Key Stage 3

The curriculum throughout KS3 is inline with the National Curriculum for all students.

We operate a two week timetable consisting of sixty, 50 minute lessons. The balance of curriculum time for 2025-26 is outlined below. For example English have seven 50 minute lessons per fortnight.

We offer French, Spanish, Italian and German as Modern Foreign Languages – all students are assigned to one language on entry to the school and then continue to study this throughout KS3. They then have the option to choose whether to continue with that language to GCSE.

Academic reports for KS3 students are sent home to parents three times a year. The timings of these reports vary for each year group, but are broadly once per term. More information on the the information assessment and monitoring can be found here. Students will receive one of four grades – Less than expected, Expected, Good or Exceptional – for each subject. Our aim is for all students to be at least “Expected” by the end of the academic year as this means that they are on track to achieve their targets at GCSE.

Departments define specifically what the “Expected” level is in their subject in their mastery assessment frameworks. Students will use these frameworks in lessons so that they know what level they are currently working at and what they can do to improve. The KS3 mastery assessment frameworks can be found on the subject pages by clicking the links above.

If you have any questions or require further information about our curriculum, please contact the Curriculum Lead who will be happy to help, or our Deputy Head, Miss A Dwyer (a.dwyer@sjb.surrey.sch.uk).