Intent

The breadth of our curriculum is designed to fulfil our vision and values as follows:

1. To provide a coherent, structured academic and non-academic curriculum that leads to sustained mastery for all and the opportunity to achieve a greater depth of understanding where possible- (Life- long learning and life enriching aspiration)
2. To provide a rich ‘cultural capital’ (Life- long learning and life enriching aspiration)
3. To give pupils appropriate experiences to develop as confident, spiritual and responsible citizens (Life-enhancing faith and life-giving relationships)

Our curriculum drivers are simply our 4 vision statements which underpin all we do in school across the whole of our curriculum. Our school rules of Be Ready; Be Responsible; Be Safe support our pupils in living out our vision and upholding our values; our curriculum content including our academic and non- academic provision, extra- curricular opportunities and our collective worship and assembly times all have their own part to play in the fulfilment of our vision as detailed below:

Implementation

	The ABC of our Curriculum Structure Curriculum breadth: the key knowledge, skills and standards also providing cultural capital Threshold concepts: the key aspects of each subject chosen to build conceptual understanding within subjects and are repeated many times Progression of learning: the stages of understanding from basic, advancing and deep
A	Early Years Foundation Stage Nursery & Reception Securing Early Learning Goals and Characteristics of Effective Learning	Curriculum breadth for Years 1 & 2 Securing identified skills & knowledge for Key Stage 1, recapping and building on  EYFS as required.	Curriculum breadth for Years 3 & 4 Securing identified skills & knowledge for year groups, consolidating KS1 material	Curriculum breadth for Years 5 & 6 Securing identified skills & knowledge for year groups and consolidating learning to date.
B	Threshold Concepts
C	The focus is on securing mastery of concepts within long term learning for application across a range of contexts. All pupils are afforded the same opportunities to reach this stage but may require different scaffolding to achieve the same outcome and some may take longer to secure their learning. Equally, for some children, mastery will be more quickly attained and opportunities to take their learning to a deeper level are sought. We want to answer the questions: ‘How well are pupils coping with the curriculum’ & ‘How well are they retaining previously taught content?’

 

Impact

At each key transition point in their learning, the vast majority of pupils will have sustained mastery of the content; some pupils will have a greater depth of understanding. The vast majority of pupils will be able to demonstrate how our vision has positively impacted on their relationships, aspirations and understanding of faith and will be ready to embrace the next step of life- long learning.

For more information regarding the curriculum we follow, please see the link below.

National Curriculum

For more information about our curriculum please see subject policies and curriculum pages