Curriculum Overview

Park Lane International School follows the National Curriculum (NC) of England as a framework for educating our primary students. The NC continues to apply in the secondary school from Year 7 until Year 11 alongside the Cambridge Secondary 1 and 2 International Programmes. Our 17 to 18 year-olds (Years 12 - 13) study the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.

A curriculum is a set of learning goals and assessment strategies for students that are age and skill level-appropriate. For instance, the National Curriculum of England provides a structure to ensure that teaching and learning are balanced, consistent and developmentally appropriate. It sets out the subjects that are to be taught by our teachers, what the students should learn (skills, knowledge and understanding), the attainment targets that show progress and how the progress is to be assessed.

The National Curriculum of England
The National Curriculum of England is not meant to be a rigid plan for learning. On the contrary, there is a great deal of flexibility and freedom for our teachers and our staff to organise lessons and units in ways that suit our students, work with their strengths and support any learning difficulties. This flexibility is especially important for our students who are learning English as an additional language. At Park Lane, our teachers engage our students in hands-on learning where students can learn through play, songs, and apply this knowledge to their own lives. Our educators plan for our students so that they learn not only the skills but also the language that goes along with these skills.

The National Curriculum of England is organised on the basis of four key stages:

	Age	Year
Key stage 1	Ages 5-7	Years 1-2
Key stage 2	Ages 7-11	Years 3-6
Key stage 3	Ages 11-14	Years 7-9
Key stage 4	Ages 14-16	Years 10-11

 N.B. Years 12 to 13 (ages 17 to 18) are often referred to as ‘Key Stage 5’.

Curriculum Overviews

• Nursery Curriculum
• Reception Curriculum
• Year 1 Curriculum
• Year 2 Curriculum
• Year 3 Curriculum
• Year 4 Curriculum
• Year 5 Curriculum
• Year 6 Curriculum
  

For more information visit National Curriculum page.

At Park Lane our curriculum is structured as follows:

School Section	Class	Age	Key Stage, Formal Assessment & Examinations
Pre-School	*Pinkies (pre-Nursery)	2-3
	*Nursery	3-4	Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
Primary School	*Reception	4-5
	*Year 1	5-6	Key Stage 1 KS1 SATs
	Year 2	6-7
	Year 3	7-8	Key Stage 2     KS2 SATs
	Year 4	8-9
	Year 5	9-10
	Year 6	10-11
Secondary School	Year 7	11-12	Key Stage 3 + Cambridge Secondary 1   Cambridge International Checkpoint Tests
	Year 8	12-13
	Year 9	13-14
	Year 10	14-15	Key Stage 4 / Cambridge Secondary 2: IGCSE
	Year 11	15-16
	Year 12	16-17	IB Diploma Programme
	Year 13	17-18

 *Also available at Nessie Preschool in Prague 5.