Below is a general overview of the topics students are taught throughout the year in each subject.

After the February half term students pursue either GCSE history or GCSE geography, and have four lessons a week of their selected option. This helps develop student confidence, supporting student progress in their selected Ebacc humanities subject.

In the final half term of year 9 students begin to pursue all their GCSE options.

For a more in depth outline of each subject please click on the link for the subject page.

If you would like to speak to us about any aspect of our curriculum, or to request a printed version of our topic map, please get in touch.

Art

Identity Project:
• portraits
• objects
• landscapes
• final piece
GCSE introduction: food

Visit our art page for more information

Computing

• Heroes of computing
• Hour of code
• AppShed
• Future technology
• Trip planner
• The dark side of IT

Visit our computing page for more information

Design and technology

• Food- high skills
• Engineering- games controller
• Engineering- presentation stand
• Product design- set design
• Product- design trainer

Visit our D & T page for more information

English

  • Psychological and Crime Writing
  • Voices of Empowerment and Identity: Poetry
  • Novel Study: Animal Farm
  • Non-Fiction Writing Forms
  • How Context Influences Writing: An Inspector Calls

Visit our English page for more information

Geography

• Development Dilemmas
• Asia Ventura : Place Detective
• Tectonic hazards
• Climatic hazards
• Resource management: energy
• Rivers

Visit our geography page for more information

Global awareness

• CEIAG
• Relationships
• Being human
• Wellbeing
• Study skills
• Transition

Visit our global awareness page for more information

History

• WW1
• The rise of the nazis and the holocaust
• History post WW2
• Medicine through time
• WW1: injuries, treatments and the trenches

Visit our history page for more information

Maths

• Standard form
• Linear graphs
• Algebra
• Surds and indices [H}
• Ratio and proportion – recap
• Direct and inverse proportion
• Congruence
• Loci and construction
• Simultaneous equations
• Statistics
• Pythagoras and trigonometry
• Quadratics
• Transformations
• Probability

Visit our maths page for more information

Modern foreign languages

Students will study one of the following:

German
• Media
• Fil study
• Future jobs

Spanish
• Lifestyle
• Media

Visit our modern foreign languages page for more information

Performing arts

Students will choose to study dance, music or production alongside their compulsory drama lesson.

For more information

Visit our dance page

Visit our music page

Visit our drama page

Philosophy and ethics

  • How does religion help with ethical issues?
  • Where can philosophy and ethics help me in the future?
  • Are religion and science compatible?
  • Does religion make peace or conflict?
  • How can people express spiritualism through the arts?

Visit our philosophy and ethics page for more information

Physical education

• Preparing for exercise
• Movement
• Developing technique
• Teamwork
• The benefits of physical activity
• Scoring systems
• Competition
• Officiating
• Tactics and strategies
• Methods of training
• Achieving a personal best
• Valuing physical activity
• Analyse a performance
• Fitness testing
• Leadership
• Making informed choices

Visit our PE page for more information

Science

Biology
• Stem cells
• Cell transport
• Circulatory system
• Cell division
• System damage
• Plant transport
• Photosynthesis

Biology learning journey

Chemistry
• Periodic properties
• Subatomic particles
• Atom conservation
• Combustion
• Exo/endothermic
• Reactivity series
• Product life cycle
• Potable water

Chemistry learning journey

Physics
• Vectors
• Newton’s 1st law
• Acceleration
• Heat transfer
• Pressure
• Specific and latent heat
• Wave model
• Longitudinal and transverse
• Wave properties

Visit our science page for more information