Curriculum and Subjects

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The School Day

Whitley Academy ensures that “all students do their best” through delivering a relevant, challenging and exciting curriculum. We organise our staff, resources and lessons carefully to deliver academic success.

English

The English Department is committed to equipping students with ‘Language for Life’. We believe that learners should be able to communicate effectively and it is our aim to ensure that all students leave with the skills they need for reading, writing and speaking and listening beyond the classroom, as well as a lasting curiosity, interest and enjoyment in English.

Maths

The Mathematics department aims to deliver excellent mathematical provision for all pupils by addressing individual needs.

Science

Welcome to the Science webpage on the Whitley Academy website. Here you will find useful links and documents that will help you achieve your full potential in Science. We hope you find this helpful.

Opening Minds Department

Whitley Academy is proudly leading the way in promoting an innovative curriculum delivery which supports the statutory aims of the national Curriculum – Opening Minds. We deliver the content of the KS3 curriculum in a creative and flexible way that prepares students for the 21st Century. This will meet all traditional subject requirements but challenges and extends all students through the development of transferable competences and skills.

MFL

We offer French and Spanish across KS3 and KS4; with KS5 French currently run at a local consortium school. We have a variety of resources available for both languages which cover all of the required skill areas.

PE

Our PE department is 6 strong, with varying degrees of experience and lots of responsibilities elsewhere at school. Alongside the team, our outstanding facilities allow us to drive standards in PE allowing students to be the best they can be.

Humanities

The world in which we live is likely to change more in the next 50 years than it has ever done before. Geography and History explain how and why, and helps to prepare you for those changes.