KS4 Courses - The Cedars Academy

Purpose Statement: A practical introduction to life and work within the Music industry. This qualification is the same size and level as a GCSE. As a creative subject, with a…

Computer Science/ iMedia

OUR VISION The Vision is to provide a progressive, knowledge rich KS4 curriculum which flows across the years and is underpinned by the four Computational Thinking Skills (Alg…

English

GCSE English Language and Literature Students move into KS4 having already covered all the skills needed for GCSE study during their formative KS3 years. We study under the AQ…

French

Studying French at KS4 We follow the Pearson GCSE French Specification (2024)This is made up of six thematic contexts: My personal world Lifestyle and wellbeing My neighbourh…

GCSE Fine Art

GCSE Food & Nutrition

Students will be expected to make a range of food products and develop high level skills including portioning a chicken and filleting a fish. This will culminate in designing…

GCSE Product Design

Geography

Studying Geography at KS4 Year 10 have 5 one-hour lessons of Geography over a 2-week period and Year 11 have 3 one-hour lessons of Geography per week. Students study all Human…

History

Studying History at KS43 hours of history per week for Year 11. Year 10 receive 5 hours of study over a 2-week period. During Year 10, we focus on the modern aspects of the GC…

Maths

Studying Maths at KS44 hours per week in year 104 hours per week in year 11, with an extra lesson per fortnight for retrieval practice Y10 Non-linear Algebra Number Comparing…

Media Studies

Our Vision Media texts dominate the lives of many people nowadays; so much of society is affected by the Media – both in positive and negative ways. Studying the Media through…

Performing Arts

Studying Performing Arts at KS4 At KS4 the curriculum follows the Pearsons BTEC Level ½ Tech Award in Performing Arts specification. The two-year course is planned again using…

Physical Education

Studying Core PE at KS4 Pupils in KS3 have 2 lessons of Core PE per week and are assessed on their practical skills, fitness and leadership. Pupils in KS4 at year 10 have 2 le…

Religious Education

Studying Religious Education at KS41 hour per week. During KS4 we aim to make our learners aware that Britain has a diverse range of religious and non-religious traditions and…

Science

Studying Science at KS4 – AQA Combined Science (trilogy) and Separate ScienceYear 9 & 11: 5 hours per week. Year 10: 4 Hours per week. Year 9 Biology: cell biology, organ…