Curriculum Overview 

Curriculum Vision 

Our curriculum enables everyone to be exceptional by understanding themselves, the world around them and their significance in it.

The curriculum is driven by the community that we serve, offering qualifications and experiences that challenge, engage and support every student, regardless of starting points.

Curriculum at Leeds East Academy

Curriculum Intent Statement

At Leeds East Academy we offer a broad, knowledge rich, aspirational and values driven curriculum which is responsive to the needs of the community it serves and designed to empower all students to thrive academically, personally and culturally.

A key element of the curriculum will focus on developing a love of learning in all young people by offering a creative and experiential experience. This will be achieved through a clear curriculum rationale, strong curriculum design and dynamic teaching. Lessons are delivered by passionate subject experts who sequence learning so that new content links with and builds on prior knowledge.

Lessons are characterised by consistently high expectations, challenge and support for all students. The development of literacy is embedded across the curriculum through a unified approach to reading, and oracy. We expect students to read widely, articulate understanding and opinions confidently and use core subject terminology fluently.

The Key Stage 3 curriculum at Leeds East Academy is innovative and precisely designed to transition your child from Key Stage 2 to success in the rigorous assessment of the new 9 -1 GCSEs.

In Key Stage 3 students study English (Language and Literature), Maths, Science, History, Geography, Spanish, Citizenship, Religious Education, Computing, Art and Technology, Drama, Music and PE. The broad curriculum offers students the opportunity to develop new passions and interests and provides them with a wide range of skills.  The variety is designed to enable students to make informed choices when it comes to choosing subjects to study in more depth during Key Stage 4.    

The end of Year 9 marks an exciting time in the Academy where students select their GCSE options and begin their KS4 journey. Students benefit from being able to choose from a wide range of subjects that have a multitude of career options. At KS4, students will choose three option subjects to sit alongside their core subjects. The offer is highly personalised to ensure all students achieve exceptional outcomes. No matter what subjects students decide to choose, they will be well supported throughout their journey with world class teaching and the very best educational support available.

Personal Development

The Academy believes in creating well rounded individuals, equipped to deal with the world around them. As part Guardian’s deliver a personal development session on a Monday to all students. This provides the opportunity to cover;

• PSHCE: Health and Well Being, Wider World and Relationships
• Relationship Sex Education
• Social and Emotional Mental Health
• British Values
• High Performance Learning

Within this a wide range of issues are covered including Mental Health, Gender, Self-Image, Careers, post 16 options, rights, finance, relationships, sex education, tolerance, democracy and in key stage four Religious Education.

Curriculum Offer For KS3 

All students follow a broad, balanced and ambitious curriculum to lead to outcomes that give students the best possible life chances.

* Future subjects to be considered

KS4 GCSE Qualifications 

Further Options: