropriate, also have the opportunity to follow a course at a local college in Years 10 and 11.

Please find our Key Stage 3 & 4 Information Booklet for Parents & Carers attached with details of the leadership and tutor teams, daily timetables, student planners and home learning advice and other useful information.

Important KS4 dates in the year

Please find attached a list of all the important dates in the KS4 calendar for the academic year 2017/18 for Years 9,10 and 11.

Revision leave will begin for most students after May half term on Monday 4th June 2018.  There are a few students who will be entitled to early revision leave starting on Monday 21st May 2018.  The full arrangements for revision leave can be found in the document below.

Key Stage 5

There is a separate Sixth Form College based in the Russell Centre.  This entitles our Sixth Form College students to have an independent social and learning base, providing a foundation for curriculum developments in traditional academic education and applied/vocational education at Advanced Level.

Please follow the link to information on our Sixth Form College