The Curriculum at WIA
Winterbourne International Academy offers a broad and balanced curriculum across Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and Post-16. Subjects are each placed in one of eight Learning Areas; Mathematics, English, Science, Modern Foreign Languages, Humanities, The Arts, Physical Education and Design and Technology. Students are able to access at least one subject from each f these Learning Areas during Key Stage 3.
GCSE Options take place in Term 3 of Year 9. In Key Stage 4 students follow a Statutory (Physical Education and Religious Education) and Core (Mathematics, English Language and Literature and Science) curriculum. This is then supplements by four Option Pools with students selecting one subject from each of these Pools. One Pool consists of three Modern Foreign Language subjects, French, German and Spanish and a second consists of History, Geography and Religious Studies. These two Pools plus the Core curriculum enable the vast majority of students to opt for the Ebacc subjects. There are two further Option Pools which consist of a variety of subjects including those from the Arts and Design Technology. At Post-16 a wide choice of academic A Level subjects along with some vocational subjects are available.
Curriculum for Year 7:
In Year 7 and Year 8 there is a focus on giving every student the widest experience possible across the Arts, Languages, Humanities and Technical subjects whilst maintaining a strong focus on the core subjects of English, Mathematics, Sciences, RE and PE.
Tutor period, PSHE, Mathematics, English, Science, French, German, Spanish, History, Geography, RS, Citizenship, Drama, Art, Music, Design Technology, Computing and PE.
Curriculum for Year 8:
Tutor period, PSHE, Mathematics, English, Science, one Modern Foreign Language, History, Geography, RS, Citizenship, Drama, Art, Music, Design Technology, Computing and PE.
Curriculum for Years 9:
In year 9 we offer students a set of ‘mini-options’ so they have a
preferred choice of Arts and Technology subjects. Subjects include Mathematics, English, Science , one Modern Foreign Language, History, Geography, RS, Drama, Art, Music, Design Technology, Computing and PE.
Curriculum for Years 10 and 11:
In Year 10 and Year 11 there is a mixture of core subjects and a wide range of optional subjects. Students can take up to 11 GCSE’s; this is structured to allow for maximum flexibility of choice.
All students will study either:
- Core Science and Additional Science with some students taking a third Science, Further Additional Science
- Separate Sciences, that is, Biology, Chemistry and Physics
Students will then opt to take one subject from each of the four Pools below:
|Modern Foreign Languages||Humanities||General|
|GCSE French||GCSE History Medicine||GCSE Music|
|GCSE German||GCSE History School Project||GCSE Drama|
|GCSE Spanish||GCSE RS||GCSE Art|
|GCSE Geography||GCSE Photography|
|GCSE History Medicine|
|GCSE History School Project|
|GCSE Business Studies|
|GCSE Product Design|
|GCSE Food Technology|
|GCSE Child Development|
|GCSE Computer Science|
A relatively small number of students will follow the core subjects plus a work related curriculum provision.
Curriculum for Years 12 and 13:
At Post-16 some 30 plus A Level subjects are offered plus a limited number of Applied A levels. Students normally follow four subjects in Years 12 and 13. For full details on Sixth Form subjects please visit the Sixth Form website
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