Please refer to the image below, to gain more information about subjects taught, and the number of lessons taught each week, for each subject. Each lesson lasts for 40 minutes.

Pupils at Key Stage 4, have the opportunity to choose 3 options on top of the core offer listed; these are both on and off-site, depending on the subject chosen;

• On-Site

• The Arts: Craft, DT, Food Technology, Art and Design, Humanities

• Science/ ICT: Sports Science, Esports, Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics)

• Off-Site

  • Through Wiltshire College / City of Bristol College 14-16 programme: Motor Vehicles, Construction, Health and Social Care, Animal Care, Land Management, Public Services (Other options are available depending on interest/ course availability).

  • Other Providers: Wheels, Rocksteady, Kandu Arts, Farm Cookery School

Curriculum Time

• 22 hours, 40 minutes of curriculum is on offer per week; 34 timetabled lessons

  • The 24-hour curriculum, as a residential setting of course, supplements and supports further curriculum and learning opportunities, including all aspects and coverage of the preparation for adulthood framework.

Qualifications on Offer

• It is an expectation that ALL pupils leave NHA with a minimum of 6 national qualifications.

  • ALL students should achieve a qualification in English and maths, alongside awards in outdoor education, ICT and PSHE.

  • MOST pupils should achieve a qualification in The Arts and, where they have opted for, a vocational qualification through the 14-16 college link programme.

  • SOME pupils will also achieve a qualification in 2–3 specialist subjects at KS4

    • The range of accreditation depends on the individual progress and flight path achievement of the student, as well as dependent on the time they joined the academy (see page 10 for a visual overview)

    • Qualification accreditation range from Entry Level, Functional Skills, GCSE, Arts Award, John Muir, D of E, NCFE Awards and Certificates. 

The image above shows what a lower school classroom is like.