Key Stage 3 - Year 9
Year 9 curriculum building Key Stage 3 depth and readiness for GCSE pathways.
- 4 Core Subjects
- 8 Additional Subjects
Observational recording skills
Recording through media & photography
Artist & contextual research
Analysing & responding to sources
Experimenting with media & techniques
Developing ideas & taking risks
Starting a sustained theme
Consolidation & application – Art and Design
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Developing the theme
Portrait & figure study
3D & mixed-media outcomes
Digital development & presentation
Refining toward a personal outcome
Assessment – Art and Design
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Planning the final outcome (AO4)
Producing the final outcome
Refining & completing the outcome
Building a coherent portfolio
Critical evaluation & annotation
Consolidation & application – Art and Design
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Presenting & exhibiting work
What IGCSE Art & Design looks like
Progress assessment – Art and Design
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Printmaking for the portfolio
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Scale, format & installation (intro)
Independent creative project
Consolidation & application – Art and Design
Consolidation & application – Art and Design
Revision – Art and Design
Revision – Art and Design
Assessment – Art and Design
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to KS4 — Art and Design
Bridge forward to KS4 — Art and Design
Consolidation & application – Art and Design
Consolidation & application – Art and Design
Bridge forward to KS4 — Art and Design
Bridge forward to KS4 — Art and Design
Enterprise, entrepreneurs & purpose
Business ownership & liability
Markets, research & segmentation
The marketing mix (4Ps) applied
Costs, revenue, profit & break-even
Cash flow & financial planning
Financial performance
Consolidation & application – Business Studies
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Organisation, recruitment & motivation
Production, quality & efficiency
Procurement & the supply chain
Economic environment
Globalisation & international business
Assessment – Business Studies
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Ethics, environment & stakeholders
Law & the market
Business growth & strategy
Using data to decide
Applied business case study
Consolidation & application – Business Studies
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Extended business writing
Business location decisions
Progress assessment – Business Studies
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Business models & franchising
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Innovation & competitiveness
What IGCSE Business looks like
Consolidation & application – Business Studies
Consolidation & application – Business Studies
Revision – Business Studies
Revision – Business Studies
Assessment – Business Studies
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to KS4 — Business Studies
Bridge forward to KS4 — Business Studies
Consolidation & application – Business Studies
Consolidation & application – Business Studies
Bridge forward to KS4 — Business Studies
Bridge forward to KS4 — Business Studies
Digital devices & convergence
Networks & connectivity
Operating online & cloud services
Online transactions & e-commerce
Social media & online communities
Data protection & privacy
Spreadsheets for ICT (modelling)
Consolidation & application – Computing
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Databases for ICT
Documents & digital communication
Digital graphics & media for ICT
Algorithms & problem-solving
Python consolidation: data & logic
Assessment – Computing
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Python: functions & structure
Systems analysis & the project lifecycle
Impacts of technology on society
Cyber-security & protecting systems
ICT project 1: analyse & design
Consolidation & application – Computing
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
ICT project 2: build & test
ICT project 3: evaluate & present
Progress assessment – Computing
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
What IGCSE ICT looks like
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Emerging technologies, AI & ethics
Independent ICT challenge
Consolidation & application – Computing
Consolidation & application – Computing
Revision – Computing
Revision – Computing
Assessment – Computing
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to KS4 — Computing
Bridge forward to KS4 — Computing
Consolidation & application – Computing
Consolidation & application – Computing
Bridge forward to KS4 — Computing
Bridge forward to KS4 — Computing
Reading unseen fiction
Reading unseen non-fiction
Comparing non-fiction texts
Transactional writing
Imaginative writing
Accuracy: grammar, punctuation, spelling
Shakespeare: whole-text study
Consolidation & application – English
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Shakespeare: extract to whole-text
Prose study: a modern/19th-c text
Anthology poetry
Comparing anthology poems
Unseen poetry analysis
Assessment – English
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Spoken language endorsement
Synthesis & summary skills
Writing under timed conditions
Analysing structure
Literature essay craft
Consolidation & application – English
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Academic & analytical vocabulary
Independent reading & analysis
Progress assessment – English
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Evaluating texts critically
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Editing & proofreading mastery
What IGCSE English looks like
Consolidation & application – English
Consolidation & application – English
Revision – English
Revision – English
Assessment – English
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to KS4 — English
Bridge forward to KS4 — English
Consolidation & application – English
Consolidation & application – English
Bridge forward to KS4 — English
