KJS Prospectus 2025-26

Curriculum (as at September 2024) Key Stage 3 - Years 7, 8 and 9 Currently all students study: Accelerated Reader* English Mathematics Science Art Drama Geography History Design & Technology (with a choice of specialism in Y9) French fromY7 plus German is studied in Y8. Students can choose one language as a spe- cialism in Y9. Personal, Social, Health, Citizenship and Economic Education Computer Science Music Physical Education Religious Studies * Year 7 only Key Stage 4 - Years 10 and 11 Key Stage 4 is made up of three elements at King James’s School: the core, the core options and the extended options. THE CORE Subject Time Allocation Outcomes English 9 hours per fortnight 2 GCSEs graded 9-1 (9 being the best) in English language and English literature Maths 8 hours per fortnight 1 GCSE graded 9-1 Science 9 hours per fortnight 2 GCSEs graded 9-1. All 3 sciences are studied (biology, chemistry and physics) Core PE 3 hours per fortnight This is a non-examined course focusing on students being active participants in sport although some students will complete sports leadership awards PSHCEE 1 hour per fortnight This is a course in personal, social, health, citizenship and economic education THE CORE OPTIONS In order to ensure our students study a broad and balanced curriculum, we ask them to choose one of their options from the following list of subjects. All of the subjects in this section are repeated in the options section below so students can take more than one of these subjects if they want to. Subject Time Allocation Outcomes Computer Science 5 hours per fortnight 1 GCSE graded 9-1 Triple Science 5 hours per fortnight* 3 GCSEs in Biology, Chemistry and Physics graded 9-1 Geography 5 hours per fortnight 1 GCSE graded 9-1 History 5 hours per fortnight 1 GCSE graded 9-1 French 5 hours per fortnight 1 GCSE graded 9-1 German 5 hours per fortnight 1 GCSE graded 9-1 *Triple science adds 5 hours to the 9 hours already allocated in ‘The Core’; these students therefore have a total of 14 hours science per fortnight