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Curriculum

William Farr (C of E) Comprehensive School is proud of its reputation for academic excellence and the high standards and expectations shared by all staff and students. Our curriculum supports students to engage with ‘life in all its fullness’ through excellence, exploration and encouragement.

The curriculum at William Farr, which includes the PSHE Programme, will actively seek to support the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of its students in line with the six core values identified by the school of:

Compassion

Friendship

Perseverance

Respect

Responsibility

Wisdom

This page shows the subjects taught, the hours per week scheduled for each subject or option in each year group and our Curriculum Statement.

The subject pages under Sixth Form give further information about subjects in Key Stage 5 and the subject pages under Students give further information about subjects in Key Stages 3 and 4.

KEY STAGE 3

In Years 7, 8 and 9, each student studies:

3 hours per week of 

2 hours per week of

1 hour per week of

English

Design and Technology

Art

Mathematics

French

Drama

Science

Geography

ICT

 

History

Music

 

Physical Education

PSHE

   

Religious Studies

KEY STAGE 4

In Years 10 and 11, students study the following core subjects:

5 hours per week of

4 hours a week of

3 hours a week of

1 hour a week of

Combined Science

English Language and
English Literature

Optional Subjects x 3

PSHE

 

Mathematics

 

Religious Studies

     

Physical Education

 The three optional subjects are chosen from:

Art

Geography

GCSE Business Studies

Graphics

Computer Science

History

Drama & Theatre Studies

IT: Creative iMedia

DT Electronics

Music

DT Product Design

Photography

DT Textiles

Physical Education GCSE

Enterprise & Marketing

Spanish

Food & Nutrition

Sport Studies

French

Triple Science

KEY STAGE 5

Students may choose three or four subjects to study at A level. Each A level subject is taught for 5 hours per week. In addition, students have 1 hour per week for PSHE, 1 hour per week for EPQ and 2 hours per week of Supervised Study.

Art & Design

History

Biology

Mathematics

Business Studies

Music

Chemistry

Music Technology

Computer Science

Philosophy & Ethics

Design Engineering

Photography

Drama

Physical Education

English Language & Literature

Physics

English Literature

Product Design

French

Psychology

Further Mathematics

Sociology

Geography

Spanish

Government & Politics

 

Graphics