Staff and Departments

A high-quality art and design education should engage, inspire and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design.

Business Studies is a broad subject in the Social Sciences, allowing the in-depth study of a range of specialities such as accountancy, finance, organisation and marketing.

Child Care is the study of the physical, social, intellectual and emotional development of the child from conception to the age of five years old. The course provides a basis for further study of Child Development and other related qualifications and could be the starting point for careers in Nursing, Play Therapy or Teaching.

Dance is a powerful and expressive subject which encourages students to develop their creative, physical, emotional and intellectual capacity. At Yateley School Dance is offered at KS3, 4 and 5. Students can gain qualifications at GCSE and BTEC level.

Design and technology is an inspiring, rigorous and practical subject. Using creativity and imagination, pupils design and make products that solve real and relevant problems.

Drama is a symbolic language used to represent the real world. Art has been used for this purpose for thousands of years.

A high-quality education in English will teach pupils to speak and write fluently so that they can communicate their ideas and emotions to others through reading, writing and listening.

Food and nutrition is about how to cook and apply the principles of nutrition and healthy eating. Instilling a love of cooking in pupils opens a door to one of the great expressions of human creativity.

Learning a foreign language is a liberation from insularity and provides an opening to other cultures.

A high-quality geography education should inspire in pupils a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people that will remain with them for the rest of their lives.

A high-quality history education will help pupils gain a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain's past and that of the wider world. It should inspire pupils' curiosity to know more about the past.

A high-quality computing education equips pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world. Computing has deep links with mathematics, science, design and technology.

Mathematics is essential to everyday life, critical to science, technology and engineering, and necessary for financial literacy and most forms of employment.

Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. A high quality music education should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians.

A high-quality physical education curriculum inspires all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically-demanding activities.

A high-quality PSHE and Citizenship education helps to provide pupils with the knowledge, skills and understanding to play a responsible and active part in society and make wise, informed choices about their own individual lives.

Religious Education is a unique subject, which provides a particular perspective on a wide range of issues, stemming from the concepts of faith and commitment that are at the heart of religion.

Science has changed our lives and is vital to the world's future prosperity, and all pupils should be taught essential aspects of the knowledge, methods, processes and uses of science.