Learning at King’s is an active, dynamic experience which flourishes because of good relationships and open discussions between teachers and students and between the students themselves.
The teaching at the College is therefore aimed to develop confidence, autonomy, and positive motivation among the students. This is not just to help them pass exams, but to help prepare them for a world where they will be expected to come to judgments and make (and defend) decisions.
The role of the teacher is, therefore, to stimulate and support learning, not necessarily to stand and deliver information (though there is always a time for that). Therefore, the main methodology will be discursive with teachers guiding small classes through learning discussions (in English). Most classrooms are set out with this in mind and every student will contribute to every lesson.
Curriculum
The College offers three programmes:
• Year 9 (13-14-year-olds): a preparation course for entry into a British curriculum school in Year 10
• Year 10 + Y11 (14-16-year-olds): a two-year course combining in Y10: the study of some GCSEs with a broad introduction to other subjects with Y11: the continuation of GCSEs started in Y10 with optional one-year courses.
• Year 11 (15-16-year-olds): an intensive one-year GCSE course, preparing students for Sixth Form entry into an A Level or IB school in Years 12 and 13
