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Key Stage 4 is made up of Years 10-11, where students are between the ages of 14 and 16 years old. The assessment for KS4 involves children sitting GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) examinations, or other national qualifications.

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Key Stage 4 is made up of Years 10-11, where students are between the ages of 14 and 16 years old. The assessment for KS4 involves children sitting GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) examinations, or other national qualifications.

National Curriculum

Students at Connaught School for Girls follow the national curriculum for England that is taught in all maintained secondary schools. More information can be found by downloading the document below:

National Curriculum for Secondary Schools from September 2014

Subjects studied at KS3

English, Mathematics, Science, Geography, History, Religious Education, ICT, two Foreign Languages French and from year 8 Spanish, Technology (Textiles, Food Technology, and Resistant Materials), Music, Art, Drama, Physical Education and CCPSHE

Subjects studied at KS4

Students follow a common curriculum of:

  • English Language
  • English Literature
  • Mathematics
  • Science
  • at least one Modern Foreign Language
  • Religious Education
  • PSHE/Citizenship/Careers
  • Physical Education

Students choose additional subjects according to their personal interests and strengths from a range of subjects aiming for further GCSE qualifications. ICT skills are developed through a range of subjects across the curriculum in Key Stage 4.

You can view our subjects, and their respective curriculums in further detail below.

Subject curriculum information

Drama

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The Drama classroom is a place where students learn through play, trial and error and critical thinking, learning not only about the Art of Theatre and Acting but about themselves, each other and the world around them.

Religious Education

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The school’s vision and educational aims for religious education are to provide a rigorous academic curriculum that is ambitious, challenging, enriching and inclusive.

Arts, Crafts and Technology

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In Art, Craft and Design we believe passionately that every student should have the opportunity to discover their skill and preferred media to help to inspire their own work and ideas.

Sociology

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The premise of GCSE Sociology is to develop the students ‘sociological imagination’ and for them to understand the social world and our behaviour in it.

Computing

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Our aim is to prepare pupils for the future, a future that will be dominated by tech.

PE

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Physical Education is to give students the tools and understanding required to make a positive impact in their own physical health and well-being

Mathematics

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We want our students to experience the beauty, power, and enjoyment of mathematics, which ignites curiosity and prepares them well for the next stage in their careers. 

Textiles

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Design and Technology allows pupils to explore their creativity using a range of materials and techniques.

English Language and Literature

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Our aim is to encourage individual expression and a sense of self, while stimulating empathy and tolerance of others.

Food Technology

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Instilling a love of cooking that will open the door to one of the great expressions of human creativity.

Geography

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Our curriculum aims to produce highly competent geographers who demonstrate an appreciation of the demands of the subject, and as result, have a strong awareness of the complexity and diversity of the world in which they live.

CCPSHE

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The intention of the curriculum is for young students to recognise that they have power and are powerful people.

Science

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Music

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Students at Connaught are encouraged to fully engage in the world of sound by participating in activities such as singing, playing, listening, and composing

Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)

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MFL involves giving confidence to students to enable them to express themselves in French and Spanish and be able to explore other cultures.

Additional Opportunities

Students are able to study an additional language to GCSE level through after-school examination classes in French and Urdu. Students also have the opportunity to sit GCSE examinations in their community language.

High ability science students are offered the opportunity to follow a ‘triple’ science pathway toward GCSEs in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.

If you have any enquiries, please do contact Deputy Headteacher, Ms Binz, who is responsible for the school curriculum.

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