Our Curriculum Explained

At Lord Grey Academy we pride ourselves on delivering a high quality, high support/ high challenge curriculum that is wholly inclusive to meet the needs of all our learners, with particular regard for students with SEND or disadvantage. We never view our curriculum as a “finished” model, regularly reviewing in light of research-informed evidence, our context and students’ needs. Consequently, our students experience a curriculum that is:

•  Ambitious for all, irrespective of starting points, reflecting our ethos that all students at Lord Grey Can.
• Reflective of our values of Ambition, Civility, Curiosity, Determination and Integrity, which are embedded in all our curricula, inclusive of our personal development and behaviour curriculum.
• Knowledge rich,word rich, and well-sequenced, building upon our students’ prior learning at KS2 and continuing to build their knowledge and skills incrementally throughout KS3, KS4 (and KS5 should they choose to continue their learning journey with us)
• Enabling of  our students’ ability to know more, remember more and do more as they progress through the years.
• Broad and balanced; students study a wide range of subjects and spend an appropriate amount of time on each of these. 
• Relevant to learners,equipping them with the attitudes, character, knowledge and skills they will need to be successful in their future adult lives. 
• Literacy-rich, with opportunities to develop both content-literacy and disciplinary literacy in addition to everyday literacy skills.
• Complemented and enhanced through our extra curricular programmes, educational trips and experiences, and student leadership opportunities that enrich the Lord Grey and local community, preparing students to be active citizens and to thrive in their adult lives.

At Lord Grey we have a three year KS3 and a two year KS4, with students making their Guided Choices in Spring Term 2 of Year 9, ready for Year 10.

• KS3 – Year 7, 8, 9
• KS4 – Year 10, 11
• KS5-Year 12,13.

As we are a large Academy we are able to offer a wide range of subjects which harness everyone’s talents and aptitudes, a breakdown of how we offer this to each student can be found here; Lord Grey Curriculum Model 2025-2026

Key stage 3

At Key Stage 3, Lord Grey Students study the following subjects:

English, Maths, Science, History, Geography, RE, PSHE, a Modern Foreign Language of their choice, PE, Music, Drama, Art, and a rotation of Food Technology, Design Technology and CAD/CAM design.

Key stage 4 

At Key Stage 4, our students are given the opportunity to specialise whilst maintaining breadth. All students study the core subjects of English Language, English Literature, Maths and Combined Science with the opportunity to take Triple Science. All students study PSHRE (which is a combination of PSHE and RE) and Core PE. We block our subjects to ensure students can access the EBACC and all students choose between History, Geography and a Modern Foreign Language with the opportunity to study all 3. There are a range of additional choices available including the following:

The Modern Foreign Languages we offer are German and Spanish.

Key Stage 5

Our inclusive sixth form offers a wide range of qualifications, ensuring that the needs of all learners are catered for.  We offer a range of A Level and highly successful Level 3 Vocational courses such as Criminology, Business and Applied Science and Applied Psychology.  We are one of the only schools in Milton Keynes to offer Level 2 qualification pathway with our Public Services and English and/or Maths resit, should these be required, ensuring there is a place for everyone. 

  We have an exciting array of enrichment activities on offer that all students select from; these include working with PSG, the EPQ, and the Sports’ leaders programme.  All students develop their character and personal skills with a weekly personal development lesson and an extensive programme of additional opportunities to learn about future careers and study options is offered throughout students’ time with us. Our sixth form students also contribute positively to both our school community and the local community through their leadership of the School Council including charity events, mentoring students in the years below and as sports leaders in primary schools.

Note: Parents/Carers have the right to withdraw their child from the non-statutory components of sex education within the RSE programme. The process for requests for withdrawal can be found in Appendix 3 of our RSE Policy which can be found here https://www.lordgrey.org.uk/policies/

Parents/Carers also have the right to withdraw their child from Religious Education and trips and visits of a religious nature. To request the withdrawal of your child from either of the above subjects, please use the form at the link here.

Extra-curricular

Students at all key stages have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of additional opportunities through our varied extra-curricular programme, developing a range of skills and interests.  In addition to extra curricular programmes offered by our staff, our student council leads on obtaining student voice to shape our curriculum offer leading to some of our clubs being led by our students and merely supervised by our staff. Extra curricular opportunities include participating in the annual school show, school band and choir, languages film club, debating club, the UKMT Maths challenge and a variety of sporting opportunities including UV sports, Cricket and Badminton.  Students in our Sixth Form have an incredible opportunity to be coached and work alongside PSG professional coaches and associates.  Lord Grey Academy has a thriving student council body that acts as ambassadors leading on a range of initiatives including running student elections for MKYC, charity and fundraising and forming students panels for staff interviews.

To take a deeper dive into our curriculum, please follow the subject links:https://www.lordgrey.org.uk/extra-curricular-at-lord-grey/

To read our Whole-School and departmental Curriculum intent statements, please follow this link.

Each faculty link below, will explain the subjects covered in Lord Grey’s curriculum from Year 7 to Year 11.  If you require further clarification, please contact the relevant Head of Faculty as detailed on each link.

English
Maths
Science
PSHE & PSHRE
Humanities
Languages
Creative Technologies
Performing Arts
PE & Sports Science
Business and Economics
Computing & Computer Science
Vocational