Key Stage 4 Curriculum

Cranford Community College offers an inclusive and customised curriculum to all its Key Stage 4 students.  Some students in modern foreign languages take a full GCSE at the end of Year 9 and progress to an AS or A2 course in their chosen language.

During the week beginning Monday 7th March 2011, students will be able to attend a year 9 Engagement Evening and submit their option choices by Friday 18th March 2011.  This will be followed by an interview with a senior member of staff and a parent/guardian to ensure the choices are the best for each student and their future pathways.

The new timetable is scheduled to begin on Monday 6th June 2011.

Please click below on the appropriate subject for more details

Key Stage 4 Planner

 

Learning Element	Subject	Hours/week
Core	English language (year 10)	2
	English literature (guided in year 11)	2
	mathematics	3
	science - double award (students who achieve level 6 or above may be guided into the triple science award. N.B. on the CHOICE website, each subject for the triple science is listed separately so you can see details of the qualification.  To apply, you need choose only ONE of the 3 possibilities)	4
	personal, social, health and citizenship education	1
modern world language	GCSE French, NVQ French, GCSE German, NVQ German, GCSE Spanish, GCSE Panjabi, GCSE Urdu	2
	AS French (students who achieve GCSE grade C or above will follow this course in key stage 4)
religious education	religious education (full or short) GCSE	2 or 1
physical education	physical education (full or short) GCSE	2 or 1
vocational learning	applied art and design	4
	BTec first business studies
	BTec first health and social care
	OCR National in information and communication technology
	OCR National in travel and tourism
	Diploma block creative and media diploma N.B. Students taking the diploma have an integrated day and are able to choose one of the options shown below.  The diploma is included in the vocational block. The PSHCE programme is within the diploma PLTS programme.	6 (from viocational block and 1 option block)
option block (choice of any two)	art and design, business and economics, design technology (resistant materials), design technology (food technology), design technology (graphics), design technology (textiles), drama, geography, history, maths (study plus), media studies, music, IGCSE (English language), psychology, sociology, ASDAN/COPE, N.B.Students wishing to take triple science are able to choose only one additional option.	4
total learning hours / week		25 hours