Page 2 - Key Stage 4 Information Booklet 2022 - 2023 (1)

Foreword
The opportunities available for students at Hagley as they begin Key Stage 4 are broad, balanced and
inclusive. Our curriculum provides all students with a range of courses to further widen their academic
knowledge and skills while not limiting any student from the opportunities beyond Key Stage 4 that they
may wish to explore.
We are committed to offering the English Baccalaureate, that while not a specific qualification, is a
curriculum pathway that offers the broadest range of opportunities and experiences and is widely
regarded as the academic pathway of choice. Consequently, all students take either Geography and
History, and at least 65% take French or Spanish.
However, we do not limit ourselves or the students, and vocational pathways can be followed at Hagley
in ICT, Health and Social Care, Performing Arts and Music Technology.
The Academic Curriculum is well supported by our Enrichment Curriculum and ensuring students at Key
Stage 4 maintain the opportunities to engage in sport, performing and creative arts, music, computing,
Duke of Edinburgh Award and much more is essential to a successful two years.
Of even greater value is our Catholic Life and Character and Culture Curriculum. Here students continue
to have opportunities to explore, participate and lead others in faith development, develop their
understanding of the virtues and values of the school driven by the message of the Gospel.
Furthermore, the Character and Culture Curriculum ensures that each student continues to develop the
skills and knowledge to be a positive citizen of the future, armed with the cultural capital to positively
impact on the world around them, and demonstrate the key skills of leadership, organisation, resilience,
independence and communication. In addition, wider curriculum issues are covered here in relation to
Careers, Relationships, Sex and Health Education, British Values and personal development.
In providing you with this guide for Key Stage 4 we hope it serves to support you, in supporting us and
your child, over the next 2 years of important study.

Mr J Hodgson
Principal

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