The Middle phase includes Years 7 to 9 (typically for learners aged from 11 to 14 years). This phase of schooling provides a natural progression from primary to secondary education with clear learning objectives and a solid foundation in the areas of English, Mathematics, Science, History, Geography, Information Literacy, Religious Studies, Art, Music and Health and Physical Education. Each of the classes in Middle School has a class teacher who also functions as a pastoral tutor for the class, and a small number of other teachers who specialise in their particular subject or subject groups. The pastoral tutor will be the first point of contact for the students in his/her care.
Subject lessons will be taught based on the UK National Curriculum by specialist teachers.
Towards the end of the Christmas Term (Term II), the students of Year 9 will be introduced to the subject options available for the IGCSE course to be covered in Years 10 and 11. Students will choose their IGCSE subjects with the help of their parents well ahead of the start of Year 10 (ideally over the Christmas break), according to a set of elective lines the College will provide. English Language, Mathematics and Religious Studies will be compulsory/core subjects. In addition to these, 5 optional/elective subjects will be chosen. Religious Studies will be undertaken as a rule in Years 9 and 10 – instead of Years 10 and 11 as for other IGCSE subjects – in order to ease the study load for students in their examination year.