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In the last decade, Francis Holland Sloane Square has become a byword for creativity, innovation and enterprise. Ours is a distinctive voice calling for young people to be prepared for a fast-changing and uncertain world by discovering resilience, imagination and emotional intelligence.
Now more than ever, we need to think outside the box. Already famed for our outstanding pastoral care, complemented by the dramatic upward trajectory of our academic performance, we are now the school for developing clever problem-solvers, innovative engineers, talented creatives and eager entrepreneurs. In short, our dynamic teaching, flexing off a springboard of spiritual care and emotional wellbeing, is producing some of the most talented and enterprising young women of this generation. Our girls learn to take risks and be fearless. Social justice and proactive care in a fractured world stem from children learning to give and to serve with humility, courage and determination to make a difference. With all their might, their talents and their will, our pupils go out from our School prepared to be the game-changers.
The Senior School curriculum stimulates enthusiasm for learning, curiosity and creativity. It is balanced and broadly based, and it is designed to promote the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of all pupils.
The curriculum is complemented by opportunities for extension activities, including participation in the UK Mathematics Challenge, creative writing workshops, play readings and preparation for extension papers in the Sixth Form.
Pupils are set from Year 8 in Mathematics and French and from Year 9 in English and the Sciences. Pupils' progress is monitored closely and there is always movement between groups.
Alongside their other subjects, all pupils receive a programme of Life Skills which complements the academic curriculum. Life Skills occupies a single period every week, with occasional extended lectures. Topics covered include health education, sex education, study skills, citizenship, environmental education and careers.
In the first year of Senior School (Year 7), pupils study Theology and Philosophy, English, French, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography, Art, 3D study, Drama, Music, Physical Education, Computing, Touch-typing, Latin, and Life Skills. In Year 8, Debating is introduced and pupils choose a second modern foreign language, which may be either German or Spanish.
The compulsory core of GCSE subjects is English Language, English Literature, a modern foreign language (from a choice of French, German or Spanish), Mathematics and two sciences (from a choice of Biology, Chemistry and Physics). Pupils choose a further three GCSE subjects from a list of options comprising Art, Classical Civilisation, Classical Greek, Computing, Drama, Geography, German, History, Latin, Music, Physical Education, Theology and Philosophy and Spanish. All pupils have lessons in Physical Education.
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