Key Stage 3 (Years 7-9)
In Key Stage 3, George Mitchell School offers a well-balanced three-year programme that entitles students to study a full range of subjects including English, Mathematics, Science, Design and Technology, Food and Nutrition, MFL, PE, Geography, History, Art, Music, Drama, PSHE and Computer Science. The National Curriculum is followed in all of these subjects.
Throughout Key Stage 3, we aim to ensure our students develop the required knowledge via a carefully sequenced design. We aim to ensure our students meet the highest expectations by training them to develop the skills required to be able to think like Geographers, Mathematicians, Artists, Scientists, and Historians. Each department has its own curriculum intent which reflects the subject-specific skills and the intention for teaching these via the curriculum.
The curriculum is designed to help pupils gain the skills, knowledge and understanding that they need to become successful learners who are confident, happy and fulfilled. Pupils are encouraged to reflect on their experiences and to recognise how they are developing personally and socially, addressing the spiritual, social, moral and cultural issues that form an intrinsic part of growing up.
Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11)
GMS has a personalised curriculum model at Key Stage 4 that has proved popular with students. Each year, following individual guidance interviews, students choose from four possible pathways. At Key Stage 4 students study 4 options in addition to English, Maths, Science, PE and PSHE. Whilst our key intent is to secure a broad and balanced curriculum we also work diligently to ensure students are supported in building a curriculum diet that will enable them to access post-16 pathways as well as to become responsible citizens who can make a positive contribution to society. We work hard to personalise the curriculum that we offer and stress the importance of providing a programme of study that is designed to meet the needs of individual students.
Curriculum Subjects
The following subjects are taught at George Mitchell Secondary. Please follow the links below to learn more:
Subject Intent Statements and Subject Overviews
The all-through subject intent statements and subject overviews can be found by clicking on the links below:
Further information
Further information about our curriculum can be found on the pages under the ‘Curriculum’ website tab. To request any additional information about our curriculum, please email Ms Kathleen Smith (Secondary Office Manager) at Kathleen.Smith@georgemitchellschool.co.uk.