Curriculum overview

As a Futura Learning Partnership School, we follow the Futura Curriculum (Pdf) that has been developed by cross-phase subject specialists and encapsulates our core values: respect, opportunity, collaboration and aspiration. This curriculum spans the 2-19 age range and has been planned to give the optimum knowledge sequence for building secure schema, with knowledge underpinning and enabling the application of skills. Progression through the curriculum is by shared age related expectations and at each phase the curriculum draws on the latest thinking and research and focuses on closing gaps, early intervention, and developing core literacy and numeracy skills for success.

Our curriculum is designed to be broad-based and balanced to inspire and support students in their progression to Post 16 education and training, then to their chosen career path or destination. We believe the curriculum has a vital role to play in preparing students for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life; to promote spiritual, moral, cultural, social, intellectual and physical development and to promote British Values, for example democracy and the rule of law.

We have a well-developed care, advice and guidance programme to support students at each point in their school career, especially around the time when options are made in Year 9 for Key Stage 4 subjects and in Year 11 for Post 16 pathways. This is enhanced by our vertical tutor group structure that allows for peer to peer support and by events such as our Year 9 Pathways Evening.

More information

• Futura Curriculum (Pdf)

Essential cross curricular learning

Cross curricular elements, including PSHE (personal social and health education), SMSC (spiritual, moral, social and cultural development), CEIAG (Careers education, information, advice and guidance) and British values, are delivered through the subject content of lessons, the tutorial programme, assemblies and discrete activities for year groups or identified groups of students.

Key Stage 3 curriculum

We believe a three year Key Stage 3 is important to allow students to fully experience a broad and balanced curriculum before they make option choices in Year 9 and begin a more personalised pathway at Key Stage 4.

In Year 7, students are divided into two groups of equal size and equally mixed ability. These two groups are then divided into smaller teaching groups and timetabled separately for lessons in the subjects listed below. 

All students are taught the core subjects: English, Mathematics, Science and PE.

In addition, they are also taught the following:

• Humanities subjects: History, Geography, Religious Studies (parents and carers have the right to withdraw their child from all or part of Religious Studies (RS) in accordance with DfE guidance)
• Modern Languages: French and Spanish
• Performing Arts: Dance, Drama and Music
• Design, Art and Technology: Product Design, Textiles, Art and Food
• Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)
• Computing 

More information

• Year 7 Curriculum Overview  (Pdf)
• Year 8 Curriculum Overview (Pdf)
• Year 9 Curriculum Overview (Pdf)

Key Stage 4 curriculum

Our Key Stage 4 curriculum has been designed to ensure students have a balance of subjects that allows them to move on to their desired pathway at Post 16.

All students study English Language and Literature, Mathematics, Science, PE and PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education).  Students select a further four option subjects. Details can be found in our ‘Study Pathways’ guide which we publish in December on this website.  The option subjects currently offered in Years 10 and 11 are: 3D Design. Art and Design, Business, Child Development, Computing, Dance, Digital Technology, Drama, Food, Geography, Health and Fitness, History, French, Music, PE, Product Design (technology), Religious Studies, Spanish and Textiles.  These courses are either GCSEs or equivalent vocational qualifications such as Cambridge National Certificates and VCERTs.

We believe homework makes an invaluable contribution to our students’ progress, and so we support them to develop good independent learning habits, either at home or in the school library and use the extremely popular Bromcon portal for setting homework and supporting students to manage deadlines.

Further information

• Year 10 Curriculum Overview (Pdf)
• Year 11 Curriculum Overview (Pdf)

Key Stage 5 Curriculum

Key Stage 5 presents students with the exciting opportunity to focus their learning on subjects they have chosen and to develop the skills that will propel them on to their future career paths, apprenticeships or for continued study at university. We offer students a broad range of subjects that builds on their learning from Key Stage 4, and this offer is further enhanced by our partnership with the other Sixth Form Centres in the Trust. We continually review and enhance this provision; recent course additions include criminology, law and politics amongst others.  

Most students study three A Level subjects (or equivalent) and alongside these, students take part in our tutor programme, which covers PSHE, and enrichment sessions; these sessions allow students to develop beyond their academic experiences and they help to prepare students for life outside of education.  

In addition to the study programme above, students benefit from independent study time and can utilise our dedicated Sixth Form Centre throughout the day. They can extend their experiences by taking part in the EPQ (Extended Project Qualification) and programmes such as Challenge Futures – this aims to prepare students for the most competitive of courses and universities. We are proud of the support that we give all our students and the variety of opportunities on offer.

Further information

• KS5 curriculum map (Pdf)

 Ability grouping

The majority of our teaching takes place in classes of mixed ability.  However, we do group students in subjects where are there are strong reasons to do so in terms of the curriculum they study.  Mathematics will group students from early in Year 7 and throughout the school.  Children in each year will be divided between a foundation and a higher band, but these groupings remain fluid until Year 11.

Year 9 Study Pathways

• Year 10 Pathways Booklet 2026 – 20https://futuralearning.co.uk/schools/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Year-10-pathways-subjects-2026_2028-Final.pdf28 (Pdf)
• Core Subject Presentation (Pdf)
• Pathways Presentation 2026 (Pdf)

Subjects that can be chosen

• Art and Design (Fine Art)
• Business
• Child Development
• Computer Science
• Dance
• Digital Technology
• Drama
• Food Preparation and Nutrition
• Languages (Spanish and French)
• Geography
• History
• Mathematics Plus
• Music
• Psychology
• Physical Education and Fitness
• Product Design
• Religious Studies
• Textiles

If you wish to find out more about the curriculum we teach at Wellsway, please email enquiries@wellswayschool.com marked for the attention of the Curriculum Director for the subject you would like to find out more about.