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.