Team Member	Position	Email Address
Mrs F Lagrange	Director of Learning for MFL and Humanities	flagrangec3nr9@nsix.org.uk
Mrs R Frary	Assistant Principal - Teacher of History & Psychology	rfrary7krq@nsix.org.uk
Mrs E Thornton	Lead Teacher of History	ethornton9vrr@nsix.org.uk
Mrs D Johnson	Teacher of Geography	djohnson7nrv@nsix.org.uk
Mr A Ogle	Principal - Teacher of Geography	aogle6nru@nsix.org.uk
Mrs R Brown	Teacher of Spanish	rbrown8yrk@nsix.org.uk
Mr B Arrowsmith	Teacher of RS	barrowsmith8yrd@nsix.org.uk
Mrs K Hagag	Teacher of KS3 History and RS	khagag9nrr@nsix.org.uk

 

Curriculum Intent

The school curriculum seeks to provide outstanding personal development by supporting, promoting and instilling the values of APHS - Ambition, Pride, Happiness and Success.

The MFL and Humanities curriculum seeks to meet the aims and scope of the Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 National Curriculum in the subject areas of: French, Spanish, Geography, History, Religious Education and Psyhcology GCSE at KS4 only.

The MFL and Humanities curriculum has the following intent:

Value	Intent
Ambition	To develop confidence and aim high towards academic study in Ebacc subject areas. To encourage as many students as possible to study at KS4 and beyond.
Pride	To feel recognised for achievement, effort and progress. To take pride in local and national history and explore our geographical, economic and cultural relationship with other European and global communities.
Happiness	Students to be praised and rewarded for their efforts. To undertake a range of extra-curricular opportunities and experiences which form lifelong memories.
Success	To develop critical thinking, linguistic skills, and social skills which enable students to become a better citizen of the world. To enable students to progress onto A-Level study in facilitating subjects necessary for future success.

 

Curriculum Implementation

Key Stage 3 is delivered in Year 7, 8 and 9 across three years. Students will then undertake their options process during year 9, after which Key Stage 4 is formally delivered in Year 10 and 11 across two years.

At Key Stage 4, the faculty provides the following curriculum offer:

• Edexcel GCSE French
• Edexcel GCSE Spanish
• Edexcel GCSE Geography
• Eduqas GCSE History
• Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies
• AQA GCSE Psychology

 

 

Curriculum Impact

The MFL and Humanities faculty makes a significant contribution to the Open Element of the Progress 8 Performance Measure.Using ALPS KS4 benchmarks, the faculty has also produced the following outcomes: