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Curriculum

Our curriculum has been planned and developed to provide a whole education for all students.

A whole education for all students

Key Stage 3

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Key Stage 4

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Key Stage 5

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Curriculum by Year Group

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Curriculum by Faculty

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Every Child Should

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Enrichment Days

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Shared Values

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Key Skills

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Careers Guidance

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PSHE


Our Curriculum

When we describe our curriculum, we are not just talking about the sequencing of lessons and subjects across the key stages, but also our Enrichment Days and Every Child Should strategy, which together enrich and broaden a student’s time at Hove Park School.

 

Our curriculum is built on a clear set of shared values and key skills and a learning journey that enables students to build on their individual strengths. We are ambitious for all our students and expect them where appropriate to retain a breadth to their studies through the study of EBACC subjects.

 

Our curriculum is about developing skills, knowledge and experiences that will enable all students to make a positive contribution to their community and prepare them for life beyond school.

Key Stages

Hove Park School’s taught curriculum is constantly reviewed and developed in response to student needs and local and national change. We carefully combine more innovative approaches within the framework of a traditional academic timetable.

 

Subjects are managed within 6 faculty areas: English, Humanities, Languages, Maths, Science & Technology, Sport & Creative Arts. In addition, students follow a programme of PHSE (personal health and social education) and literacy development during tutor time.

 

Each subject has written their own curriculum rationale statement, setting out what they are aiming to achieve through the implementation of their curriculum. You can read these on the attached document.

Key Stage 3

In Year 7 students study a broad range of subjects, including, English, maths and science; languages (on a carousel that includes German, French, Spanish and Chinese Mandarin); geography and history; art, computer science, drama, design & technology (which includes cooking), literacy, music, PHSE (personal health and social education), religious education and physical education.

 

After the first term, some students opt to specialise in learning Chinese by following the Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) rather than continuing with the general languages carousel. The MEP is a nationally accredited government run programme that funds and supports schools to deliver intensive Mandarin study.

 

The school also runs six enrichment days each year – one every half-term – where the timetable is suspended. The enrichment  days ensure that all students are able to access enriching, informative and inclusive learning around personal, social and health education, such as the equalities agenda, and also a broad and enriching experience of the creative arts curriculum.

 

The programme of study that all students begin in Year 7 continues into Year 8, except that students now focus on learning one modern foreign language in greater depth. The language they study is determined either by their participation in the Mandarin Excellence Programme, or through teacher recommendation of either French, German or Spanish, alongside consultation with students and parents.

Key Stage 4

At the end of Year 8 students make a guided choice, involving parents and carers, of which language and option subjects to take for GCSE. Year 9 is a bridging year between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. Students transfer from the Valley Campus to the Nevill Campus and the Year 9 curriculum provides them with further opportunities to develop the skills they will need when they start their GCSE courses.


We expect students to retain a breadth to their studies at GCSE, through the study of EBACC subjects (English, maths, science, humanities, languages), but also to continue to engage with the half termly enrichment days and extra-curricular provision that together enrich and broaden a student’s time at Hove Park.

 

The majority of students study the following subjects as a core curriculum:


  • English language & English literature;
  • a modern foreign language;
  • a humanity (either geography or history)
  • mathematics;
  • science combined course (double award: 2 x GCSEs)

 

Only students with significant special educational needs do not continue learning languages after Year 8 and enthusiastic linguists can continue with two languages at GCSE level.

 

In addition to the qualifications above, students choose to study additional GCSE subjects from a list of different options, including: art, business studies, computer science, creative imedia, design & technology, food, humanities (a second humanity in addition to the choice as part of the core curriculum), languages (a second language can be chosen in addition to the core curriculum choice), music, photography, physical education, religious studies and separate - triple - sciences (biology, chemistry, physics).

 

All students have PE lessons and follow courses covering philosophy, ethics and religion (PRE) and personal, social and health education (PSHE), which includes sex and relationships education. These are not examined courses.


