We believe in offering a Food curriculum at King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy that considers the National Curriculum and the need to prepare students for the GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition specification. However, the rationale behind the curriculum is driven by what pupils should know, understand and be able to do by the end of Key Stage 3, it is providing pupils with a skill for life that they can then use whenever they need too. Pupils then have the opportunity to choose GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition to develop further the skills they have learnt at KS3 with opportunities to progress further.