Key Stage 3

This section is intended to tell you what your child will learn during the first three years of secondary education. Since the introduction of the National Curriculum this period of time has become known as KEY STAGE 3 and covers Years 7 – 9.

The information in the section is arranged by faculty, and then by subjects within the faculty. Each entry contains similar information under the following headings.

1. The curriculum content of the subject. This is the work which your child will actually do in the lessons.
2. The teaching methods used.
3. The resources available.
4. The skills and knowledge we expect pupils to gain.

Key Stage Three (Year 9) Online Testing for ICT

QCA has developed an innovative, process-based, onscreen test to assess ICT capability across levels 3-6 of the national curriculum. The test will become statutory in 2008.

National pilots of the test are being held in 2006 and 2007, and all schools are advised to take part. See the dedicated website www.ks3ictpilot.com for more information. There is a link on the right-hand side of this page.

Baysgarth pupils will spend much of the second half of Year 9 preparing for this test. Baysgarth was a pilot testing school in 2006 for the onscreen testing.