{"id":15413,"date":"2023-12-17T08:25:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T08:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harrowhongkong.hk\/his\/?page_id=15413"},"modified":"2026-01-29T02:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T02:24:33","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.harrowhongkong.hk\/his\/academic\/upper-school\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PREP (YEARS 6-8)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-style-1 blue\">Academic life at Harrow Hong Kong encourages scholarship, intellectual curiosity, independent thought and effective learning habits. We offer a coherent and balanced curriculum, as well as a challenging and inspiring Super-Curriculum programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pupils in the Prep School follow a curriculum that is designed to manage the transition from the Pre-Prep School (where the majority of the curriculum is taught by a Class Teacher) to a subject-specific approach in the Upper School. The aim is to foster a love of independent learning and promote the skills required to achieve very high academic standards in the Senior School, Sixth Form and beyond Harrow Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following academic subjects are studied in an integrated timetable that combines academic, co-curricular and sport periods per fortnight:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drama<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>English<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geography<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>History<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chinese Language<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Languages &#8211; French or Spanish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mathematics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Music<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Philosophy &amp; Religious Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Physical Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-8\"><strong>Information Booklets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,326px);height:0;width:100%\"><iframe allow=\"clipboard-write\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;right:0;top:0;bottom:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?d=year_6_information_booklet_2025-26_b0b7b72642a5fe&#038;u=harrowhongkong\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,326px);height:0;width:100%\"><iframe allow=\"clipboard-write\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;right:0;top:0;bottom:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?d=year_7_information_booklet_2025-26_fa5744a70c774e&#038;u=harrowhongkong\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,326px);height:0;width:100%\"><iframe allow=\"clipboard-write\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;right:0;top:0;bottom:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?d=year_8_information_booklet_2025-26_788a828a3cade4&#038;u=harrowhongkong\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SENIOR (YEARS 9-11)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"font-style-1 blue\">The GCSE years are crucial to the build up to the Sixth Form and we make sure pupils are fully prepared and equipped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Senior School curriculum follows GCSE syllabi with examinations taken in Year 11. The academic subjects taught in the Year 9 curriculum are the same as those in the Prep School, although the Sciences are taught as separate subjects (Biology, Chemistry and Physics).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the time pupils reach Year 10, they choose the subjects they wish to pursue for their GCSE examinations. The Senior School follows a mixture of different examination boards (AQA, CIE and Edexcel) and offers a variety of subject courses, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table tb-vtop senoir-subjects-tb\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Core Subjects<\/th><th>Optional Subjects \u2013 pupils choose four from<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">English Language<br>English Literature&nbsp;<br>Mathematics<br>Biology<br>Chemistry&nbsp;<br>Physics<\/td><td>Art<br>Chinese (First Language)<br>Chinese (Second Language)<br>Chinese (Foreign Language)<br>Computer Science<br>Drama<br>French<br>Geography<br>History<br>Music<br>Philosophy &amp; Religious Studies<br>Physical Education<br>Spanish<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-8\"><strong>Information Booklets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,326px);height:0;width:100%\"><iframe allow=\"clipboard-write\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;right:0;top:0;bottom:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?d=year_9_information_booklet_2025-26_1d2cb6659aa894&#038;u=harrowhongkong\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,326px);height:0;width:100%\"><iframe allow=\"clipboard-write\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%;height:100%;left:0;right:0;top:0;bottom:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?d=year_10-11_information_booklet_2025_fe5ddba1ce8b60&#038;u=harrowhongkong\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PREP (YEARS 6-8) Academic life at Harrow Hong Kong encourages scholarship, intellectual curiosity, independent thought and effective learning habits. 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