We owe our children a duty of care to research, create and deliver a curriculum that equips them to be intelligent, talented and special members of our community and, most importantly of all, to give them the foundation to be lifelong learners. Everything in our curriculum can be traced back to three cornerstones of our Church of England status:

        1) Every child matters

 

Our curriculum meets all our statutory obligations and is designed to be:

 

Memorable in that it:
guarantees quality experiences for all children

promotes a deep understanding of subjects by pupils and teachers

reflects and extends the interests of pupils, expanding horizons.

 

Inclusive - so that all pupils have access to it in their day-to-day learning experiences.

We recognise that not all children will be working towards the same targets as their classmates and that not all children learn in the same way or have the same personal resources and confidence to succeed. Nevertheless, all children can make real improvements and achieve success.

 

Fun - and taught with genuine enthusiasm and enjoyment, so that pupils develop a love of learning through their teachers’ joy in teaching.

To hear laughter and see smiles. To feel a sense of excitement in learning and teaching.

To recognise that we all work at our best when we feel good about ourselves.

Empowering - for both teachers and children. To engage children in thinking about how they learn best and to encourage teachers to decide how and what they want to teach.

To celebrate children, teachers and support staff trying new things, making mistakes and trying again. The school should aim for each child to excel at something.

Where children are encouraged to get involved, to think, analyse and reason out things for themselves, to work together and help each other learn. Children are enabled to be creative, to write, perform and express themselves in the way they want to. Teachers and non teaching staff are supported in being innovative and creative.

 

Integrated - planned and resourced with regard to the national curriculum yet with relevant and appropriate links made between subjects so that children can learn in a meaningful way.

 

Evaluated - so that it continually improves.

 

Extended - outside school into the wider community with encouragement and support for family learning, parental involvement and community education.

 

Human - in that it develops the personal characteristics and emotional literacy of our pupils and teaches them about community and society.

 

Global - in its perspective

Based on Christian ethos and values respectful of the beliefs of others and confident in our own, pupils will experience what it is to live in a community that celebrates the Christian faith; opportunities for teachers to bring out the moral and ethical issues that face us; children experiencing awe and wonder at God’s creation and developing a sense of the transcendent;
concerned with the development of the whole person as a child of God.