Curriculum Overview
At Hanham Woods Academy our goal is to ensure:
- a broad and balanced curriculum that prepares students for life, and unlocks future pathways into further education, training and employment
- to provide a curriculum that meets the needs of students, ensuring appropriate support, stretch and challenge
- to sequence a well-planned and progressive curriculum that facilitates high quality teaching and learning, every lesson, every day
- to enhance a curriculum that nurtures a passion for learning; supports personal, social, spiritual, emotional development; inspires creative and critical thinking; and improves independent study skills
- to establish equality and diversity throughout an inclusive curriculum that represents and empowers students to be confident, proud, productive citizens in their local, national and global community
- to offer a range of enrichment and extra-curricular activities to develop student experience and encourage wider participation and engagement
Our current curriculum offer is summarised below:
Summary of allocation of lessons per week for the different subjects and year groups:
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| English | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Maths | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Science | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Core PE | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| History | 2 | 2 | 2 | These and additional subjects, not listed, have 3 lessons per week if the students choose to take these subjects for GCSE. Students choose 4 additional subjects to English, maths and science (including Triple Science). PSHE in KS4 is delivered through the tutor time programme. | |
| Geography | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| RE | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| French or Spanish | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Music | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Drama | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| DT Dominic.Rhodes@clf.uk Computer Science Ralph.Hersey@clf.uk On rotation throughout the year | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
