Our Curriculum

KS3 Curriculum

The Year 7 curriculum at Swanwick Hall School

Students follow the following subjects (number of lessons per week are in brackets)

• English (3)
• History (2)
• Geography (2)
• RE (1)
• Computing (1)
• Maths (3)
• PE (2)
• Technology (2)
• Music/Drama (2) rotating each half term
• Science (3)
• Art (1)
• French or Spanish (3)

The Year 8 Curriculum at Swanwick Hall School

Students follow the following subjects (number of lessons per week are in brackets)

• English (3)
• Maths (3)
• Science (3)
• History (2)
• Geography (2)
• RE (1)
• Computing (1)
• PE (2)
• Technology (2)
• Music/Drama (2) rotating each half term
• Art (1)
• French or Spanish (2)
• Enrichment (1)

The Year 9 Curriculum at Swanwick Hall School

In Year 9, all students continue to have lessons in the following subjects.  The number of lessons per week is in brackets:

• English (3)
• Maths (3)
• Science (3)
• History (2)
• Geography (2)
• French or Spanish (3) (some students will be withdrawn and will follow the VIY project)
• PE (2)
• RE (1)
• Enrichment (1)

For five lessons a week, students will be doing two subjects that they have chosen:

Choice 1: Year 9 mini-option (two lessons a week)

We ask students to choose one of the following subjects to study in Year 9:

• Art & Design
• Computing
• Drama
• Music
• Product Design
• Textiles

Choice 2: Year 9 early-option (three lessons a week)

We ask students to choose one of the following subjects to study in Year 9:

• Astronomy
• Enterprise
• Construction
• Engineering
• Hospitality and Catering
• Health & Social Care
• Digital Information Technology
• Japanese
• Media Studies
• Music
• Performing Arts (Acting)
• Sport
• Statistics

Year 8 & 9 Enrichment

Students in Years 8 & 9 follow an enrichment programme for 1 period a week.  This takes place on a Friday afternoon P5.

The aims of the enrichment programme are as follows:

• to broaden students’ learning experiences by offering activities that are not offered in the mainstream curriculum
• to develop students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural understanding, including the development of their leadership skills
• to develop students’ interests and talents

We aim to recognise achievements in Enrichment activities through certification wherever possible.

Some of the courses offered will be full-year courses, others will be termly courses. At the start of each term, students choose the course they would like to follow.  We will implement a system to ensure that all students follow a range of courses across the year.

KS4 Curriculum

All students follow the following subjects:

• English Language & English Literature
• Maths
• Combined Science

In addition, students make four other choices from one of the following two routes:

Route 1

Option 1: History or Geography

Option 2: French, Spanish or Japanese

Option 3: Choose one of:

• Geography
• Religious Studies
• French
• Spanish
• Art and Design
• Music
• Performing Arts (Acting)
• Hospitality and Catering
• Design and Technology
• Engineering
• Construction
• Media Studies
• Health & Social Care
• Sport
• Digital Information Technology
• Computing
• Separate Science
• Enterprise

Route 2

Option 1: History, Geography, French, Spanish, Japanese or Computing

Options 2 & 3: Choose two of:

• Geography
• Religious Studies
• French
• Spanish
• Art and Design
• Music
• Performing Arts (Acting)
• Hospitality and Catering
• Design and Technology
• Engineering
• Construction
• Media Studies
• Health & Social Care
• Sport
• Digital Information Technology
• Computing
• Separate Science
• Enterprise

Each option subject is studied for three periods a week in both Year 10 & Year 11.