OUR CURRICULUM
Year 7 to 11
At Ruskin we operate a two-weekly timetable which incorporates 50 hours of study at Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4.
This document highlights the number of hours each subject is allocated to deliver programmes of study across key stages.
At the end of Year 9 (KS3) student select 4 subject to study alongside the core curriculum.
The core curriculum at Key Stage 4 is English (Language and Literature), Mathematics, Science, ICT, Physical Education, Religious Education, PSHCE. In addition students have an entitlement to study a minimum of one course in each of the following focus areas:
The Arts
Design Technology
Humanities
Modern Foreign Languages
KEY STAGE 3
| Subject | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 |
| Mathematics | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| English | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Science | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Art | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| French/German | 3 (both languages) | 3 (French) | 3 (German) |
| Geography | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| History | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Music | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Technology | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Drama | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ICT | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| PSHCE | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Religious Education | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Physical Education | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Total hours per Fortnight: |
50 |
50 |
50 |
KEY STAGE 4
| Year 10 Current Curriculum | Hours per fortnight |
|
| Mathematics | 7 |
|
| English | 7 |
|
| Science | 9 |
|
| ICT | 2 |
|
| PSHCE | 1 |
|
| Religious Education | 2 |
|
| Physical Education | 2 |
|
| Total: | 30 |
|
OPTIONS 2014-16 Cohort (all 5 hours per 2 week cycle / 4x5 hours = 20 hours)
Art
German
Geography
History
Music
Technology
Child Development
Hospitality
Textiles
Product Design
Resistant Materials
Religious Education
Sports Studies
Media
Business
Computer Science
Expressive Arts
Health and Social Care
KEY STAGE 4
| Year 11 Current Curriculum | Hours per fortnight |
|
| Mathematics | 7 |
|
| English | 7 |
|
| Science | 9 |
|
| ICT | 2 |
|
| PSHCE | 1 |
|
| Religious Education | 2 |
|
| Physical Education | 2 |
|
| Total: | 30 |
|
OPTIONS 2013-15 Cohort (all 5 hours per 2 week cycle / 4x5 hours = 20 hours)
Art
French
Geography
History
Music
Technology
Child Development
Hospitality
Textiles
Product Design
Resistant Materials
Religious Education
Sports Studies
Media
Business
Expressive Arts
