The focus at Malvern St James in MSJ Seniors is to empower each girl to reach her personal potential and achieve results that exceed expectations. We equip girls to think independently, discover their own interests and become intellectually curious. Our experienced, carefully selected and inspirational teachers actively challenge and stretch learners to push boundaries and take pride in their achievements.
Our personalised approach will ensure your daughter will develop her confidence and self-esteem by discovering new areas and ideas through which she can truly excel. Each girl feels part of the Malvern St James experience while having the freedom, confidence and support to follow her own path and achieve her full potential.
Our broad and diverse curriculum in these years at Malvern St James encourages girls to explore their subjects and develop their passions and interests whilst starting to acquire the skills and knowledge they will need for the GCSE years ahead.
In Year 7 pupils study English, Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Art, Design and Technology, Drama, Food & Nutrition, French, Geography, History, Computing, Music and Religious Studies. In Year 8 pupils take up Spanish and also have a choice of Latin, although some pupils where appropriate may choose to allocate some of these lessons for one-to-one Learning Support or EAL.
For Years 7-9 lessons are taught mainly in form groups apart from sets in Maths and the Sciences. In Years 8 and 9 French and Spanish are also taught in sets. In Year 9 the GCSE course commences in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths and Careers Education and Guidance comes to the forefront of the PSHEEC programme to support girls in their GCSE choices. There is also the opportunity for girls to take the following extra-curricular languages, where they can be taught up to GCSE and A Level: Arabic, Japanese, Mandarin, Russian, Italian and German. There will be at an additional cost associated with these.
