Key Stage 5
Curriculum
Map
Key Stage 5 Curriculum Map 2013-4
The idea behind this is be able to share with parents the topics being covered in each subject so
that additional work/help can easily take place at home, if no homework is set for example. It
will also supplement the coursework outline we have had for some time, arranged by Elaine on
where the pressure points in terms of controlled assessments may be within the 2 years. Also
examination timing is less standardised across the subjects with early entry for some or all of a
course now common practice. This list is however a guide and will undoubtedly be changed. This
flexibility may be due to split groups, PGCE teachers, controlled assessment set titles etc.
ART & Design
OCR
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
Y12 Summer
Term
Y13 Autumn
Term
Y13 Spring
Term
Y13 Summer
Term
Unit Topic
Controlled
Assessment
Teacher led course work project
Thematic
60% of final AS grade
Examination
Biology
OCR
Unit Topic
Controlled
Assessment
Examination
Pre release
materials
Feb – May
sketch book
study
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
Student led course work project
60% of final A2 grade
40% Exam
2 hr book work
8 hr practical
exam
Y12 Summer
Term
Cells, exchange and transport.
Molecules
Biodiversity.
Food and Health
Assessed
practical 20%
Pre release
materials
Feb – May
sketch book
study
Y13 Autumn
Term
Y13 Spring
Term
40% Exam
3 hr book work
12 hr practical
exam
Y13 Summer
Term
Communication, homeostasis and energy.
Control: genomes and
environment
Assessed
practical 20%
January exam
30%
June exam
50%
January exam
30%
June exam
50%
Business
Studies
EDEXCEL
Unit Topic
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
Unit 1:
Developing
New Business
Ideas
Unit 2:
Managing the
Business
Y12 Summer
Term
Revision
Controlled
Assessment
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
Y13 Autumn
Term
Atoms
Reactions
Bonding & Structures
Revision
Y13 Spring
Term
Y13 Summer
Term
Energy and Organic Chemistry
N/A
Examination
80%
Examination
20%
Coursework
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
80%
Examination
20%
Coursework
Y12 Summer
Term
Y13 Autumn
Term
Roman City Life
Odyssey
Y13 Spring
Term
Y13 Summer
Term
Roman Britain
Comic Drama in the Ancient World
Controlled
Assessment
Examination
Y13 Summer
Term
Unit 3: 50%
Unit 4: 50%
Pre-release
Case Study
1 ½ Hours each
Written Exams
Y12 Summer
Term
Controlled
Assessment
Unit Topic
Unit 3: International Business
Unit 4: Making Business Decisions
Unit 1: 50%
Unit 2: 50%
1 ¼ Hours
each
Written Exams
Unit Topic
Classics
Y13 Spring
Term
N/A
Examination
Chemistry
Y13 Autumn
Term
N/A
2 Papers
50% each
1 ½ Hours
each
2 Papers
50% each
2 Hours each
D&T Product
Design
(Graphics)
EDEXCEL
Unit Topic
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
Unit 4: Negotiated Design and Make Task 60%
Unit 2 Exam
40%
1.5Hours
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
Y12 Summer
Term
Unit 3 Exam
40%
2 Hours
Y13 Autumn
Term
Y13 Spring
Term
Y13 Summer
Term
Unit 1&2:
Materials and Components
Industrial and Commercial Practice
Quality
Health and Safety
Product Investigation
Product Design
Product Manufacture
