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Marshland High School

Key Stage 4 - Step up to GCSE

As a GCSE student at Marshland High School, your Key Stage 4 curriculum will begin in Year 10 and build on the prior foundations of a Knowledge Rich Curriculum which began in Key Stage 3.

Year 10 will end with a series of examinations to check where you are in relation to your academic potential. This is the first of three series of examinations that take place to inform and guide you leading up to your final GCSE exams.  The feedback from each of these will allow your subject teachers to personalise your Year 11 curriculum. This means we will be able to use tutor time better to meet the needs of each and every one of you in preparation for your final GCSE examinations.

Mr Teanby is the Assistant Headteacher in charge of Key Stage 4.  He can be contacted on the following:

Telephone 01945 584164 ext 254

Email: c.teanby@marshlandhigh.co.uk

Included below are a range of resources that will support your revision during Years 10 and 11

 

Timeline for Final Year 

This includes key dates for examination, reports and parents’ evenings. Please be aware that this document is subject to change.

 

Date

Event

Monday 8th - Friday 12th September 2025 Impact week during form time
Monday 29th September - Friday 17th October Year 11 PPE exams 1
Thursday 9th October Springwood Sixth Form Open Evening
Wednesday 15th October CWA A-Levels Open Day King’s Lynn 5.30pm - 7.30pm
Saturday 18th October CWA Open Day, King’s Lynn campus and Sports Campus, 9am-12.30pm
Monday 27th - Friday 31st October Half term intervention
Wednesday 6th November Super Learning Day
Friday 7th November Yr11 Photos – Individual and Year group
Wednesday 12th November CWA Open Day King’s Lynn 5 - 8pm
Wednesday 19th November Y11 reports issued
Saturday 22nd November CWA Open Day Wisbech 9am – 12.30pm
Friday 28th November Post 16 application deadline
Wednesday 3rd December Y11 Parents Evening
Monday 12th - Friday 16th January 2026 Impact week during form time
Monday 19th - Friday 23rd January GCSE MfL Speaking PPE
Monday 2nd - Tuesday 27th February Y11 PPE 2 - Practical and MFL exams
Monday 16th - Friday 20th February Half Term Intervention
Monday 3rd - Friday 7th March English Speaking Exam
Tuesday 24th March Y11 reports issued
Thursday 26th March Y11 Parents Evening
Monday 30th March - Friday 10th April Easter intervention
Monday 20th - Friday 24th April GCSE MfL Speaking exams
Thursday 7th May GCSE Exams begin in the Sports Hall
Friday 19th June Year 11 Prom

 

Intervention Schedule

Year 11 students are offered bespoke clubs for intervention in preparation for their GCSE examinations. The current after-school timetable for these interventions is here.

Revision Sessions will also be held during exam weeks. The Summer 2025 Exam and Revision Timetable can be found here.

The Learning Scientist 

All of these strategies have supporting evidence from cognitive psychology. For each strategy, we explain how to do it, some points to consider, and where to find more information.

  • Spaced Practice
  • Retrieval Practice
  • Elaboration
  • Interleaving
  • Concrete Examples
  • Dual Coding

Please find user guides below for each of these strategies.

The 6 Strategies for Effective Learning

Revision Guides

To view the recommended revision guide list for all subjects please click here.