Curriculum

Leigh Academy Bexley is committed to providing an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) curriculum that is challenging, broad, balanced and appropriate to each student’s ability. The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme curriculum encourages students to make practical connections between their studies and the real world. In addition to English, Mathematics and Science, all Key Stage 3 students study Art, Drama, Music, History, Geography, French or Spanish, PE, Technology, ICT and PSHE. The MYP aims to develop active learners and internally minded young people who can empathise with others and pursue lives of purpose and meaning. The program empowers students to inquire into a wide range of issues and ideas of significance locally, nationally and globally. The result is young people who are creative, critical and reflective thinkers.

We are proud of the diverse range of high-quality GCSE and Vocational courses that all students have access to. We are confident that the curriculum we offer to students will equip them with the qualifications, knowledge and skills they will need to lead successful and fulfilling adult lives. The decisions that students will make are therefore important and consequential. It is for this reason we are absolutely committed to providing students and families with comprehensive and individual support at each stage of the options process. Whilst all students will study GCSEs in English, Mathematics and Science, students and families will be taken through a guided process so that an informed decision can be made with confidence about the options your child wishes to make for Year 10 and 11.