Curriculum Overview

At Dyson Perrins, we provide a curriculum that embodies and promotes our vision inspired by ‘Life in all its fullness’ (John 10:10), and the school’s Christian values of trust, belief, resilience and challenge.

Our curriculum aims:

Built on foundations of high expectations and ambition for all students.
Offers broad, balanced, rich and challenging curricular & extra-curricular experiences.
Our Christian distinctiveness supports character, spiritual, moral, social and cultural growth.
Develops confidence in reading, vocabulary and extended writing.
Sequencing is progressive, securing learning and knowledge retention over time.

Key Stage 3

Our students follow a broad and balanced curriculum at Key Stage 3 that fulfils the requirements of the National Curriculum. The two-week timetable (50 x 1 hour lessons) is divided as follows:

Subject	Hours per fortnight
English	8 hrs
Maths	8 hrs
Science	6 hrs
MFL	5 hrs
Technology	3 hrs
PE	4 hrs
History	3 hrs
Geography	3 hrs
RE	2 hrs
Computing	2 hrs
Art	2 hrs
Music	2 hrs
Drama	1 hr
PSHE	1 hr

An overview of the KS3 curriculum can be found on each subject page.

The academic year is split into three learning cycles, each ending with a formal assessment and ‘re-teach’ week where feedback identifies and addresses any gaps in students’ knowledge.

Students will receive an attainment grade at the end of each learning cycle based on the extent to which they are meeting age related expectations in each subject (Working Towards, Approaching, Meeting, Above, Well Above).