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15/03/24

The Year 11s received their Revision booklets today as part of the ongoing strategy to support our students in their preparation for their exams! pic.twitter.com/aQ9tf86F0X

15/03/24

The Year 11s received their Revision booklets today as part of the ongoing strategy to support our students in their preparation for their exams! pic.twitter.com/CKRajw9rBh

15/03/24

Media revision bags at the ready! Media students collected revision bags during Media Club today. Each pack contains: knowledge organisers, fact sheets, WAGOLLS, flash cards, highlighters and pens. Reminder that revision is every Thursday after school in room 45 pic.twitter.com/EBDpAVYzCq

08/03/24

To celebrate World Book Day, a selection of our Year 7 & 9 students took part in a visit to Woldingham School, to attend an author event hosted by the Carnegie Medal winning author, Sarah Crossan! pic.twitter.com/P9V7DQEFOk

04/03/24

Congratulations and welcome to our new Year 7 cohort who will be joining de Stafford School in September 2024. We can't wait to meet you all! pic.twitter.com/Ta0N4UbLCm

01/03/24

Good Luck to all the Year 6 students and families on 'National Offer Day'! pic.twitter.com/Y9xJdMUtiV

23/02/24

Canteen staff put on another delicious spread yesterday afternoon as we celebrated Lunar New Year! pic.twitter.com/jUAspALGLn

07/02/24

Wishing our Year 11 Drama students lots of luck for their performance exam on Friday, you've got this! 🫶 pic.twitter.com/L2mhXQO0R1

05/02/24

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02/02/24

A big thank you to David Rabjohns, Assistant Principal from East Surrey College, who visited us yesterday to provide Year 8 with further information about Apprenticeships and T Levels👏 pic.twitter.com/QfaRcNPQvk

23/01/24

📷Year 11 Parents and Carers - please remember to order your son/daughter's Leavers' Hoodie and Yearbook by Tuesday 12 March 2024!To place orders, please visit the following website https://t.co/QEXurmMvBA and enter our unique school ID : 25299YR11

19/01/24

revision sessions today focusing on mind maps. We had great fun revising pic.twitter.com/dyvMrZ9t1w

19/01/24

Well done to the U13 girls team who took part in the regional tournament with 10 teams taking part. The girls got to the last 4 and played for 3rd and 4th and took home 3rd winning 2-1. Excellent effort girls onto the county cup next week ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/NoQJRa6wiO

18/01/24

revision sessions today focusing on mind maps. We had great fun revising pic.twitter.com/dyvMrZ9t1w

17/01/24

Year 7 have been busy creating their own pasta salad this week. They have learned about the process of cooking pasta and safety whilst using the hob. Knife skills and healthy eating have also been our focus so great work Year 7! 🍅🥒🥕 pic.twitter.com/nBOnR1M5iJ

17/01/24

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16/01/24

📣Year 8 Curriculum Personalisation Evening will be held in our Main Hall & Canteen tomorrow, 17 January 2024. There will be no formal presentation during the evening so please feel free to arrive any time from 5pm. We look forward to seeing you all there!

11/01/24

🎨Year 7 are exploring still life and will eventually produce paintings inspired by the work of Morandi. Look at these amazing pieces created in Art lessons this week, well done! 👏 pic.twitter.com/9UX4irloVm

10/01/24

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09/01/24

Welcome back to a new term With GCSES approaching fast teaching young people with and how to revise is essential. Explicitly teaching key techniques will support them cross curricular. This programme from is invaluable in our Centre. pic.twitter.com/d0XoW0nwAw

Curriculum Overview

Providing an exciting, challenging and engaging education that enables all students to reach their full potential is a core strategic aim of the school and our curriculum offer plays an integral role in helping us to achieve such a goal. We are conscious that our curriculum must provide the platform to develop in students the knowledge, skills and attributes that will enable them to become active and responsible citizens within a rapidly changing global environment by the time they leave us at 16. Our curriculum model provides a framework for meeting the aims of our educational programme, including the knowledge and understanding to be gained at each stage.