Unit 3&4:
Industrial and Commercial Practice
Systems and Control
Design in Context
Sustainability
Commercial Design (Negotiated Design and Make Task
)
Unit 1: 3 Set Tasks 60%
Unit 4: Negotiated Design and Make Task 60%
Examination
Unit 2 Exam
40%
1.5Hours
D&T Product
Design
(Textiles)
AQA
Y12 Autumn
Term
Unit Topic
Basic 2 week
project
A: Materials &
Components
B: Design &
Market
Influences
Examination
Y13 Summer
Term
Unit 1: 3 Set Tasks 60%
Controlled
Assessment
Controlled
Assessment
Y13 Spring
Term
Unit 3&4:
Industrial and Commercial Practice
Systems and Control
Design in Context
Sustainability
Commercial Design (Negotiated Design and Make Task
)
Examination
Unit Topic
Y13 Autumn
Term
Unit 1&2:
Materials and Components
Industrial and Commercial Practice
Quality
Health and Safety
Product Investigation
Product Design
Product Manufacture
Controlled
Assessment
D&T Product
Design
(Resistant
Materials)
EDEXCEL
Y12 Summer
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
B: Design &
Market
Influences
C: Processes &
Manufacturing
Y12 Summer
Term
Revision
A2 Coursework
Learning through Designing &
Making
50% Coursework
50% written Exam 2hr
Text 1: Materials, Components &
Apllication
Unit 3 Exam
40%
2 Hours
Y13 Autumn
Term
A: Materials &
Components
B: Design &
Market
Influences
Y13 Spring
Term
B: Design &
Market
Influences
C: Processes &
Manufacturing
Y13 Summer
Term
Revision
Design & Making Practice
50%
Coursework
50% written
exam 2 hr
Text 3: Design
&
Manufacturing
Drama &
Theatre
Studies
EDEXCEL
Unit Topic
Controlled
Assessment
Y12 Autumn
Term
Unit 1:
Exploration of
Drama &
Theatre
Y12 Spring
Term
Y12 Summer
Term
Y13 Autumn
Term
Unit 2: Theatre Text in
Performance
Unit 3:
Exploration of
Dramatic
Performance
Unit 1:
Practical
Unit Topic
Y12 Spring
Term
Y13 Autumn
Term
Unit 1: Markets & Market Failure
Unit 2: The National Economy
Y13 Spring
Term
Y13 Summer
Term
Unit 3: Business, Economics & the Distribution of
Income
Unit 4: The National & International Economy
N/A
Examination
Unit 1: Exam
50% 1 ¼ hr
Unit 2: Exam
50% 1 ¼ hr
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
Y12 Summer
Term
Unit Topic
ELLB2:
Themes in
Language and
Literature
ELLB1:
Introduction to
Language.
The Food
Anthology
ELLB1:
Introduction to
Language.
The Food
Anthology
Coursework
Essay
comparing two
novels: Catcher
in the Rye and
Huckleberry
Finn.
Unit 3: Exam
50% 2 hr
Unit 4: Exam
50% 2 hr
Y13 Autumn
Term
ELLB4: Text
Transformation
Y13 Spring
Term
Y13 Summer
Term
ELLB3: Talk
in Life and
Literature
ELLB3: Talk in
Life and
Literature
ELLB4: Students
produce two
pieces of creative
work based on
novels we’ve
studied.
•1st piece due
December
• 2nd piece due
late March
40% of A2 grade.
40% of AS
grade. Due
February.
Examination
Written exam 30%
Practical 20%
50% carried over
from AS
Y12 Summer
Term
Controlled
Assessment
English LANG
& LIT
AQA
Unit 4: Theatre Text in Context
Unit 1 40%
Unit 2 60%
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y13 Summer
Term
Unit 3:
Performance &
written work
Examination
Economics
AQA
Y13 Spring
Term
2 hour exam
on The Food
Anthology
(ELLB1)
60% of final
grade.
2 hour exam on
Talk in Life and
Literature.
60% of A2
grade.
