Curriculum Highlights
All students study the full National Curriculum, which includes English, Maths, Science, History, Geography, Modern Foreign Languages (both French and German), Design & Technology (Food Tech, Textiles, Product Design), Art & Design, Music, Religious Education, Physical Education and Computing. In addition, students study Dance and Drama.
Pilton’s Key Stage Three curriculum is coherent, rich and ambitious. All students study the full National Curriculum, which includes English, Maths, Science, History, Geography, Modern Foreign Languages (French and German), Design & Technology (Food Tech, Textiles, Product Design), Art & Design, Music, Religious Education, Physical Education and Computing. In addition, students study Dance and Drama.
In Key Stage 4, the core subjects are English, English Literature, Maths, Trilogy or Triple Science, Physical Education and Religious Education. Most students choose a Modern Foreign Language and at least one Humanity subject. Four remaining options are drawn from a wide range of subjects. As a specialist language college, we encourage most students to study a modern language through to GCSE. In addition, students choose four options from a range of subjects, including Art, Child Development, Dance, Drama, Music, History, Geography, Beliefs Values and Traditions, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Hospitality, Computing, Design and Technology, Textiles, BTEC P.E., Engineering, Creative iMedia, and Animal Care. All Key Stage Four students continue to broaden their cultural capital through our rich extra curriculum programme.
All students study English, English Literature, Mathematics, Science, P.E., R.E., and P.S.H.E. In Science, students study either trilogy Science (2 GCSE equivalent) or they may opt to pursue Physics, Chemistry and Biology separately.
The curriculum emphasises that most students study a modern language through to GCSE, reflecting Pilton's status as a specialist language college.
The subjects we offer are under constant review to ensure that we are providing our students with everything they need to succeed after they leave school.
SEND at Pilton is designed to be ambitious for all and to offer an inclusive, knowledge-rich and purposeful curriculum that inspires, challenges and nurtures; it promotes resilience and courage; it is efficiently resourced to support progress; it strives to eliminate gaps in prior learning, skills and cultural capital; it creates enrichment opportunities; it provides aspirational pathways accessible to all interests and abilities; it empowers all to reach challenging targets and a successful transition into adulthood; it is regularly reviewed in response to changing needs.
All departments have mapped the knowledge that will be covered in each subject over five years to ensure that the sequence of teaching is logical, allows clear progression, and builds on prior knowledge. Regular revision and planned assessments of prior learning ensure students develop their memory skills and ability to retain key knowledge over time, enabling them to have a solid foundation on which to build a deeper understanding in each subject.