Year 8 Preferences

We are releasing information for Year 8 Parents to help them support decisions about GCSE preferences. You can follow links to information about all the GCSE courses as well as to video presentations about the subjects.

Year 8 Information Video

Following consultation, the Year 9 curriculum for 2023-2024 will be:

SUBJECT  Hours/week
ENGLISH 4.5
MATHS 4
SCIENCE 4.5
HISTORY / GEOGRAPHY 3
LANGUAGE (French, German, Latin, Spanish) 3
6 Foundation subjects carousel
(1 term each of Art, Citizenship, Computing, Drama, DT, Music)		 2
PE 1
RE 1
Optional subject 1: pre-GCSE foundation 1
Optional subject 2: pre-GCSE foundation 1
Tutorial  40 mins

Please click here for the Year 8 Subject Preferences Information page 

Click Here to download our KS4 Courses 2023 - 2026

Any questions you have please use the following contact details:

Ms Fatma Shaban, Learning Director of Year 8 fshaban@kingsmead.org

Mr Peter Plowman, Deputy Headteacher pp@kingsmead.org

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