KS3 Music

Mr C Cockerill - Curriculum Team Leader Music

How are students assessed?

Students are assessed on three areas in Music – Listening, Composing and Performing.

Year 7

Baseline Assessment – listening activity

Musical Language - the elements of Music (PINS Listening)

Pictures at an Exhibition – writing music to a brief (PINS Composing)

Latin American Music – the music and culture of South America (PINS Performing)

Year 8

Reggae – the music of Jamaica (PINS Performing)

Intro to Improvisation – jazz music and the blues (PINS Listening)

Music and the Media – music from radio, television and movies (PINS Composing)

Year 9

Dance Music – Music from ballroom to clubland (PINS Composing)

Musical Theatre – Music from the shows (PINS Performing)

Hip Hop & Rap – the music and culture of Hip Hop from 1970s New York to the present day (PINS Listening)

Pupils show excellent attitudes to learning./ There is a thirst for knowledge and an excitement about lessons.

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The headteacher is exceptional. Her leadership has transformed the school. Not only do pupils make phenomenal progress and reach high standards...

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The school’s mission is to ‘enable young people to achieve success’. It does this outstandingly well.

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Teachers have high expectations of what pupils can achieve. There is a strong focus on the development of subject knowledge.

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Leaders know their school well. They work relentlessly to make their school even better. They are highly effective in improving standards of provision.

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Behaviour around the building is orderly and sensible. Within classrooms, behaviour is excellent.

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Parents, staff and pupils are overwhelmingly happy with the quality of education at school and rightly so. Inspectors judge that this is an outstanding place to learn.

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The curriculum is responsive to pupils’ interests and needs. They way in which it is organised helps to motivate pupils. The structure of the curriculum helps pupils to reach high standards.

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