Our Curriculum

About our Curriculum

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We have built a balanced, wide-ranging curriculum with depth and an element of choice. We firmly favour enrichment over acceleration. We don’t encourage either taking exams early or taking exams during spare time; subjects are not to be rushed through or ticked off, but explored and reflected upon.

A commitment to learning

The common goal of all Sevenoaks teachers is to communicate effectively and to encourage pupils to develop a commitment to learning for its own sake. Preparation for university and beyond is viewed with importance and each student is taught to develop the self-motivated attitude to study to which all education should lead. Syllabus selection plays an important part in this; academic departments review their courses regularly to ensure that learning is a stimulating and interesting experience.

Achieving this depends on maintaining our expertise in teaching, and continuing to achieve strong examination results, university places and workplace success. In each of these areas we encourage variety and individuality, both characteristic of a Sevenoaks education.

Continued success also depends on maintaining and articulating our particular spirit of liberal internationalism; a curriculum built around the International Baccalaureate and our own Middle School programme, a powerful service ethos, a distinctive educational influence and a truly cosmopolitan student body.

We offer over 60 different courses in the Sixth Form, giving students literally thousands of combinations to choose from. These, and our Lower and Middle School courses are described in the booklets linked on this page, and listed below, but there are a few unique subjects to highlight:

Society and Change

Society and Change is intended to encourage our Year 7 students to reflect critically on complex social problems and their consequences and to empower them with the tools to apply their academic understanding to create positive change in society, now.

Core Critical Thinking

Core Critical Thinking (CCT) runs in different forms through from Year 7 to Year 11 givens students to opportunity to engage in the world we live in, to recognise bias and nuance and to evaluate their own and others’ opinions.

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