The table below shows the number of lessons per week in each subject. The percentages are estimates of the time devoted to each subject over Key Stage 3 as a whole; they cannot be exact because they do not include the time spent on the activity days.

All pupils study two modern foreign languages. In Year 7, all pupils begin French or German and go on to take French, German or Spanish in Years 8 and 9. At Christmas 60 students are given the opportunity to join the fast-track group, which will sit GCSE French at the end of Year 9. Pupils are also offered the option to begin Italian in Year 10. Pupils may opt to begin Latin in Year 8 as an extra subject; each week pupils have one lesson at lunchtime and one after school.