Curriculum & Exams

The New Faculty System: Introduction

The faculty system, introduced at NLS for 2009/10, provides tighter management of the curriculum and more robust leadership of our school improvement strategy.

We have grouped subject departments within faculties (see below) according to common areas of knowledge and understanding, enabling the sharing of ideas about teaching, learning and our students' progress between faculty members from different departments.

The faculty system will be greatly facilitated by the design of the new school, notably the fact that each subject department has a suite of adjacent rooms within the new building.

The 5 Faculty Leaders will join with the 5 College Leaders to form a Middle Leadership Group that drives the whole school forward as the 'engine room' of development and change.

Faculty of Languages
English Dept.; Modern Foreign Languages Dept. (French, German, Spanish).

Faculty of Maths & ICT
Mathematics Dept.; ICT Dept.

Faculty of Science & Technology
Science Dept. (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science); Design & Technology and Engineering Dept. (Design & Technology, Engineering, Food, Textiles); P.E. Dept.

Faculty of Arts
Art Dept.; Dance Dept.; Drama Dept.; Media Arts Dept.; Music Dept.

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Business Studies Dept.; Citizenship Dept.; Geography Dept.; History Dept; R.E. Dept.; Social Sciences Dept. (Economics, Health & Social Care, Politics, Psychology, Sociology).