Academic Life
Key Stage 3
Key stage 3
We aim to provide a curriculum that motivates, encourages creativity, and offers appropriate challenge to all Trinity students.
Year 7
Students are taught in their forms in all subjects except PE, which is delivered to a half year group at a time, and Engineering, which is taught to smaller mixed attainment groups. Half the year group will study French and half Spanish.
Year 8
Students are taught in their forms in all subjects except French and Spanish, which are taught in set attainment groups, and PE and Engineering, as in Year 7.
Year 9
Students are set into attainment groups in English in Year 9. All other subjects continue to be delivered as they are in Year 8.
Curriculum overview
| Subject | Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 |
| English | 8 periods | 7 periods | 7 periods |
| Mathematics | 7 periods | 7 periods | 7 periods |
| Science | 5 periods | 5 periods | 5 periods |
| DT (Engineering) | 3 periods | 3 periods | 3 periods |
| RE | 3 periods | 3 periods | 3 periods |
| History | 3 periods | 3 periods | 3 periods |
| Geography | 3 periods | 3 periods | 3 periods |
| Business & Computing | 2 periods | 3 periods | 3 periods |
| French/Spanish | 4 periods | 4 periods | 4 periods |
| Music | 2 periods | 2 periods | 2 periods |
| Art | 2 periods | 2 periods | 2 periods |
| Drama | 2 periods | 2 periods | 2 periods |
| PSHCE | 1 period | 1 period | 1 period |
| Citizenship | – | 1 period | 1 period |
| PE | 4 periods | 4 periods | 4 periods |
| Careers | – | Half-termly | Half-termly |
| Transition Curriculum | 1 period | – | – |
