Key Stage 4 - Year 10
Year 10 GCSE-stage curriculum with core and option pathways aligned to Key Stage 4.
- 3 Core Subjects
- 8 Additional Subjects
Enterprise & entrepreneurs
Business aims & objectives
Ownership & liability
Stakeholders
Business sectors & classification
The economic environment
Ethics, environment & responsibility
Consolidation & application – Business
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Globalisation & international business
Market research
Market segmentation & targeting
Marketing mix: product
Marketing mix: price
Assessment – Business
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Marketing mix: promotion
Marketing mix: place
Production methods
Quality management
Supply chain & stock control
Consolidation & application – Business
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Economies of scale
Technology in business
Progress assessment – Business
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Business location
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Quantitative skills: foundations
Year 10 review & bridge to Year 11
Consolidation & application – Business
Consolidation & application – Business
Revision – Business
Revision – Business
Assessment – Business
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
Consolidation & application – Business
Consolidation & application – Business
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
The economic problem: scarcity & choice
Factors of production
Economic systems & resource allocation
Demand
Supply
Market equilibrium & price
Price elasticity of demand
Consolidation & application – Economics
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Other elasticities
Market failure: externalities
Market failure: public & merit goods
Government intervention
Production & productivity
Assessment – Economics
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Costs, revenue & profit
Economies & diseconomies of scale
Competition & market structures
The labour market & wages
Specialisation & exchange
Consolidation & application – Economics
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Economic diagrams & analysis
Data response: microeconomics
Progress assessment – Economics
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Microeconomics exam skills
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Microeconomics review
Year 10 review & bridge to Year 11
Consolidation & application – Economics
Consolidation & application – Economics
Revision – Economics
Revision – Economics
Assessment – Economics
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
Consolidation & application – Economics
Consolidation & application – Economics
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
The course & the Assessment Objectives
Reading non-fiction: retrieval & inference
Analysing language (AO2)
Analysing structure (AO2)
Comparing non-fiction texts (AO3)
Transactional writing: audience & purpose
Transactional forms: letter, article, speech
Consolidation & application – English Language A
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Crafting & accuracy (AO5)
Anthology non-fiction 1
Anthology non-fiction 2
Anthology poetry 1
Anthology poetry 2
Assessment – English Language A
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Anthology prose 1
Anthology prose 2
Imaginative writing: narrative
Imaginative writing: description
Imaginative writing: crafting & editing
Consolidation & application – English Language A
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Vocabulary & accuracy (AO5)
Unseen non-fiction practice
Progress assessment – English Language A
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Spoken language: presentation
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Exam structure & technique (intro)
Year 10 review & bridge to Year 11
Consolidation & application – English Language A
Consolidation & application – English Language A
Revision – English Language A
Revision – English Language A
Assessment – English Language A
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
Consolidation & application – English Language A
Consolidation & application – English Language A
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
Studying Literature & the Assessment Objectives
Reading poetry: methods & terminology
Anthology cluster 1: relationships
Anthology cluster 2: conflict
Anthology cluster 3: time & place
Anthology cluster 4: identity & nature
Comparing anthology poems (AO4)
Consolidation & application – English Literature
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Modern prose: context & opening
Modern prose: character
Modern prose: themes
Modern prose: writer's methods
Modern prose: key extracts & essay
Assessment – English Literature
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Modern drama: context & genre
Modern drama: character
Modern drama: themes & message
Modern drama: dramatic methods
Modern drama: essay writing
Consolidation & application – English Literature
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Unseen poetry: approach & skills
Unseen poetry: analysis practice
Progress assessment – English Literature
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Comparing unseen & anthology
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Essay craft & AO focus
Year 10 review & bridge to Year 11
Consolidation & application – English Literature
Consolidation & application – English Literature
Revision – English Literature
Revision – English Literature
Assessment – English Literature
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
Consolidation & application – English Literature
Consolidation & application – English Literature
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
Grammar foundations: the present tense
Family & relationships
Home & daily life
Free time & hobbies
Food & eating out
Health & fitness
Celebrations & festivals
Consolidation & application – French
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
My local area
Holidays & travel
Describing a past holiday
Past tenses: perfect & imperfect
School & education
Assessment – French
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Future study & plans
Jobs & work
The future & conditional
The environment
Global & social issues
Consolidation & application – French
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Technology & media
Listening strategies
Progress assessment – French
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Reading strategies
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Writing & translation foundations
Year 10 review & bridge to Year 11
Consolidation & application – French
Consolidation & application – French
Revision – French
Revision – French
Assessment – French
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
Consolidation & application – French
Consolidation & application – French
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
Drainage basins & the water cycle
River processes
River landforms
Flooding: causes & effects
River management
Coastal processes
Coastal landforms
Consolidation & application – Geography
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Coral reefs & mangroves (ecosystems)
Coastal management
Why environments are hazardous
Tectonic hazards
Tropical cyclones
Assessment – Geography
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Drought & climatic hazards
Reducing hazard risk
Physical case-study depth
Physical fieldwork: planning
Physical fieldwork: data & analysis
Consolidation & application – Geography
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Map & graphical skills
Numerical & statistical skills
Progress assessment – Geography
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Linking physical processes & people
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Physical geography exam skills
Year 10 review & bridge to Year 11
Consolidation & application – Geography
Consolidation & application – Geography
Revision – Geography
Revision – Geography
Assessment – Geography
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
Consolidation & application – Geography
Consolidation & application – Geography
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
The Weimar Republic 1918–23
Weimar recovery & culture 1924–29
The rise of the Nazis 1929–33
Creating a dictatorship 1933–34
Nazi control & terror
Opposition & resistance
Life in Nazi Germany: young people & women
Consolidation & application – History
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Economy & employment
Persecution & the racial state
Germany at war 1939–45
Depth study review & source skills
The USA boom of the 1920s
Assessment – History
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Society in the 1920s
Intolerance & inequality
The Wall Street Crash 1929
The Great Depression
Roosevelt & the New Deal
Consolidation & application – History
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Opposition to the New Deal
How successful was the New Deal?