Bridge forward to KS4 — English
Identity, family & relationships
Free time, media & technology
Food, health & lifestyle
Festivals, customs & traditions
Home, town & local area
Shopping, services & getting around
Mastering the three tenses
Consolidation & application – French
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
The imperfect tense
The simple future
School, studies & subjects
Jobs, work & ambitions
Travel & tourism
Assessment – French
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Global & environmental issues
Role-play & conversation skills
Photo card & presentation
Extended writing skills
Reading & translation into English
Consolidation & application – French
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Listening & translation into French
Social & global issues (extended)
Progress assessment – French
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Future study & plans
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Pronouns & object pronouns
What IGCSE French looks like
Consolidation & application – French
Consolidation & application – French
Revision – French
Revision – French
Assessment – French
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to KS4 — French
Bridge forward to KS4 — French
Consolidation & application – French
Consolidation & application – French
Bridge forward to KS4 — French
Bridge forward to KS4 — French
Geographical skills for IGCSE
River environments & processes
River management & flooding
Coastal environments & processes
Coastal management
Tectonic hazards in depth
Climatic hazards in depth
Consolidation & application – Geography
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Economic activity & energy
Development & inequality
Urbanisation & megacities
Sustainable urban futures
Fragile environments & desertification
Assessment – Geography
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Climate change & the future
Fieldwork: physical investigation
Fieldwork: human investigation
Analysing & evaluating fieldwork
Geographical decision-making
Consolidation & application – Geography
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Linking physical & human geography
Extended geographical writing
Progress assessment – Geography
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Ecosystems & the biosphere
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Weather & climate for IGCSE
What IGCSE Geography looks like
Consolidation & application – Geography
Consolidation & application – Geography
Revision – Geography
Revision – Geography
Assessment – Geography
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to KS4 — Geography
Bridge forward to KS4 — Geography
Consolidation & application – Geography
Consolidation & application – Geography
Bridge forward to KS4 — Geography
Bridge forward to KS4 — Geography
Citizenship, rights & the state
Development & the development gap
Reducing inequality: strategies
Globalisation & the global economy
Ethics, business & responsibility
Sustainability & resource management
Climate change & climate justice
Consolidation & application – Global Citizenship
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Migration: causes & consequences
How the modern world was shaped
Democracy, power & participation
Human rights & global justice
Media, information & power
Assessment – Global Citizenship
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Conflict, cooperation & global governance
The future of work & the economy
Effective active citizenship
Global issue: decision-making
Independent global-issue enquiry
Consolidation & application – Global Citizenship
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Extended, evaluative writing
International law & global institutions
Progress assessment – Global Citizenship
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Global goals: measuring progress
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
The informed digital citizen
Where Global Citizenship takes you
Consolidation & application – Global Citizenship
Consolidation & application – Global Citizenship
Revision – Global Citizenship
Revision – Global Citizenship
Assessment – Global Citizenship
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to KS4 — Global Citizenship
Bridge forward to KS4 — Global Citizenship
Consolidation & application – Global Citizenship
Consolidation & application – Global Citizenship
Bridge forward to KS4 — Global Citizenship
Bridge forward to KS4 — Global Citizenship
The 20th-century world: concepts & skills
Russia in Revolution
Building a dictatorship in the USSR
Weimar Germany
Hitler's rise to power
Nazi control & life in Nazi Germany
The road to war in the 1930s
Consolidation & application – History
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
The Second World War: a world conflict
Origins of the Cold War
Cold War crises
The end of the Cold War
Empires end: decolonisation
Assessment – History
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Civil rights in the USA
A modern conflict: causes & consequences
Working with modern sources
Why interpretations differ
Change over time: a thematic study
Consolidation & application – History
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Independent historical enquiry
Extended historical writing
Progress assessment – History
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
The arms race & the space race
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
A connected, contested world since 1990
What IGCSE History looks like
Consolidation & application – History
Consolidation & application – History
Revision – History
Revision – History
Assessment – History
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to KS4 — History
Bridge forward to KS4 — History
Consolidation & application – History
Consolidation & application – History
Bridge forward to KS4 — History
Bridge forward to KS4 — History
Indices & standard form
Fractions, decimals, percentages mastery
Expanding & factorising
Linear equations & inequalities
Simultaneous equations (intro)
