King's Chester is the one of the top independent, private day schools for boys and girls. It has Junior (preparatory), Senior and Sixth Form sections and takes pupils from Cheshire, Shropshire, the Wirral and North Wales. It consistently achieves somes of the best academic results in the area; offers academic bursaries; and is well known for its sports, rowing and music.
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Senior School Curriculum

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The Timetable

The School's Timetable is over a 2-week cycle. Lessons last 55 minutes with a 5 minute gap between each.

The day consists of:

9:00-9:10 Registration
9:10-10:05 Period 1
10:10-11:05 Period 2
11:05-11:25 Break
11:25-11:50 Assembly (Music rehearsals 11:15-11:50)
11:50-12:45 Period 3
12:45-1:50 Lunch
1:50-1:55 Registration
1:55-2:50 Period 4
2:55-3:50 Period 5

Curriculum for 2012-13

The numbers in brackets are the numbers of fortnightly 55-minute teaching periods for the subject. The timetable consists of 5 periods per day, making a total of 50 per fortnight.

Removes to Third Year (Years 7 to 9)

Removes (Yr7)Shells (Yr8)Thirds (Yr9)
English (6) English (6) English (6)
Maths (5) Maths (6) Maths (5)
Biology (2) Biology (2) Biology (3)
Chemistry (2) Chemistry (2) Chemistry (3)
Physics (2) Physics (2) Physics (3)
History (3) History (3) History (3)
Geography (3) Geography (3) Geography (3)
Religious Studies (3) Religious Studies (3) Religious Studies (3)
Latin (3) Latin (3) PSE (1)
Carousel of French,
German & Spanish (6)		 2 of French, German
& Spanish (6)		 4 of French, German, Spanish, Latin,
Classical Civilisation, Art,
Design Technology and Music (3 each)
Art (2) Art (2) PE (2)
Music (2) Music (2) Games/Rowing (4)
Design Technology (2) Design Technology (2) Enrichment (2)
ICT (2) ICT (1)
PSE (1) PSE (1)
PE (2) PE (2)
Games (2) Games (2)
Enrichment (2) Enrichment (2)

Fourth and Fifth Year (Years 10 and 11)

Pupils take 9 GCSEs/iGCSEs.

Compulsory GCSE/IGCSE subjects are:

  • Mathematics (iGCSE)
  • English Language (iGCSE from Sept 2013)
  • English Literature (iGCSE from Sept 2013)

Compulsory non-GCSE subjects are:

  • PE
  • Games/Rowing
Curriculum Leaflet

Option GCSE/iGCSE subjects

Pupils choose 6 subjects, including at least one modern language and at least two sciences, from:

  • Art
  • Biology (iGCSE)
  • Business Studies and Economics
  • Chemistry (iGCSE)
  • Classical Civilisation
  • Design Technology
  • French (iGCSE)
  • Geography
  • German (iGCSE)
  • History
  • Computer Science (iGCSE)
  • Latin
  • Further Mathematics (iGCSE)*
  • Music (iGCSE)
  • Physical Education
  • Physics (iGCSE)
  • Religious Studies
  • Spanish (iGCSE)

*Additional subject for advanced mathematicians only

For more information on iGCSEs(international). Please read the curriculum leaflet.

The Classroom Code of Conduct is a document outlining pupils' rights and responsibilities in their learning environment.

Enrichment Programme

All pupils study an afternoon of enrichment activities every 2 weeks. For information about enrichment click here.

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