English
Language AQA
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
Y12 Summer
Term
Y13 Autumn
Term
Unit Topic
Y13 Spring
Term
Unit 3: Child Language Acquisition Speaking
Unit 3: Child Language Acquisition & Language
Change
Controlled
Assessment
Unit 4: Language Investigation
Examination
English
Literature AQA
Unit Topic
Controlled
Assessment
Language
Development 2
½ hour
20%
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
Unit 1 Struggle for Identity in
Modern Literature
Unit 2: The
Handmaid’s
Tale (1100
words)
10%
Unit Topic
Y12 Summer
Term
Unit 1 Feminine
Gospels, Carol
Ann Duffy
Y13 Spring
Term
Unit 3 Love Through the Ages
Unit 1 Exam:
Struggle for
Identity in
Modern
Literature
(2hrs) 30%
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
Leisure & lifestyles, Individual &
Society
Y13 Summer
Term
Unit 4 Compare a Shakespeare
play with two other texts (3000
words)
20%
Unit 3 Exam:
Reading for
Meaning
(2.5 hrs)
30%
Y12 Summer
Term
Y13 Autumn
Term
Revision
Controlled
Assessment
Examination
Y13 Autumn
Term
Unit 2: A
Streetcar
Named Desire
and Look Back
in Anger
(1400 words)
10%
Examination
French
WJEC
Y13 Summer
Term
Y13 Spring
Term
Environmental Issues or Social &
Political Issues
Y13 Summer
Term
Revision
N/A
Oral 20%
30%Listening,
Reading,
Writing (x2)
Oral 20%
30%Listening,
Reading,
Writing (x2)
Geography
AQA
Unit Topic
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
Y12 Summer
Term
Y13 Autumn
Term
Y13 Spring
Term
Y13 Summer
Term
Rivers, Floods
& Management
Population
Change
Cold
Environments
Energy Issues
Revision
Weather and
climate and
associated
hazards
World Cities
Plate tectonics
and associated
hazards
World Cities
Revision
Geographical Skills
Geographical Skills
Controlled
Assessment
N/A
Examination
Health & Social
Care
OCR
Unit Topic
Controlled
Assessment
50% AS carried
over
30%
Contemporary
Geographical
Skills Exam 2hr
30m
20% Skills Exam
1hr30m
70% Human &
Physical Exam
2 hours
30% Skills
Exam 1 hour
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
Unit F910: Promoting Quality Care.
Unit F911:
Communication
in care settings
Unit F912:
Promoting good
health
16.67%
16.67%
Y12 Summer
Term
Y13 Autumn
Term
Revision
Y13 Spring
Term
Unit F919: Care Practice and
provision
Unit F923: Mental-health issues
Y13 Summer
Term
Revision
Unit ?
To be decided
16.67%
16.67%
Examination
History
EDEXCEL
Unit Topic
Unit F910:
Promoting
Quality Care.
16.67%
1hour 30mins
Y12 Autumn
Term
Unit 1: Civil
Rights (Option
D)
Unit 2:
Women’s
Suffrage
(Option C)
Y12 Spring
Term
Y12 Summer
Term
Unit 1: Russian
Revolution
Revision
Unit 2:
Women’s
Suffrage
(Option C)
Unit 2:
Women’s
Suffrage
(Option C)
Y13 Autumn
Term
Y13 Spring
Term
Y13 Summer
Term
Unit 3: Cold War
Unit 4: Tudor Rebellions (Kett’s Rebellion & Pilgrimage
of Grace)
Controlled
Assessment
Examination
Unit F919: Care
Practice and
provision.
16.67%
1hour 30mins
Unit 1: 50%
exam testing
essay writing
skills
Unit 2: 50%
exam testing
source skills
80mins each
Unit 3: 60%
exam 2 hours
testing essay
writing skills &
source skills
Coursework:
40%
Subject:
Advanced GCE
in ICT (Year
13) / AS GCE
in Computing
(Year 12)
Unit Topic
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
Y12 Summer
Term
Y13 Autumn
Term
U1 - Problem Solving • Programming • Data
Representation • Practical Exercise
U2 - Computer Components, The Stored Program
Concept and The Internet
Controlled
Assessment
Unit Topic
N/A
Computing
COMP1 – online
Computing
COMP2
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
Unit 1: Law Making and the Legal
System
Unit 2: The Concept of Liability
Y12 Summer
Term
Controlled
Assessment
Examination
ICT G063
Exam
ICT G064
Submission
Y13 Spring
Term
Unit 3: Criminal Law (Offences
Against the Person)
Unit 4: Criminal Law (Offences
against Property)
Y13 Summer
Term
Revision
N/A
Examination
Unit Topic
Y13 Autumn
Term
Revision
Controlled
Assessment
Mathematics
OCR
Y13 Summer
Term
U3 - The systems cycle • Designing computer-based
information systems • Networks and communications •
Applications of ICT • Implementing computer-based
information systems • Implications of ICT
U4 - Definition, investigation and analysis • Design •
Software development, testing and installation •
Documentation • Evaluation
Examination
Law
AQA
Y13 Spring
Term
Unit 1 & 2: 2
Exams 50%
each at AS
(25% at A2)1 ½
hr each
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
Unit 3&4: 2x
Exam 25% 1 ½
hr each
Y12 Summer
Term
Y13 Autumn
Term
2 Pure Maths Modules
1 Statistics Module
Y13 Spring
Term
2 Pure Maths Modules
1 Mechanics Module
N/A
Y13 Summer
Term
Media Studies
OCR
Unit Topic
Controlled
Assessment
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
Y12 Summer
Term
Y13 Autumn
Term
Textual Study:
Television
Drama
Critical Theory
for the
foundation
practical
Case Studies:
Audience &
Institution
Revision
Post
Modernism in
the Media
Practical Production
Y13 Spring
Term
Y13 Summer
Term
Prepare and sit exam
Advanced Practical Production
Examination
Music
EDEXCEL
Unit Topic
Controlled
Assessment
Y12 Autumn
Term
•Recital prep
•Study & analysis
of Instrumental
set works.
