Key Stage 3
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Key Stage 3 Curriculum
Our Key Stage 3 curriculum is broad, ambitious, and challenging, ensuring students acquire and master key knowledge and ideas that will allow them to be productive and creative and be fully prepared to enter Key Stage 4. Subject Leaders have designed their curriculum in detail, focusing on the sequencing of learning, to ensure students accumulate a rich depth of the knowledge. Subject Leaders have created a learning journey through Key Stage 3 and, based on their curriculum have identified descriptors that state what students in each year should know and be able to do at each stage of their learning. Based on the level of recall and application of knowledge that students demonstrate they are classified as Novice (towards age related), Capable (at age related) or Expert (above age related) in terms of their progress against the identified endpoints. These descriptors allow teachers to have high quality conversations with students and parents/carers about progress and next steps in learning. Just as importantly teachers can be more responsive in their planning of lessons to scaffold the learning of classes and individuals within lessons.
In tandem with these curriculum descriptors, we also have attitude to learning descriptors which identify what a student is like as a learner. It is imperative that students adopt positive learning habits so they can become more efficient, effective, and independent learners in preparation for the next Key Stage.
For each subject studied at Key Stage 3 the email address of the Subject Lead can be found in each subject area so please contact them if you would like further information about their curriculum, or guidance about how you can support your son/daughter.
Right to Withdraw from Religious Education (RE)
In accordance with Department for Education (DfE) guidance, parents have the legal right to withdraw their child, either wholly or partly, from Religious Education (RE) lessons. This right applies to all maintained schools, including academies and free schools.
At Wreake Valley, we provide an inclusive and balanced RE curriculum that reflects a range of religious and non-religious worldviews. However, we respect the rights of parents to make decisions regarding their child’s participation in RE.
Parents who wish to withdraw their child from RE should contact the school in writing to discuss their request. We encourage parents to speak with us beforehand so that we can explain the nature and content of the RE curriculum and address any concerns. The school will make appropriate alternative arrangements for students who are withdrawn from these lessons.
For further information or to discuss a request, please contact Assistant Head, Carl Atherton catherton@wreake.bepschools.org