Bolton School Senior Boys
Lower School Curriculum
In Year 7, pupils are placed in un-streamed form tutor groups. Their curriculum comprises:
| Year 7 | Periods per cycle |
| English inc Drama | 8 |
| Maths | 8 |
| Science | 5 |
| French | 6 |
| Latin | 4 |
| Geography | 4 |
| History | 4 |
| Art | 2 |
| Technology | 3 |
| Religious Studies | 2 |
| ICT | 2 |
| Music | 3 |
| PE | 1 |
| Swimming | 2 |
| Sport | 4 |
| SPACE | 2 |
From Year 8 until GCSE, Mathematics and English are in sets across the whole year group. In June all boys undertake a day of work sampling organised by the Careers Department.
| Year 8 | Periods per cycle |
| English inc Drama | 8 |
| Maths | 6 |
| Biology | 3 |
| Chemistry | 3 |
| Physics | 3 |
| French or Spanish | 6 |
| German or Russian | 6 |
| Latin | 2 |
| Geography | 3 |
| History | 3 |
| Art | 2 |
| Technology | 2 |
| Religious Studies | 2 |
| Music | 3 |
| PE | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 |
| Sport | 4 |
| SPACE | 2 |
| Year 9 | Periods per cycle |
| English | 6 |
| Maths | 6 |
| Biology | 4 |
| Chemistry | 4 |
| Physics | 4 |
| French or Spanish | 5 |
| German or Russian | 5 |
| Latin or Classical Civ | 3 |
| Geography | 4 |
| History | 4 |
| Art | 2 |
| Technology | 2 |
| Religious Studies | 1 |
| ICT | 1 |
| Music | 2 |
| PE | 1 |
| Sport | 4 |
| SPACE | 2 |
All three year groups have a three day residential, outdoor education visit to Patterdale Hall each year to pursue the practical elements of the outdoor education curriculum.