•Harmony
•Unit 2:
Composition
briefs –
preparation.
Y12 Spring
Term
•Harmony and
analysis of
unfamiliar music.
•Study & analysis
of the Vocal set
works .
•Revision &
exam prep.
Y13 Spring
Term
•Recital prep
•Chorale
•Popular Song
•Continuity & change in instrumental
music – study and analysis of
Instrumental set works.
Y13 Summer
Term
•Aural Analysis
•Music in context
– study and
analysis of
Applied music
set works.
•Unit 4 (30%):
Extended
performance –
12-15 min recital.
•Unit 5 (30%):
Technical Studies
(2 x 3 hours).
•Unit 3 (40%):
Developing
Musical
Understanding (2
hour written
exam).
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
Y12 Summer
Term
Unit Topic
Unit 1: Healthy & Active Lifestyles
Opportunities & Pathways
Controlled
Assessment
Unit 2: 4 Set Tasks
Examination
Y13 Autumn
Term
•Unit 1 (30%):
Performing – 5-6
min recital.
•Unit 2 (30%):
Composition – 15
hours.
Examination
PE
EDEXCEL
Y12 Summer
Term
Y13 Autumn
Term
Y13 Spring
Term
Y13 Summer
Term
Unit 3: Short Term Preparation: Sports Performance
Long Term Preparation
Unit 4: 4 Set Tasks
Theory Exam
50%
1hr30m
Practical Exam
50%
Theory Exam
50%
1hr30m
Practical Exam
50%
Performance
Studies
OCR (Y13)
Unit Topic
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
Unit 1: Creating Performance
Controlled
Assessment
Unit Topic
Controlled
Assessment
Y12 Autumn
Term
Portfolio work
Y12 Spring
Term
Exam topic
released
Unit 2: Performance Context – 20th Century American
Musicals
Y12 Summer
Term
Exam
preparation
35%
Performance
External
Examiner
15% written 2h
exam
50% AS
Y13 Autumn
Term
Y13 Spring
Term
Personal Study
Personal Study
Y13 Summer
Term
Exam topic
released
Exam
preparation
Portfolio of
sketch books &
final pieces
60%
Coursework
Exam 40%
8hour
controlled
practical
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y13 Summer
Term
Performance
Project
Portfolio based
on small units
Y12 Spring
Term
Unit Topic
G481
Mechanics
Vectors,
kinematics,
dynamics &
materials
G482
Electrons,
waves &
photons
Electricity,
waves and
quantum
mechanics
Controlled
Assessment
Practical
science exams
(20%)
Practical
science exams
(20%)
Examination
Y13 Spring
Term
70%
Performance
30% written
exam 2 hr
Examination
Physics
OCR
Revision
A2
Y13 Autumn
Term
Performance &
Written Work
Examination
Photography
EDEXCEL
Y12 Summer
Term
Y12 Summer
Term
G482
Electrons,
waves &
photons
Electricity,
waves and
quantum
mechanics
G481 (30% 1hr)
G482 (50% 1hr
45m)
60%
Coursework
Exam 40% 12
hour controlled
practical
Y13 Autumn
Term
Y13 Spring
Term
Y13 Summer
Term
G484
Newtonian
world
Newton laws,
gravity, circular
and simple
harmonic
motion, and
thermodynamic
s
G485
Fields,
particles &
frontiers
Field theory
(electric and
magnetic),
capacitors,
medical
imaging,
nuclear physics
and cosmology
G485
Fields,
particles &
frontiers
Field theory
(electric and
magnetic),
