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Kingswinford Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Kingswinford, West Midlands, England. [1]The school is run by the standard English Education System and operates with Year 7, 8 and 9 falling under KS3 and Year 10 and 11 falling under KS4, with students choosing their GCSE subjects in Year 9 and beginning their two-year GCSE learning in Year 10.
The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a range of subjects taken in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, having been introduced in September 1986 and its first exams taken in 1988.
Key Stage 2 fits the later stage of primary education, often known as junior schools. Again, described by Sir William Henry Hadow, this took pupils up to the standardised break at age 11. Secondary education was split between Key Stage 3 & Key Stage 4 at age 14, to align with long-existing two-year examination courses at GCSE level.
These are stated as being Level 2 at age seven, Level 4 at age eleven, and then Level 5 at age twelve, and level 6c level 8a at age fourteen. Children are expected to make two sub levels of progress per year, e.g.: average=4c in year 6, whilst average in year 7=4b, year 8=5c and finally, year 9=5a. [2]
Key stage 2 (KS2) covers years 3, 4, 5 and 6 of compulsory school education in the National Curriculum. It is the longest stage of compulsory school education in England. Children are typically in the age range 7–11. The National Curriculum divides KS2 into lower KS2 (years 3 and 4) and upper KS2 (years 5 and 6).
In August 2018 63% of pupils achieved at least a Grade 4 in English and maths GCSE. [12] In its 2023 GCSE results just 12% of pupils achieved a Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Its Progress 8 score, a measure of pupils' progress in eight subjects from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 4, was -1.01 a rating of "Well below average". [13]
From Year 10 onwards, boys are required to study the subjects of Maths, English, Religious Studies and either Combined (Double) Sciences or Triple Science, plus an additional selection of optional subjects as they prepare to undertake their GCSE examinations. [7] The school's Year 7 Junior Drama Club works towards the annual Performing Arts ...
All Year 7 pupils will be allocated a language to study (French or Spanish). They will study this language for the rest of school resulting in a GCSE qualification at the end of Year 11. [2] All pupils in Years 7-9 will study: English; Maths; Science (Physics, Biology, and Chemistry) French or Spanish; History; Geography