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Curriculum

Science

Curriculum intent, implementation, and impact

About the subject

Science helps students understand the natural and technological world, make informed decisions and develop practical enquiry skills. The curriculum is designed to be accessible, relevant and appropriately challenging for students who may have gaps in prior scientific learning.

Qualifications and assessment

Kickstart currently offers an accredited science pathway.

About the Curriculum intent, implementation, and impact

Intent

Develop secure knowledge across biology, chemistry and physics.
Use scientific vocabulary accurately.
Plan, carry out and evaluate practical enquiries safely.
Interpret evidence, data and scientific claims.
Prepare students for the academy’s current accredited science pathway.

Implementation

Learning is planned from students’ assessed starting points and reviewed as they make progress.
Lessons follow Kickstart’s lesson pathway: Learning Intention, Remember, Learn, Practise and Review.
Teachers use adaptive teaching, modelling, scaffolding, retrieval and regular checking for understanding.
Literacy, vocabulary and communication are taught explicitly within the subject.
Assessment information is used to address gaps, adjust teaching and make qualification-entry decisions.
Practical work, demonstrations, real-world examples and structured scientific writing are used to make abstract ideas concrete.

Impact

Students build knowledge and skills from their individual starting points.
Work, assessment evidence and student voice demonstrate increasing confidence and independence.
Students are prepared appropriately for accredited assessment and their next stage of education, employment or training.
Progress is considered alongside engagement, attendance, resilience and readiness to learn.

Enrichment

Opportunities may include practical investigations, STEM activities, visiting speakers, workplace links and visits connected to science and technology

Careers

Careers learning in this subject contributes to Kickstart’s wider careers programme and the Gatsby Benchmarks. Through our work with Future Focus, students receive individual support to explore suitable pathways, make applications and prepare for a positive post-16 transition. Science supports progression into health, animal care, construction, engineering, environmental work, sport, public services, laboratory work and technical training.