Key Stage 5

HP6 is an inclusive college that has provision suitable for all types of learners.

Students can choose to study from a range of courses, including:

 

  • Level 2 GCSEs and equivalent (English, maths, biology, sociology, photography and tourism)
  • Level 3 equivalent vocational courses (digital media, Health & Social Care, Science CTEC, Core Maths, Sport, Tourism)
  • Level 3 AS/Level (Biology, Business, Chemistry, Computer Science, English Literature, Graphics, History, Law, Maths, Photography, Physics, Sociology)

 

In addition to the academic curriculum, students benefit from our pastoral and careers support. We can offer a personalised support package, offering work experience, volunteering opportunities, careers advice and bespoke

workshops, all aimed at preparing our students for the next phase, whether that be university, apprenticeships or straight in to the world of work.

Enrichment Days

Six days per year are set aside for the school community to focus on key themes that run through our curriculum. Typically, the normal school timetable is collapsed and students will take part in interesting, active and thought provoking activities, often outside of the normal classroom environment.


Over the past few years, the first of the six Enrichment Days has been focused on Equalities which is an important agenda in our school, ensuring our young people understand the wide range of differences in the world around them including ethnicity, disability, trans-gender topics as well as many other themes. We have been lucky enough to welcome many outside speakers from agencies such as local businesses, disabled athletes and experts on many other diversity topics, all of whom have supported the developing Equalities education of our students.


The other Enrichment Days will allow us to focus on other key themes to ensure all of our students gain from the full breadth and depth of a varied and comprehensive curriculum. We have Enrichment Days that are focused on the creative arts subjects such as music, drama and art. Again, we have outside agencies who offer workshops and active sessions in school, which students really enjoy. We are also planning themed subject days, off-timetable, where students will focus on certain areas of the main taught school curriculum to allow them to hone their understanding and skills through engaging and active styles of delivery.


Our aim is to establish and continue to develop the key skills that we feel not only underpin our curriculum but are also woven between the subjects taught at Hove Park, binding the various themes of learning from Key Stages 3 to 5.

By Hove Park School 13 May, 2022
Our fifth Enrichment Day of the year was a real success with students in Years 7 to 10 participating in a range of activities around the Science and Technology theme. Some of the sessions included a forensic mystery task, making solar ovens, planting hedges and other plants in our newly established Valley garden, a climate change focused treasure hunt and talks about gang awareness for our older students.  It was fantastic to see such a buzz around both campuses and we are all looking forward to the final Enrichment Day in July where there will be a cross-curricular focus. A big thank you to the Science team who contributed hugely to the planning and running of the day.
By Hove Park School 24 Mar, 2022
It's Hove Park School's fourth Enrichment Day of the year - Haitian Revolution and the Caribbean! Students are taking part in lots of sessions including a lesson on why the Haitian Revolution is important, Caribbean Art, a steel drum workshop, sessions from the Black Curriculum, Caribbean Drumming and also a chance to play cricket in the sunshine. We were delighted to offer our Year 10s the opportunity to watch a drama performance from an outside company on issues around migration from Africa to Europe.
By Hove Park School 08 Feb, 2022
Our third Enrichment Day of the year was themed around Art and took place on Tuesday 8th February. Students on both campuses took part in lots of activities including making masks based on the work of Sandra Silberzweig, digital street art using the students’ iPads and developing fantastic pieces of artwork in the style of Pacita Abad. We aim to enrich our young people’s learning through these special days and it was clear to see that this was achieved by the way in which students were deepening their experience of the Art curriculum. A big thank you to all staff involved and in particular, the technicians and teachers within the Art department who all worked extremely hard in preparation for the day. We would like to draw particular attention to the mural image which shows the first stage of our Hove Park School Values Mural. This first stage is titled ‘We are Proud’. A guest artist helped to develop this and each year we will build on this with different guests, adding the other values each time.
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