capacitors,
medical
imaging,
nuclear physics
and cosmology
Practical
science exams
(20%)
Practical
science exams
(20%)
G484 (30% 1hr
15m)
G485 (50%
2hr)
Philosophy &
Ethics
EDEXCEL
Y12 Autumn
Term
Unit Topic
Y12 Spring
Term
Y12 Summer
Term
Unit 1: Foundations
Unit 2: Investigations
Y13 Summer
Term
N/A
Examination
Unit Topic
Y13 Spring
Term
Unit 3: Developments
Unit 4: Implications
Controlled
Assessment
Psychology
AQA
Y13 Autumn
Term
Unit 1: Exam
50% 1hr 45m
Unit 2: Exam
50% 1hr 15m
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
Y12 Summer
Term
PSYA1:
Cognitive Ψ with Research Methods – MEMORY
Developmental Ψ with RMs – ATTACHMENT
PSYA2:
Biological Ψ – STRESS
Social Ψ – SOCIAL INFLUENCE
Individual Differences – ABNORMALITY
Unit 3: Exam
50% 1hr 45m
Unit 4: Exam
50% 1hr 15m
Y13 Autumn
Term
Y13 Spring
Term
Y13 Summer
Term
PSYA3: Topics in Psychology
Three topics chosen from eight topics:
(a) Biological rhythms and sleep
(b) Perception
(c) Relationships
(d) Aggression
(e) Eating behaviour
(f) Gender
(g) Intelligence and learning
(h) Cognition and development
PSYA4:
Psychopathology – Choose1 of 3 topics from
• Schizophrenia
• Depression
• Phobic Disorders
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Psychology in Action – Choose1 of 3 topics from
• Media
• Addictive Behaviour
• Anomalistic Ψ
Psychological Research & Sci Method
Examination
PSYA1 – 50% - 90 Mins
2 Sections :
• Cog Ψ with RM
• Dev Ψ with RM
PSYA2 – 50% - 90 Mins
3 Sections :
• Bio Ψ
• Soc Ψ
• Ind Diffs
PSYA3: – 50% – 90 Mins
Three essays – one from each of chosen topics
QWC assessed in each essay
PSYA4: – 50% – 120 Mins
1 Essay from each topic:
• Psychopathology - SCHIZOPHRENIA
• Psychology in Action - MEDIA
Compulsory Question:
• Research Methods
Sociology
AQA
Unit Topic
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
SCLY1 Families and households
SCLY2 Education with research
methods
Y12 Summer
Term
Y13 Summer
Term
Revision
N/A
SCLY1: A one
hour exam
(40% of AS, 20%
of A Level)
SCLY2: A two
hour exam (60%
of AS, 30% of A
Level)
Examination
Y12 Autumn
Term
Y12 Spring
Term
Unit Topic
Unit 2:
Customer
Services
Unit 3: Travel
Destinations
Controlled
Assessment
Unit 2:
Customer
Services
Unit 3: Travel
Destinations
Examination
Y13 Spring
Term
SCLY3 Beliefs in society
SCLY4 Crime and deviance with theory
and methods
Revision
Controlled
Assessment
Travel &
Tourism
OCR
Y13 Autumn
Term
Y12 Summer
Term
Unit 1:
Introducing
Travel &
Tourism
Unit 1: Written
Pre Release
Case Study
Exam 2hr 33%
Unit 2: 33%
Unit 3: 33%
SCLY4: A one
hour 30 minutes
exam (20% of A
Level)
SCLY4: A two
hour exam (30%
of A level)
Y13 Autumn
Term
Y13 Spring
Term
Unit 10: Event
Management
Unit 11: Guided
Tour
Unit 10: Event
Management
Unit 11: Guided
Tour
Y13 Summer
Term
Unit 9: Tourist
Development
Unit 9: Written
Exam 2hr 33%
Unit 10: 33%
Unit 11: 33%