“The Curriculum is not just one of the many things that Head teachers have responsibility for – it defines the purposes of a school and the journey leaders want its pupils to take.”
- Michael Young
Curriculum Lead: Mr Hunt
Everything begins with our curriculum drivers- understand our place in the world, aspiring to achieve, broadening horizons and living a Catholic community . They are woven through all that we do and underpin our shared belief that our role is to support children in understanding their place as a global citizen, having aspirations to achieve, broadening horizons and living the Gospel of life through Catholic Social Teaching.
Our curriculum is carefully planned and designed to provide academic, spiritual, social, and cultural, opportunities for all to develop their character through a focus on virtues and Catholic Social Teaching.
The virtues of respect and responsibility, justice and compassion, confidence and resilience, honesty and self-belief, run through our curriculum and are designed to help pupils develop their sense of self and be ready to move with confidence onto their next chapter.
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To promote fundamental British Values and Citizenship we have embedded democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs within our sequences of learning.
Careers Education is woven into our curriculum design, enabling pupils from the earliest age to develop an understanding of pathways into education, careers and independence.
Our ambitious curriculum provides a continuous progression model with seamless transition from EYFS to KS2, with clear progression to secondary education. End points for each phase have been designed around the requirements of the National Curriculum. Robust collaboration occurs between primary and secondary phases ensuring it is progressive.
Individual subject disciplines are taught explicitly with coherent links created.
Our curriculum is sequenced to ensure that knowledge is cumulative.
Substantive and disciplinary knowledge is at the heart of each subject and linked areas of study are exploited to consolidate and embed learning, meaning that mental models are developed over time. We pride ourselves on evidence-informed practice and the highest quality professional development. We understand that memory lies at the heart of learning, we strategically plan opportunities for pupils to recall and remember. This allows memories to be strengthened, meaning that children can draw on previous learning with confidence enabling them to build and connect.
Our curriculum is purposeful and responsive - it aims to:
- Create a positive and supportive environment for all pupils without exception;
- Build an ongoing, holistic understanding of our pupils and their needs;
- Ensure all have access to high quality teaching and access all areas of the curriculum;
- Ensure that the fundamental skills of reading, writing, oracy, listening and numeracy are well established in all subjects from EYFS with academic rigour that challenges all.
- Exposure to the richness of English language so that pupils can access the pleasure of reading, the excitement of writing and to explore new learning concepts.
- Take a metacognitive approach to learning to reduce cognitive load and provide opportunities across the curriculum to engage in debate and critical thinking.
In our mixed age classes, cycles of learning (rolling programmes) ensure that pupils meet threshold concepts for their year group without repeating the same theme of learning.
View our teaching and learning policy below: