Key Stage 4

Update: We are redesigning our curriculum and from September 2022, Key Stage 4 will commence at the start of Year 10. The information in the curriculum pages is correct for the school year 2021/22, the new curriculum will be available to view on this website in the coming months.

English & Mathematics Bucket

Students’ best English grade from Language/Literature will be doubled for English Attainment 8

Subject	Level	Specification	QAN
English Language	9-1 GCSE	AQA 8700	601/4292/3
English Literature	9-1 GCSE	AQA 8702	601/4447/6
Mathematics	9-1 GCSE	Pearson 1MA1	601/4700/3

EBacc Bucket

Student’s best 3 grades will count towards EBacc Attainment 8

Subject	Level	Specification	QAN
Combined Science: Trilogy	9-1 GCSE	AQA 8464	601/8758/X
Biology	9-1 GCSE	AQA 8461	601/8752/9
Chemistry	9-1 GCSE	AQA 8462	601/8757/8
Physics	9-1 GCSE	AQA 8463	601/8751/7
Geography A	9-1 GCSE	Pearson 1GA0	601/8134/5
History	9-1 GCSE	AQA 8145GE	601/8217/9
French	9-1 GCSE	AQA 8658	601/8157/6
Spanish	9-1 GCSE	AQA 8698	601/8160/6
Polish (EAL Students)	9-1 GCSE	AQA 8688	603/1185/X
Computer Science	9-1 GCSE

Open Bucket

Student’s best 3 grades will count towards Open Attainment 8 – including any unused English or EBacc grades.

Subject	Level	Specification	QAN
Art & Design	9-1 GCSE	AQA 8201	601/8088/2
Art & Design Photography	9-1 GCSE	AQA 8206	601/8088/2
Enterprise and Marketing	Level 1/2	OCR J837	603/0646/4
Dance	BTEC	Pearson BYWB7	603/0406/6
Design and Technology Product Design	GCSE 9-1	AQA 8552	603/0984/2
Design and Technology Graphic Products	NCFE	NCFE	603/0845/X
Design and Technology Craft	NCFE	NCFE	601/0043/6
Design and Technology Textiles Technology	GCSE 9-1	AQA 8204	601/8088/2
Engineering	9-1 GCSE	AQA 8852	60/0719/5
EAL Engineering	Level 2 Vocational	EAL	600/6867/X
Drama	9-1 GCSE	Pearson DR01	601/8491/7
Food Preparation & Nutrition	9-1 GCSE	AQA 8585	601/8421/8
Hospitality & Catering	L1/2 Vocational	WJEC	601/7703/2
Health & Social Care	Cambridge National	OCR J4811	600/4780/X
Creative iMedia	Cambridge National	OCR J817	600/7043/2
Music	9-1 GCSE	AQA 8271	601/8361/5
OCR Cambridge National Sports Studies	Cambridge National	OCR J829	603/7107/9
Psychology	GCSE	OCR J203	500/4442/4
Religious Studies B	9-1 GCSE	Pearson 1RB0/ZN	603/0063/2

Personal Development

These qualifications do not count towards the government’s school performance measures or are studied independently, and are offered to students for their own development.

Subject	Level	Specification	QAN
Level 2 Further Maths Certificate	Level 2	AQA 8360	600/2123/8
Statistics (Individual Study)	GCSE 9-1	Pearson 1ST0	603/1084/4

Examinations

All examinations will be taken during Year 11, except for some module examinations in a minority of subjects in Year 10.