School leaders are responsible for ensuring each curriculum area is well taught and contains appropriately sequenced content; is underpinned by thoughtfully designed assessment practice and consideration is given to an appropriate model of progression. We recognise the importance of each subject as an individual discipline, providing students with subject-specific vocabulary and knowledge that allows them to build links and enhance their learning across other areas. 

Throughout Years 7 and 8, we deliver a broad (covers all the experiences deemed important by society) and balanced (subject areas afforded sufficient time on the timetable) curriculum whereby all students are taught English, Mathematics and Science, Spanish, Design Technology, Food and Nutrition, PE, RE, Computing, Geography, History, Music, Drama, Art and PSHE. Students are currently offered a degree of curriculum personalisation in Year 9 whilst maintaining a broad, balanced and ambitious curriculum based on the EBacc elements of the National Curriculum. Key Stage 3 affords students the opportunity to broaden their experience of these subject areas not only within the classroom but also beyond it, such as visiting museums, art galleries, theatres, and other relevant curriculum enrichment activities.  A small proportion of students with identified needs (approximately 10% each year in Key Stage 3) are provided with additional literacy support whilst also maintaining access to a modern foreign language. This enables them to make accelerated progress with their literacy skills and improves their access to the mainstream curriculum in Key Stage 4 and beyond.

In terms of diversity, this is promoted specifically through our discrete Personal Development programme in Key Stage 3, Citizenship as a popular and successful GCSE subject in Key Stage 4 and compulsory RE lessons throughout Years 7-11, including all students sitting a GCSE in the subject at the end of Year 11, as well as through a comprehensive SAM time programme.

Careers guidance and support underpins our curriculum offer from the outset in Year 7 and we place a significant emphasis on helping students to explore and learn about their future pathways and options. Opportunities are sought to highlight career paths within lessons and discrete intervention is provided through small group and one-to-one tutorials with an external provider, annual Careers Fair and well established links with Post-16 providers. We are implementing the Gatsby Benchmarks as a framework for our provision.

Underpinning our curriculum offer is the importance of providing students with the skills, attitudes, beliefs and techniques they need to be able to acquire knowledge most effectively, and continue to learn beyond the time they spend in school. Building a strong character and a sense of moral purpose in our students is a core responsibility so that they have developed the skills necessary to embrace the challenges that lie ahead and participate in society as active citizens.

de Stafford implements a curriculum model based on:

  • a broad and balanced curriculum; one which ensures students follow a wide range of subjects – from Sciences, Arts, Humanities, and Languages – for as long as possible,
  • a curriculum which keeps students’ options open and is influenced by student choice
  • a wider-curriculum which supports students’ personal development.
  • a curriculum that incorporates a range of qualification routes and is, where appropriate, supported by technical or vocational courses.

More specific details about the subject content taught in the different key stages can be found in the Curriculum Model below, the attached Curriculum Maps or by contacting relevant class teachers and/or Subject Leaders.

 

Curriculum Model

Hours per fortnight

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Year 9 Curriculum Personalisation

In Year 8, students have the opportunity to tailor their Year 9 curriculum through the Curriculum Personalisation Process.Three subjects are chosen from the original Year 7/8 subjects with the addition of Business Studies, Citizenship, Media Studies, Creative iMedia and Sports Studies/PE. (3hrs each)

GCSE Options

In Year 9, students select their Key Stage 4 courses through the Year 9 Options Process. All students study History or Geography (they can ultimately study both). 

Students follow one of three pathways for GCSE in order to make their subject choices:

  • Pathway 1 – study Spanish plus two options
  • Pathway 2 – three options
  • Pathway 3 – Additional Core plus two options

Students are encouraged to choose subjects they have studied in Year 9 as they will have the best educational grounding for success in these subjects. (5hrs each)

Year 11 (2023/24) are following a legacy process: 4 subjects chosen (5hrs each) with one from History, Geography, Spanish, or Computer Science.

 

 

Documents

Page Downloads Date  
Year 7 Curriculum Maps 2023 2024 14th Mar 2024 Download
Year 8 Curriculum Maps 2023 2024 25th Jan 2024 Download
Year 9 Curriculum Maps 2023 2024 25th Jan 2024 Download
Year 10 Curriculum Maps 2023 2024 25th Jan 2024 Download
Year 11 Curriculum Maps 2023 2024 25th Jan 2024 Download