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Timetable
Students are taught through 5 x 60-minute lessons a day, in addition to 30 minutes of tutor time a day and at least 1 hour of compulsory enrichment per week. More information on the timings of the school day and term dates can be found here
Key Stage 3
During Key Stage 3, all students in Years 7,8 and 9 follow our Key Stage 3 curriculum which incorporates the full National Curriculum entitlement and Religious Studies. Our Personal Development curriculum, incorporating age appropriate Relationships and Sex Education, is delivered through Tutor Time.
Our Key Stage 3 curriculum remains as broad as possible for as long as possible, ensuring that all students study a full range of academic subjects until the start of Year 10.
An overview of KS3 Curriculum:
| Lessons Per Fortnight | |||
| Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 | |
| English | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Mathematics | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Science | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Art | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Computing | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| DT | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Drama | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Dance | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Music | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Sport & Nutrition | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| History | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Geography | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| RE | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Modern Forgein Languages | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 50 | 50 | 50 | |
Key Stage 4
During Year 9, students are inducted into the Key Stage 4 pathways process. Every student is interviewed by a member of senior staff and provided with detailed information, advice and guidance so as to ensure that they make decisions with which they will be satisfied and which will allow them to achieve their potential.
Students have four pathway choices. Pathways vary between individuals, year groups and are dependent on the cohort. All students must do at least one of history or geography and around 70% are encouraged to take a modern foreign language.
Our Personal Development curriculum continues into KS4, incorporating age appropriate Relationships and Sex Education, Careers Guidance and Religious Studies.
An overview of the KS4 Curriculum:
| Lessons Per Fortnight | ||
| Year 10 | Year 11 | |
| English | 9 | 9 |
| Mathematics | 9 | 9 |
| Science | 10 | 10 |
| Option 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Option 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Option 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Option 4 | 5 | 5 |
| PE (core) | 2 | 2 |
| 50 | 50 | |
Personal Development Curriculum
Key Stage 5
Our subject specialist curriculum leaders have prepared for the transition from GCSE to A-Levels, and our curriculum planning carefully considers the needs of an effective seven year curriculum. Our Key Stage 4 curriculum is intended to provide students with an excellent foundation for further study in any subjects that they should choose to take further.
Students choose three subjects to study, with eight lessons over the fortnight in each one. Students will also have weekly enrichment sessions which involve a wide variety of activities, including lectures from outside speakers, talks from universities and industry leaders and sessions on topical issues ranging from body image to politics.
There is also the opportunity to study the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ). Encouraging curiosity and creativity the EPQ requires students to choose a topic of personal interest and plan, research and develop their idea to a finished product (for many, this is an extended piece of academic writing).
For further information on our curriculum please contact Mrs K Corrigall, Deputy Headteacher, corrigallk@teddingtonschool.org
