The Curriculum

The Nursery Class

• In the Nursery Class the pupils follow the Early Years Curriculum.
• It is important to strike the right balance between "work" and play.

The Pre-Preparatory School

(Click here for Key Stage 1 results).

• Each morning is devoted to English and Mathematics - Literacy and Numeracy.
• The weekly time-table includes:-
  • Art/Craft/Design Technology
  • Religious Studies
  • Geography
  • History
  • Information Communication Technology
  • Music
  • Physical Education/Games
  • Science
• The children have a daily German lesson.
• All pupils undertake Key Stage 1 National Tests in Year 2 (6+).

The Preparatory School

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• In the first three years of the Preparatory School (8+ 9+ 10+) all pupils study:-
  • Art
  • Religious Studies
  • English
  • General Science
  • Geography
  • History
  • Information Communication technology
  • Mathematics
  • Music
  • Physical Education/Games
• The teaching of German continues.
• French is introduced at Year 5 (9+).
• General Studies are introduced at Year 6 (10+).
• Latin and Design and Technology are introduced at Year 7 (11+).
• Biology, Chemistry and Physics are taught as separate disciplines at Year 8 (12+).
• All pupils undertake Key Stage 2 National Tests in Year 6 (10+).

The Senior School

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(Click here for A Level Results)

• In the Removes (13+), pupils follow as broad a curriculum as possible to provide wide option choices for the GCSE years.
• All pupils normally study six core subjects to GCSE:-
  • English Language
  • English Literature
  • Mathematics
  • A modern language
  • Religious Studies
  • A science
• Additionally, at least three subjects are selected from:-
  • Art
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Classical Civilisation
  • Classical Greek
  • Design and Technology
  • French
  • Geography
  • German
  • History
  • Information Communication Technology
  • Latin
  • Music
  • Physical Education
  • Physics
  • Russian
• In the Sixth Form, pupils are advised on suitable combinations of subjects before the March deadline and every effort is made to timetable all requested combinations without constraints.
• Courses currently available:-
• Art
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Classical Civilisation
• Design and Technology
• Economics
• English Literature
• French
• General Studies
• Geography
• Geology
• German
• Classical Greek
• History
• Information Communication Technology
• Latin
• Mathematics
• Music
• Physical Education
• Physics
• Religious Studies
• Russian

Learning Support

King’s is a co-educational School, covering a wide range of academic ability.  The School aims to ensure that pupils with mild dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia and other associated difficulties reach their full educational potential.  However, we cannot support pupils whose difficulties need the sort of highly-specialised and intensive tuition which will keep them away from mainstream lessons.  As part of our responsibility, early identification of pupils with learning difficulties is undertaken by our learning support staff.