Curriculum

A good education is more than just achieving a good set of GCSEs and A levels. At JCG we believe in providing the very best educational experience for your daughters. What that means is enabling your daughter to understand her own abilities and want to use them to make her life and the lives of others one which is happy, contented and fulfilled.

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Curriculum


Key Stage 3

Core Subjects
English, Mathematics, Science, French, Religious Education, Physical Education, Personal and Social Education.

Additional Subjects
Art, Drama, Design and Technology, Home Economics and Textiles, History and Geography, Information and Communication Technology and Music. In Year 8 students also have an opportunity to study an addition Modern Foreign Language a choice of Spanish or Italian.

Key Stage 4

Students continue to study the Core subjects but have an opportunity to opt for three additional subjects from the list above also including Business Studies. The Science course followed is Triple Science for all and in English students study both Literature and Language.


Key Stage 5

Students opt for four subjects from
Chemistry, Italian, Geography, ICT, English, Dance, Art, Biology, Home Economics, Textiles, History, Spanish, Maths, Media Studies, DT, Music, Psychology, Philosophy, Sports Studies, French, Photography
Theatre Studies, Physics, English, French and Business Studies.

The curriculum has been organised to improve accessibility in that GCSE begins in Year 9 for both Maths and Science. We provide twilight Latin (Cambridge assessment), ICT(GCSE), and Psychology) and in Year 11 we provide a GCSE in Psychology in curriculum time for those students who have expressed a preference or have been identified as not completing triple Science. All pupils in Years 11 through 13 have curriculum time for Enrichment.

The following accreditations are available depending on the courses and extracurricular activities followed by students
ASET, CLaIT, GCSE. AS,A2,CFS,IFS,ASSET, CLaIT, GCSE, AEA, GCSE, AS, A2, DiDA, CLaIT, AEA, Spell (Autism Jersey), STEP (Mathematics), Community Sports Leaders Award (CSLA), Duke of Edinburgh award, First Aid- Life saving Award, Extended Project Qualification, Trident Work Experience, ABRSM Music Theory, Music Instrumental exams to Grade 8, Cambridge Latin Course