Key Stage 4 Curriculum | The Samworth Church Academy

Key Stage 4 includes years 10 and 11.

The Key Stage 4 curriculum enables students to consider their preferred vocation and explore alternative routes through a range of pathways. The Academy will offer a broad range of recognised qualifications and new forms of accreditation, which exceeds what has been traditionally available in secondary schools in the UK, enabling students to obtain the characteristics and qualifications that employers and further and high education establishments will be expecting them to have.

GCSE Subject Choices

All students study our core subjects which are:

English Language
English Literature
Maths
Core and Additional Science (2 qualifications)/Separate Sciences
Religious Studies (RS)
Core PE (non-qualification)

We also currently offer the following optional subjects, depending group sizes meeting financial viability, except for where there is a particular special case for operating a smaller class as a ‘lost leader’:

Animal Care	Dance	Geography	Media Studies	Spanish
Art	Drama	Hairdressing	Music	Technology (Systems)
Business Studies	Film Studies	Health & Social Care	PE	Technology (Timber)
Computer Studies	Food Studies	History	Photography	Technology (Textiles)
Construction	French	iMedia	Sports Science	Technology (Paper)

A personal, possibly unique route means curricula will be driven by what is right for the student rather than for the convenience of the Academy. Each individual pathway will include a curriculum that is challenging and enables pupils to maximise their potential.

Learn more about our Curriculum Intent, Implementation and Impact here.