At KS3 we follow a modified version of the Year 9 QCA scheme of work. This can be viewed at:
http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/schemes2/secondary_science/
Each student has four 50 minute lessons a week.
There is a STEM club for interested Y9 students which meets every two weeks.
Our success at KS3 prompted a “Good Practice” Ofsted visit in the summer of 2008. The report is available on the Ofsted site
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/download/(id)/99397/(as)/121689_330357.pdf