Years 8 (Lower School)

The Lower School, for children in Years 7 and 8, is the ideal stepping stone between junior and secondary education. Our aim is to ensure these first two years provide your child with a solid foundation for the rest of their time at the College.
Your child will be based in our purpose-built Lower School building, but they will take a number of lessons and activities in the classrooms, studios and laboratories in the main College departments.
Pupils are taught in co-ed classes, and will learn alongside pupils from other form groups. All classes are mixed ability with the exception of maths and languages. Your child will study the following subjects:
ArtComputer ScienceDesign & TechnologyDramaEnglishGeographyHistoryLatinMathsModern Languages (pupils take a modern foreign languages taster course, before narrowing their choice in Year 8)MusicPhysical EducationReligious StudiesScience (Biology, Chemistry, Physics and ‘How Science Works’, taught individually on rotation)STEMTrivium – the art of reading, researching, public speaking and debating