Academic Overview

Curriculum Overview

Students are assigned to a tutor group which meet with their form Tutor daily for 20 minutes. Their relationship with their form tutor is an important feature of their life at Bourne Community College and we try to maintain these groups and tutors for the duration of their time at Bourne.

Bourne Community College operates a weekly timetable with 6 x 50 minute lessons per day (See Calendar for times of college day).

In Key Stage 3 (Years 7, 8 and 9) we teach a broad and balanced curriculum which follows the governments current National Curriculum for maintained schools. This includes the core subjects of English, Maths and Science together with the foundation subjects of Art, Drama, Music, Food Technology, Design Technology, ICT, French, Spanish, History, Geography, PSE, PE and RE.

In Key Stage 4 (Years 10 and 11) all students study the core subjects of English Language, English Literature, Maths, Science (Trilogy or seperate Biology, Chemistry & Physics), Personal Development and Core PE. Students then choose 3 additional subjects from a long list which includes Art, Business Studies, Child Care, Drama, Engineering, Food Technology, Design Technology, ICT, Music, French, Spanish, History, Geography, PE, PE/Sport and RE.

Our Mission:

To ensure every student develops their potential to flourish and be successful
To have high expectations of all staff and students
To respect those in our community locally, nationally and internationally

 

Our Vision:

To be an outstanding school and the Learning Hub for the locality

 

Our Values

Our values respect the charter of the UNICEF rights of the Child and our Bourne ID mirrors this .We gained GOLD status as a rights respecting School and are building on this great achievement .