SECONDARY SCHOOL
Bloomsbury’s Secondary School offers a broad, balanced curriculum, and builds on foundation skills from the Primary School. At the end of each key stage, each subject has a target. Students work towards developing skills, knowledge, and understanding at their appropriate level.
KEY STAGE 3
Years 7, 8 and 9
Key Stage 3 is the first three years of secondary education at Bloomsbury. All subjects in Key Stage 3 are compulsory:
- English (Language and Literature)
- Mathematics
- Science
- Thai
- Humanities
- Computer Science
- Music
- Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)
- Physical Education
- Art and Design
- Chinese (Mandarin)
All subjects are taught following the guidelines of the National Curriculum for England and Wales, and at the end of Year 9 students will all sit the Cambridge Checkpoint. This allows each individual student to measure themselves against students in England and Wales, and in British International Schools all over the world.
KEY STAGE 4
Years 10 and 11
In Key Stage 4, Bloomsbury offers the Cambridge IGCSE, the world’s most popular international curriculum for 14 – 16 year olds. Students generally take 8 subjects and should aim to sit the IGCSE examinations in all subjects they are taking. Examinations are set and conducted by the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) syndicate in England, and papers are all marked externally. The results of these examinations are graded, from A* – G.
At Bloomsbury, we offer the following subjects at IGCSE level:
- English
- Mathematics
- Physics, Chemistry and Biology
- Thai
- Computer Science
- Global Perspectives
- Travel and Tourism
- Business Studies
- Art and Design
- Music
- PE IGCSE