MFL & Humanities
The Team
Team Member | Position | Email Address |
Mrs F Lagrange | Director of Learning for MFL and Humanities | flagrangec3nr9@nsix.org.uk |
Mrs R Frary | Teacher of History & Psychology | rfrary7krq@nsix.org.uk |
Mrs E Thornton | Teacher of History | ethornton9vrr@nsix.org.uk |
Mrs D Johnson | Teacher of Geography | djohnson7nrv@nsix.org.uk |
Mrs R Brown | Teacher of Spanish | rbrown8yrk@nsix.org.uk |
Mr B Arrowsmith | Teacher of Religious Studies | barrowsmith8yrd@nsix.org.uk |
Mrs K Hagag | Teacher of History and Religious Studies | 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 Psychology 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 relations with other European and global communities. |
Happiness | Students to be praised and rewarded for their efforts. To undertake a range of extracurricular opportunities and experiences which form lifelong memories. |
Success | To develop critical thinking, linguistic skills, and social skills which enable students to become better citizens 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 Years 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 Years 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 make 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:
- French – Results that have consecutively been ‘Excellent’ and ‘Outstanding’ outcomes that are in the Top 10% of all providers.
- Spanish – A highly popular option with consistently ‘good’ outcomes
- Geography – Consistently improved outcomes which are now ‘Excellent’ and in the Top 25% of all providers.
- History - Consistently ‘Very good’ and ‘Excellent’ outcomes which have consecutively been in the Top 25% of all providers.
- Religious Studies – Results that have consecutively been regarded as ‘Very good’ and ‘Excellent’ and in the Top 25% of all providers.