Quick Links Search for: Home About Us Parents, Carers & Learners Safeguarding Staff Statutory Info Contact Us KS4 Curriculum KS4 Curriculum Allocation and Organisation Learners are taught in year-specific, mixed ability groups of up to 8 and teaching staff are reflective and plan accordingly for learners’ individual needs. Each lesson is 55 minutes long. Our Key Stage 4 curriculum is designed to give every learner access to a range of recognised and externally accredited qualifications that include both academic and vocational subjects. Emotional Literacy is delivered through PSHE and individual interventions as well as within lessons. Year 10 learners also have sessions for Taught Emotional Literacy (TEL). We expect every learner to achieve a qualification in English and maths as a minimum, whether this is at entry level or GCSE. Our curriculum also includes opportunities to study art and/or photography; drama; health & social care; history; PE; psychology and science as well as other accredited course identified as relevant to our learners. The programmes of study include GCSEs, iGCSEs, Entry level, Level 1 and Level 2 (various) vocational qualifications, Open Awards and BTECs. We incorporate work-related learning (WRL) and in Y11 vocational placements into our weekly timetable so that our learners have real-life work place learning experience to support their progress to further education, employment and training. Most full time learners typically follow our standard offer outlined below which shows the number of lessons allocated per week: Core Curriculum Extended Curriculum Y10 Y11 Y10 Y11 Cooking 1 1 ICT 1 N/a English 4 N/a Options 3 3 Maths 4 4 Outdoor Education 1.5 1 PSHE 1 1 P4C 1 1 Science 3 3 PE 1 N/a TEL 1 N/a Vocational N/a 1 day WRL 1.5 1 Personalisation – Y11 only If a learner joins us late in year 11 and they have been studying something not usually available within our curriculum offer (e.g. a modern foreign language GCSE), we will try hard to provide a continuation of that subject whenever possible. We are not able to do this for hard technology subjects e.g engineering. @ThreeTowersAPA TTAPAFollow TTAPA2 Dec Congratulations to Mrs Banks and Miss Taylor - officially Thrive Practitioners. Well Done ! #TeamThrive @ThriveApproach Reply on Twitter 1466416895645601795 Retweet on Twitter 1466416895645601795 3 Like on Twitter 1466416895645601795 10 Twitter 1466416895645601795 TTAPA2 Dec Future Skills at Media City UK Open Event 'FutureSkills at MediaCityUK is a centre of excellence for creative and digital courses.' Open Evening tonight, 5-7pm Dakota Avenue, Salford, M50 2PU https://www.salfordcc.ac.uk/futureskills-mediacityuk/ Reply on Twitter 1466335148643913729 Retweet on Twitter 1466335148643913729 Like on Twitter 1466335148643913729 Twitter 1466335148643913729 Load More... Hindley Campus, Leyland Park House, Park Road, Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3RX | T: 01942 932760 | E: hindleyoffice@ttapa.netWhelley Campus, 28 Hieland Road, Wigan, WN1 3UR | T: 01942 932760 | E: whelleyoffice@ttapa.net Three Towers is a member of the Rowan Learning Trust. Company No. 8010464, Reg. Office: Hawkley Hall High School, Carr Lane, Wigan. Copyright © 2018 Three Towers Alternative Provision Academy