Welcome to the Key Stage 3 pages

These pages are designed to assist pupils who are working towards their end of Key Stage 3 tests (SATs). The KS3 course is broken into 6 units- 3 of which are studied in Year 7 and the other 3 in Year 8.

By the end of Year 8 most students should be working at Level 5 of the National Curriculum.  In 2004 71% of our students reached Level 5 or above in their end of Key Stage 3 tests.

Year 7

• Unit 1: Childhood
• Unit 2: Outsiders
• Unit 3: War Poetry

Year 8

• Unit 4: Other Cultures
• Unit 5: Media
• Unit 6: Shakespeare

Alongside these 'unit of work' lessons, pupils will also spend one lesson per week working on their literacy skills.  This time could be spent in our newly built fully  interactive ICT suite or in the classroom.  Whatever the location, the focus of these lessons will be punctuation, spelling and language skills.