Academic Curriculum
Our five-year curriculum is designed to be as exciting, meaningful and relevant to our students as possible. Our school’s core values of Aspire, Care & Include permeate across the school provision, regardless of the subject taught:
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Our ‘aspire’ ethos is key to our Quality of Education, as we hold unapologetically high expectations of all of our students. This is helped by our teaching staff who are specialists, rightly very enthusiastic about their subjects, and are able to challenge our students’ thinking to the highest of levels. We encourage our students to take on challenges with their curriculum choices throughout their time with us, as that is the best way to learn.
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We are also passionate about a diverse curriculum which ‘includes’. We aim to ensure that every young person attending Romsey both finds and hones their passion. In addition to subjects that are traditionally ‘academic’, we also value the Arts and Creative subjects. Therefore, we offer a wide range of subjects and extra-curricular activities. We also aim to give as much choice to our students as possible and constantly seek to work with our youngsters and add new courses to suit their interests.
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Our curriculum also engenders ‘care’ in our young people and we teach Personal Development and PSHE throughout the five years at Romsey, along with our core skills regardless of the subject the students are in. We ‘care’ deeply and are relentless in our work to ensure that our students achieve their goals.
Key Stage Three
We follow a three-year Key Stage Three (KS3) curriculum in years 7, 8 and 9.
This KS3 curriculum is broad and balanced with a full range of subjects including those that are academic, creative and also practical. Our curriculum also involves an element of choice and personalisation as our students move up through the school.
In Year 9, students are able to choose an extra language from French, German or Spanish. They will also specialise slightly with mini options in Technology (Resistant Materials, Graphics, Food and Nutrition, Electronics and Systems) and also Performing Arts (Drama, Music, Media and Dance).
To view our Y7 KS3 Curriculum Booklet, click here.
To view our Y8 KS3 Curriculum Booklet, click here.
To view our Y9 KS3 Curriculum Booklet, please click here.
To view our Y9 Options Booklet, click here.
Key Stage Four
In years 10 and 11, there is a curriculum pathway to suit everyone; all talents, tastes and motivations.
We offer an extensive range of subjects and courses. Students take between eight and twelve GCSEs in core and optional subjects, chosen from over twenty GCSE subjects and other applied courses.
All students study Maths, English, English Literature and as a minimum Combined Science (double award).
Students then select one subject from four different option blocks. It is worth noting that these four ‘free options’ allow students to personalise their pathway to best match their interests and aspirations for the future.
To view our Y10/11 Curriculum Booklet, please click here.
Whole Child
In addition to the values 'Aspire, Care & Include' which are developed through education at Romsey, our students are also provided with opportunities to hone their 'Romsey Core Skills' regardless of the subject or year they are in. Our 'Romsey Core Skills' are shown below:
