The Curriculum: Key Stage 3 (Years 7 - 9)
Lord Williams’s School builds on the knowledge, understanding and skills that children have gained in their primary school. Our aim is to develop thoughtful, confident young people, as well as preparing them for their examinations.

The school’s policy is to group pupils in ways which promote the highest possible participation in learning. When pupils start in Year 7 they are placed in mixed tutor groups and most lessons take place in tutor groups, which remain important throughout the school. Learning support teachers and assistants provide additional help and support during the first year. After one term in Year 7 pupils are grouped into mathematics sets according to their progress. Sets are introduced for French and German in Year 9.

The Curriculum: Key Stage 4 (Years 10 and 11)
A summary of the current Key Stage 4 curriculum is presented here. Further information can be found in the GCSE Courses Guide. The National Curriculum is subject to review and the structure presented here may change.

At the beginning of Year 10, students move to the Oxford Road campus, where they begin formal preparation for the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE). They are at present entered for GCSE exams in up to 9½ subjects.

The Curriculum: The Sixth Form (Years 12 and 13)
Most young people now continue their education beyond the age of sixteen. At Lord Williams’s normally two-thirds choose to stay on into the Sixth Form where they are usually joined by 15-20 students entering from other schools. They leave school at seventeen, eighteen or nineteen to enter higher education, further education or work.