Academic Curriculum
Please select the individual subjects to read the academic curriculum.
- Art
- The aim of the course is to develop a general range of skills and techniques
- Biology
- Biology aims to build knowledge of the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject
- Business Studies
- Our aim is to develop an appreciation of the business world and an interest in the subject
- Chemistry
- Chemistry aims to develop both a safe approach to practical work and practical skills
- Classics
- Study of the Greeks and the Romans is interesting, enjoyable and intellectually demanding
- Economics
- Students should have an interest in current affairs, the economy around them and an enquiring mind
- English
- English aims to develop good listening, accurate clarity of spoken expression, good reading and writ
- Geography
- Geography is a subject that seeks to explain the physical nature of our environment
- History
- From medieval British history and the First World War to a document study of Nazi Germany
- ICT
- At Yarm School ICT has become an integral part of the learning experience
- Languages
- The learning of foreign languages at Yarm starts young, at 5+ in the Early School
- Mathematics
- Mathematics is seen both as a subject in its own right and a service subject to others
- Music
- Music thrives at Yarm and plays a major role in the everyday life of the School
- PE
- Our aim is that all pupils have a positive and enjoyable experience of the physical education progra
- Physics
- Develop understand that particles that are the very building blocks of matter and the forces between
- Politics
- The course involves much discussion work, keeping abreast of current affairs and seminar style lesso
- Psychology
- We are all social beings who need to understand other people - so Psychology has universal relevance
- Religion & Philosophy
- Aim to raise awareness of Theology, Philosophy and Ethics in addition to World Religions
- Theatre Studies
- Involves the study of aspects of drama theory, specialisation in the work of particular dramatists
