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At North Bridge House Canonbury we are dedicated to providing our students with an outstanding education and to developing happy, confident young adults with the skills to become future leaders. We maintain small class sizes, allowing us to tailor our teaching to meet the needs of every child within our diverse community.
With experts continuing to shed ever-more light on teenage learning patterns and the stages of their brain development, we believe that by effectively harnessing this research we can maximise the potential of each individual. Our work with the Teenage Sleep Foundation and Dr Paul Kelley from the University of Oxford has led us to introduce a later start time for students on a Wednesday, whilst Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and Teenage Mental Health champion, Johnny Benjamin, have informed our pupil support programme and helped us, and the parent body, better understand our teens.
Our team of specialist and dedicated teachers, drawn from a range of prestigious academic and university backgrounds, provide the inspiration our pupils need to realise their academic goals. The focus on academic success is complemented by first class pastoral care and attention to the learning needs of each individual child, while our experienced SENCO ensures our commitment to an inclusive curriculum and teaching strategies attuned to the needs of the whole school community.
To broaden our pupils’ interests and help them develop new and transferable skills, we offer a broad range of activities which enhance their learning and constitute an integral part of our overall educational offering. More than simply ‘extra-curricular’ provision, our timetabled enrichment programme develops transferable skills and interests, with activities varying from Mandarin to Yoga.
Whether your son or daughter is looking to join in Year 12 or Year 7, our provision is built upon a commitment to understanding and meeting the needs of the individual child.
At North Bridge House Senior Canonbury, we have created a broad and varied curriculum that prepares students for the competitive global job market. Specialist options complement the balanced range of core subjects for every year group, so that, from the outset of their secondary education, students are familiar with and can pursue sought-after fields of interest.
From Year 10, students refine their curriculum choices as they progress through GCSE and A-Level to allow for greater specialism and depth of study. Together with weekly enrichment, PSHE, and tutor sessions, the curriculum at North Bridge House Canonbury targets life skills and personal development as well as academic achievement.
From age 11 pupils study:
- English
- Mathematics
- Science
- Art
- Computing
- Drama
- French or Spanish*
- Geography
- History
- Mandarin or Latin
- Music
- PSHE
- Physical Education
* Students select between French or Spanish, and Latin or Mandarin, upon entry.
In Years 10 and 11 (ages 14-16), pupils select three GCSE subjects of their choice to study alongside the compulsory subjects of English, Maths and Science. They also have compulsory weekly Enrichment, P.E. and PSHE sessions but are not examined in these subjects, unless they have selected P.E. as one of their three GCSE options.
Core GCSE Subjects
- English (Literature & Language)
- Mathematics
- Science (Double or Triple)
Non-Core GCSE Subjects
- A choice of three GCSE subjects
Wider Learning
- Duke of Edinburgh
- ECDL
- Enrichment
- Graded Music Exams
- LAMDA
- PHSE
- Physical Education
- Sports Leaders
By invitation from the Mathematics Faculty, some students will be invited to studied Additional Mathematics. Students who wish to take Physical Education as a GCSE subject choice will need to select it as one of their three GCSE option choices. Some of our wider learning options varies annually and is depending on the cohorts' interests.
Students select three subjects to study from the following list*:
- Art
- French
- Music
- Drama
- Spanish
- Computing
- History
- Mandarin
- P.E.
- Geography
*Courses may vary in availability each year depending on uptake.
In Years 12 and 13 (ages 16-18), students typically study 3 or 4 subjects depending on their GCSE results and / or ability.
They can choose from*:
- English Literature
- French
- Spanish
- Mandarin
- Maths
- Further Maths
- Economics
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Physics
- History
- Geography
- Psychology
- Government and Politics
- Art
- Photography
- Extended Project Qualification
- Music
*Courses may vary in availability each year depending on uptake.
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