The best knowledge, in the best order, making it stick.
In line with the Federation’s secondary curriculum intent, student learning at Mossbourne Community Academy is coherently planned and sequenced to ensure that students acquire and retain the knowledge and skills needed to fulfil their potential.
Mossbourne Community Academy offers a rich and stimulating curriculum that is tailored to student need, offering both support and challenge to all learners to ensure that every student achieves excellence. From rowing to Latin, our curriculum is broad in scope, yet also underpinned by the knowledge that a good secondary education requires a deep understanding of the core EBacc subjects. To this end, we dedicate substantial time and resources to maths, English, science, languages and the humanities subjects. Throughout the curriculum, we focus on delivering knowledge effectively, assessing it rigorously and ensuring our students retain it.
Finally, we believe in the importance of personal behaviours and attitudes to learning, without which no curriculum can be effectively delivered.
Key Stage 3 (Years 7 – 8)
Some students will also undertake additional languages as part of their curriculum:
Key Stage 3 (Year 9)
Students will continue with the following core subjects:
Some students will also undertake additional languages as part of their core curriculum:
Alongside the core curriculum, students will study two Creative Electives chosen from the following creative subjects:
At Mossbourne Community Academy, we believe it is important that all students have a broad and varied curriculum beyond the academic core subjects for as long as possible. The creative electives will foster curiosity and creativity which will develop skills students can use throughout their academic career and beyond.
Key Stage 4 (Years 10 & 11)
Students continue with core subjects (English, Maths, Science, Spanish or French, History, and Religious studies). Students also choose one GCSE option subject from the following:
Students continue the Bourne Scholar programme in Key Stage 4 and participate in a total of 8 different programmes of study – 4 in Year 10 and 4 in Year 11.
At Mossbourne Community Academy, the Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) curriculum reflects our belief that education is about shaping character as well as securing academic excellence. Through an integrated, whole-school approach, pupils’ Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development is embedded across every subject and all aspects of school life. Our provision ensures pupils develop moral understanding, integrity, positive relationships, and respect for the diversity of the community and wider society. This development is explicitly prioritised through our commitment to Religious Studies as a core subject that all students take to GCSE, our Personal Development drop-down days and the Bourne Scholar- a unique programme forming part of every pupil’s curriculum built around the four pillars of culture, community, character, and scholarship. SMSC values are further reinforced through a programme of carefully planned educational visits, impactful community engagement, and the daily modelling of excellence, unity, and high expectations by staff. These experiences underpin the promotion of British Values—democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect, and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs—preparing pupils to contribute confidently and responsibly to modern Britain.