Progress assessment – History
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
American society in the 1930s
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Depth study review & explanation skills
Year 10 review & bridge to Year 11
Consolidation & application – History
Consolidation & application – History
Revision – History
Revision – History
Assessment – History
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
Consolidation & application – History
Consolidation & application – History
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
Digital devices: types & uses
Components, input & output
Software & operating systems
Networks & the internet
Staying connected securely
The cloud & collaboration
E-commerce
Consolidation & application – ICT
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Online transactions & security
Social media & collaboration
Word processing & document production
Spreadsheets: formulae & functions
Spreadsheets: modelling & charts
Assessment – ICT
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Databases: structure & tables
Databases: queries & reports
Presentations for audience & purpose
Digital graphics & images
Web authoring basics
Consolidation & application – ICT
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Combining & integrating software
Data security & protection
Progress assessment – ICT
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Legal, ethical & copyright issues
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Health, safety & sustainability
Year 10 review & bridge to Year 11
Consolidation & application – ICT
Consolidation & application – ICT
Revision – ICT
Revision – ICT
Assessment – ICT
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
Consolidation & application – ICT
Consolidation & application – ICT
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
Integers, decimals, place value & rounding
Factors, multiples, primes, HCF & LCM
Fractions
Percentages
Powers, roots & standard form
Ratio & proportion
Expressions & simplifying
Consolidation & application – Mathematics A
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Expanding & factorising
Linear equations
Inequalities
Formulae: substitution & rearranging
Sequences
Assessment – Mathematics A
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Coordinates & linear graphs
Real-life & quadratic graphs
Angles & polygons
Congruence & similarity
Pythagoras' theorem
Consolidation & application – Mathematics A
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Trigonometry (right-angled)
Perimeter, area & circles
Progress assessment – Mathematics A
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Volume & surface area
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Data, averages & charts
Year 10 review & bridge to Year 11
Consolidation & application – Mathematics A
Consolidation & application – Mathematics A
Revision – Mathematics A
Revision – Mathematics A
Assessment – Mathematics A
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
Consolidation & application – Mathematics A
Consolidation & application – Mathematics A
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
Cells & microscopy
Movement across membranes
Enzymes & nutrition
Respiration & gas exchange
Transport in animals
Transport in plants & photosynthesis
Coordination & homeostasis
Consolidation & application – Science (Double Award)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
States of matter & particle theory
Atomic structure
The periodic table
Ionic bonding & structures
Covalent & metallic bonding
Assessment – Science (Double Award)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Formulae, equations & amount
Acids, bases & salts
Electrolysis
Motion & forces
Forces & Newton's laws
Consolidation & application – Science (Double Award)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Energy, work & efficiency
Energy resources
Progress assessment – Science (Double Award)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Electricity: circuits & Ohm's law
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Electrical energy & power
Year 10 review & bridge to Year 11
Consolidation & application – Science (Double Award)
Consolidation & application – Science (Double Award)
Revision – Science (Double Award)
Revision – Science (Double Award)
Assessment – Science (Double Award)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
Consolidation & application – Science (Double Award)
Consolidation & application – Science (Double Award)
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
Grammar foundations: the present tense
Family & relationships
Home & daily life
Free time & hobbies
Food & eating out
Health & fitness
Celebrations & festivals
Consolidation & application – Spanish
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
My local area
Holidays & travel
Describing a past holiday
Past tenses: preterite & imperfect
School & education
Assessment – Spanish
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Future study & plans
Jobs & work
The future & conditional
The environment
Global & social issues
Consolidation & application – Spanish
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Technology & media
Listening strategies
Progress assessment – Spanish
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Reading strategies
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
Writing & translation foundations
Year 10 review & bridge to Year 11
Consolidation & application – Spanish
Consolidation & application – Spanish
Revision – Spanish
Revision – Spanish
Assessment – Spanish
HOLIDAY (no teaching)
DIRT – directed improvement & reflection time
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
Consolidation & application – Spanish
Consolidation & application – Spanish
Bridge forward to Year 11
Bridge forward to Year 11
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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