The curriculum delivers the planned learning experiences for our students. It provides opportunities for all students to learn and achieve. It aims to promote students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and prepare students for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life.

The National Curriculum specifies a range of subjects with programmes of study, which set out what students should be taught in each of the subjects. At all stages in their education students are using and practising a range of skills across all these subject areas. These will include communication skills, numeracy, information technology, problem solving, working with others and evaluating work. Students will need to continue to develop their thinking skills – learning how to learn. An important key to success is their time management – using time effectively both during lessons and on homework tasks.

Key Stage 3 (Years 7 to 9)
At Key Stage 3 the National Curriculum programmes of study must be delivered in: English, Mathematics, Science, Design and Technology, Information and Communication Technology, History, Geography, Modern Foreign Languages, Art, Music and Physical Education. In addition Religious Education must also be offered as well as Citizenship, Sex Education and Careers Education.

In Year 7 we will build on the work carried out in the Primary Schools. The only completely new subject will be French or German. Time will be more clearly divided
between subjects than in the Primary School with different teachers for each subject. Technology will combine aspects of Resistant Materials, Textiles, Food and Graphics as students produce design proposals, plan, make and evaluate.
In Years 8 and 9 students will take both French and German.

Key Stage 4 (Years 10 and 11)
For the first time in their school career students have some choice in their courses at Key Stage 4. The National Curriculum specifies some subjects which students must continue with at Key stage 4; English, Mathematics, Science, Information Communication Technology and Physical Education. Students must also follow courses in Religious Education, Citizenship, Careers Education Work Related Learning and Sex Education – at Ridgewood these form part of the Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education programme.

   •Maths
   •English
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   •I.C.T.
   •PSHCE
   •P.E
   •Humanities >>
   •Arts >>
   •MFL >>
   •Technology >>
   •Other Subjects >>

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