How we teach
Implementation
- KSHS teachers use Rosenshine’s principles of direct instruction to inform their curriculum planning. These principles are:
- Daily Review
- New material in small steps
- Ask questions
- Provide models
- Guide student practice
- Check student understanding
- Obtain high success rate
- Scaffolds for difficult tasks
- Independent practice
- Weekly and monthly review.
The signature strategies KSHS teachers use to implement their curriculum are:
- Prevention before sanction- by using STAR expectations, staff foster a positive learning environment.
- Checking for understanding- using mini whiteboards and utilising hinge questions in lessons allows staff to check understanding and correct misconceptions during the lesson rather than discovering it several lessons later.
- Modelling- staff deconstruct, visualise and exemplify a high standard of work to enable students to aspire to a deep acquisition of disciplinary and substantive knowledge.
- Scaffolding- Staff use knowledge organisers to illustrate sequencing, spend time on explicitly teaching tier two and three vocabulary and use I do, we do, you do strategies in the classroom to support students in their learning.
Curriculum Delivery
KS3
Students study a varied curriculum throughout key stage three. The curriculum is broken down as follows:
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Subjects
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Year 7
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Year 8
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Year 9
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Number Hours per Fortnight
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Number Hours per Fortnight
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Number Hours per Fortnight
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English
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8
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8
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8
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Maths
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7
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8
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7
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Science
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6
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6
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7
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History
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3
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3
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3
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Geography
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4
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4
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4
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Jewish Studies
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2
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2
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2
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Spanish
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5
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5
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5
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Art
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3
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2
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2
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Drama
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3
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2
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3
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Technology
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1
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1
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1
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DT
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Food
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Music
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2
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2
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2
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Computer Science
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2
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2
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2
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PE Core
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2
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3
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2
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PE GCSE
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Sociology
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PSHE
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2
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2
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2
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¹In Technology, students in years 7-9 will alternate between Design & Technology and Food & Nutrition on a half-year schedule.
KS4
- All students study English Language, English Literature, Maths and Religious Studies.
- Students study either combined (double award) or separate sciences. This is determined by their prior attainment.
- Students can choose from the following options:
- History
- Geography
- Sociology
- Music
- Drama
- Design Technology
- Food nutrition
- Spanish
- Art
- Computer Science
- PE
- Students are strongly encouraged to follow the Ebacc pathway.
| Subject | Year 10 | Year 11 |
| Number of lessons per fortnight | Number of lessons per fortnight | |
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English
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9
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9
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Maths
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8 | 8 |
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Science
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9 | 9 |
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History
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5 | 5 |
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Geography
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5 | 5 |
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Jewish Studies
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5 | 5 |
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Spanish
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5 | 5 |
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Art
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5 | 5 |
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Drama
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5 | 5 |
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Technology
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DT
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5 | 5 |
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Food
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5 | 5 |
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Music
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5 | 0 |
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Computer Science
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5 | 5 |
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PE Core
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2 | 2 |
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PE GCSE
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5 | 5 |
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Sociology
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5 | 5 |
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PSHE
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2 | 2 |