Straight-line graphs (y = mx + c)
Quadratic & other graphs
Consolidation & application – Mathematics
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Ratio, proportion & rates
Pythagoras' theorem
Trigonometry (introduction)
Angles, polygons & bearings
Area, volume & surface area
Assessment – Mathematics
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Transformations & congruence
Probability
Statistical diagrams & analysis
Averages & spread
Accuracy, bounds & estimation
Consolidation & application – Mathematics
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Sequences & reasoning
Multi-topic problem-solving
Progress assessment – Mathematics
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Rearranging & using formulae
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Real-life graphs & rates
What IGCSE Mathematics A looks like
Consolidation & application – Mathematics
Consolidation & application – Mathematics
Revision – Mathematics
Revision – Mathematics
Assessment – Mathematics
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to KS4 — Mathematics
Bridge forward to KS4 — Mathematics
Consolidation & application – Mathematics
Consolidation & application – Mathematics
Bridge forward to KS4 — Mathematics
Bridge forward to KS4 — Mathematics
Mental health & emotional wellbeing
Managing stress, exams & pressure
Self-worth, identity & body image
Healthy relationships & commitment
Intimate relationships & readiness (RSE)
Consent: understanding & respecting it
Sexual health & staying safe (overview)
Consolidation & application – PSHE
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Staying safe online & managing risk
Respect, abuse & where to get help
Diversity, equality & challenging discrimination
Drugs, alcohol & informed choices
Health & prevention
Assessment – PSHE
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
First aid & life-saving skills
Nutrition, exercise & long-term health
Digital resilience & media literacy
Money, debt & financial decisions
Careers & KS4 options
Consolidation & application – PSHE
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Employability & future skills
Rights, responsibilities & the law
Progress assessment – PSHE
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Community, diversity & active citizenship
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Risk, influence & personal safety
Wellbeing toolkit & looking ahead to KS4
Consolidation & application – PSHE
Consolidation & application – PSHE
Revision – PSHE
Revision – PSHE
Assessment – PSHE
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to KS4 — PSHE/RSHE
Bridge forward to KS4 — PSHE/RSHE
Consolidation & application – PSHE
Consolidation & application – PSHE
Bridge forward to KS4 — PSHE/RSHE
Bridge forward to KS4 — PSHE/RSHE
Cells, specialisation & transport
Enzymes & digestion
Respiration & gas exchange
Photosynthesis & plants
Atomic structure & the periodic table
Bonding: ionic & covalent
Formulae, equations & calculations
Consolidation & application – Science
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Acids, bases & salts
Forces & motion
Energy & power
Electricity: circuits & Ohm's law
Inheritance & DNA (intro)
Assessment – Science
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Variation, evolution & selection
Rates of reaction
Separation & chemical analysis
Waves & the EM spectrum
Radioactivity (introduction)
Consolidation & application – Science
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Ecology & human impact
Earth's resources & sustainability
Progress assessment – Science
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Magnetism & electromagnetism
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Practical & investigative skills
What IGCSE Science looks like
Consolidation & application – Science
Consolidation & application – Science
Revision – Science
Revision – Science
Assessment – Science
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to KS4 — Science
Bridge forward to KS4 — Science
Consolidation & application – Science
Consolidation & application – Science
Bridge forward to KS4 — Science
Bridge forward to KS4 — Science
Identity, family & relationships
Free time, media & technology
Food, health & lifestyle
Festivals, customs & traditions
Home, town & local area
Shopping, services & getting around
Mastering the three tenses
Consolidation & application – Spanish
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
The imperfect tense
The simple future
School, studies & subjects
Jobs, work & ambitions
Travel & tourism
Assessment – Spanish
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Global & environmental issues
Role-play & conversation skills
Photo card & presentation
Extended writing skills
Reading & translation into English
Consolidation & application – Spanish
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Listening & translation into Spanish
Social & global issues (extended)
Progress assessment – Spanish
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Future study & plans
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Object pronouns
What IGCSE Spanish looks like
Consolidation & application – Spanish
Consolidation & application – Spanish
Revision – Spanish
Revision – Spanish
Assessment – Spanish
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to KS4 — Spanish
Bridge forward to KS4 — Spanish
Consolidation & application – Spanish
Consolidation & application – Spanish
Bridge forward to KS4 — Spanish
Bridge forward to KS4 — Spanish
Regular attendance and completion of weekly learning tasks
Engagement with retrieval practice and independent study activities
Use of feedback to improve written, analytical, and practical outcomes
Secure progression through UK National Curriculum-aligned knowledge and skills
Improved confidence in core, foundation, and option subjects
Readiness for the next key stage and external assessment expectations
Tuition per child. These are different contract options, not two payments for the same plan.
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