Curriculum
School Curriculum
The curriculum offered at Alderman Knight School reflects the individual needs of the pupils and the National Curriculum. The school works hard to ensure that all pupils benefit from a stimulating and creative curriculum that enables them to enjoy their learning, achieve well and develop feeling of self-worth and confidence.
In designing an appropriate curriculum the school, together with parents and carers and additional professionals as appropriate, continually assesses pupils’ individual strengths as well as their individual needs. This allows their teachers to build on these strengths and use them to support development in other areas. This approach leads to a curriculum that provides wide ranging learning experiences with an appropriate balance for each pupil between academic achievement and individual needs in terms of personal, social and emotional development.
We are really proud that all pupils have the opportunity to study for a wide range of external accreditation and all pupils leave school with an impressive portfolio demonstrating their considerable achievements which provide them a strong foundation for further education and the world of work.
Curriculum Maps
We have created a curriculum map which provides an overview for each subject. These show progression in terms of subject knowledge as well as opportunities and experiences each subject provides for pupils to extend their understanding of how the subject translates into the wider world.
Curriculum Links
Current Curriculum Policy
Homework Policy
Careers Information & Links
Careers Education Policy
Work Experience
Policy
Provider Access
Policy
Click on each tutor group to find out what they will be learning
KS4 Curriculum Offer
During the transition period between Key Stage 3 and 4, parents and carers will be advised of the most appropriate options for their child. This is facilitated by a process which begins early in the Spring term where pupils and their parents/carers have the opportunity to review the proposed options for KS4 . Initially all pupils will receive an Options booklet which provides an overview of the potential courses on offer, the accreditations available, how the course is assessed, potential next steps after completion, opinions of current pupils and what learning looks like for those studying the course.
Pupils, parents and carers, can further explore the range of subjects and courses offered in KS4 through discussions with subject teachers at the dedicated Year 9 options parents and carers evening. Before this subject and option evening, there will be an opportunity for parents, carers and pupils to attend an online meeting which will explain the curriculum in more detail. Following the options evening, pupils will be asked to rank the options in order of preference. We will work out from the replies and rankings, the options to be offered across Year 9 and the two options that we propose to offer to your child.
Throughout this process it is really important for us to manage the pupils’ expectations – although we are asking pupils to rank their preferred subjects, we cannot of course, guarantee everyone will get their top choices.
Once options have been agreed, each pupil will receive a personalised curriculum booklet.
Here are links to the Core and Proposed options for September 2026.
Current Qualifications
In KS4 we currently offer a wide range of accreditations across the curriculum at the appropriate level for the cohorts of pupils. Click on the link below to view the full list of what is offered. This is reviewed annually.