The aim of the enhanced curriculum is to:

• Offer greater opportunity to study subjects outside the National Curriculum
• Cater for the emotional and personal needs of students
• Support the Academy’s delivery of our Health, Care & Medical Sciences specialism
• To introduce personalised learning and an element of choice in the curriculum from Year 7 onwards

Structure

Four hours per week are devoted to the enhanced curriculum. These hours are structured as follows:

Enhanced A

Year 7: Tuesday Period 2 & Thursday Period 5
Year 8: Tuesday Period 1 & Thursday Period 6

During this time students are able to study the following:

• Literacy
• Numeracy
• French
• Italian
• Arabic
• Mandarin Chinese
• Latin

Students studying Literacy/Numeracy are those that have not yet reached Level 4 in English and Maths at Key Stage 2.

Enhanced B

Years 7 to 11: Wednesdays Period 5 & 6

Each member of staff is expected to contribute to the teaching of Enhanced B. Many specialist activities are also covered by sessional staff.

These are some of the courses we currently offer:

• Sports Science
• Netball
• Swimming
• Flamenco
• Street Dance
• Tae Kwon Do
• African Drumming and Dance
• International
• Student Council
• The Think Green Team
• Film Production
• Web Design
• Active Community
• Junior Chef’s Academy
• Duke of Edinburgh
• Magazine
• Multimedia