Engineering

Our curriculum vision is modelled in Engineering where we believe in an inclusive education for all.

Our curriculum intent at Key Stage 3 and 4 is:  

• Coherently plan, sequence, and adapt our curriculum to meet the unique needs of all of our learners.
• Offer breadth of study at KS3 provides the skills, knowledge and opportunities, to generate the pathways to GCSE, Further and High Education and Future Careers in all aspects of Engineering.    
• By drawing on other subjects in school such as English, Maths, Science and Geography students can develop effective literacy and numeracy skills through digital technology. This creates learners who are confident and competent readers, writers and speakers, with essential analytical skills needed for life, with links to relevant domestic, local and industrial contexts, such as the home, health, leisure, culture, engineering, manufacturing, construction, food, energy, agriculture and fashion.
• Embed a range of wider enrichment opportunities and experiences, at least one per year, to ensure our learners have an educational experience that is rich and varied.
• Encompass the whole school core values to maximise the impact of the curriculum.

Our curriculum intent at Key Stage 5 is:

• Coherently plan, sequence and adapt our curriculum to meet the unique needs of all of our learners. 
• Offer breadth of study at KS5 that comprehensively covers the specification whilst providing real world applications and opportunities to read around the subject. All students will be stretched and challenged over the two years, taking into account different starting points. 
• By drawing on other subjects in school such as English and Maths students can develop effective literacy and numeracy skills through digital technology. This creates learners who are confident and competent readers, writers and speakers, with essential analytical skills needed for life. 
• Embed a range of wider enrichment opportunities and experiences, at least one per year, to ensure our learners have an educational experience that is rich and varied. 
• Encompass the whole school core values to maximise the impact of the curriculum. 

As a result the KS3 and 4 Engineering curriculum will: 

• Enable students to discover and develop other skills such as research skills, writing skills, collaboration and problem-solving skills whilst building self-confidence to support them in all aspects of life.
• Enable student to develop a wide variety of creative and practical activities, allowing for creative design, a boarder understanding of design techniques and developing skills through practical making.
• Bring a wealth of knowledge and experience from industry into to the classroom by developing pupils’ skills and qualifications to go on and become the next generation of 21^st Century Engineers.
• Cover all aspects of the Design and Engineering curriculum, building practical skills, product analysis, electronics and the use of new design concepts when developing products for a wider community.
• Provide the students with the skills and knowledge to become independent learners, when designing and developing new ideas. 
• Continued use of the prior knowledge of the design and make process, when helping to embed the knowledge of Design and Make curriculum through KS3 and KS4. 
• Enable students to develop a range of products taught over 5 years, which offer students the opportunity to explore new materials and the use of CAD and CAM.
• Ensure students are challenged and stretched by developing their Creativity, resilience and aspirations when providing a foundation for every aspect of school and social life.

As a result the KS5 Engineering curriculum will:

• Inspire learners to become confident, resilient scientists who develop a love of learning Engineering. 
• Provide a stimulating environment that integrates discovery and exploration into learning and which takes into account individual needs, strengths and starting points. 
• Develop successful learners who are able to apply scientific knowledge and understanding correctly to both familiar and unfamiliar contexts in the world. 
• Enable learners to understand how science fits into society and thereby encourage them to make a positive contribution to their local and wider community. 
• Enable learners to use a range of mathematical skills that can be applied to the world in which they live. 
• Develop digital skills to remove all barriers to learning that enable learners to critically evaluate and refine methodologies and judge the validity of scientific conclusions that are presented to them in the media.
• Enable learners to critically analyse qualitative and quantitative data to draw their own logical, well-evidenced conclusions. 
• To enable learners to use their knowledge and understanding of Engineering to further their science education beyond Fortis Academy and/or to further their career. 
• Ensure students are challenged and stretched by developing their leadership, organisation, resilience, initiative and communication skills in order to provide foundations for every aspect of school life.