Implementing

- Structuring the curriculum so that knowledge builds progressively, reinforcing learning through a logical sequence that revisits and builds on key concepts. Key learning is continuously revisited to improve children’s working memory, with accurately pitched learning to ensure automaticity in the fundamentals of key skills, helping to reduce cognitive overload. Our school and Christian values are also underpinned throughout all curriculum areas.

-Quality Teaching:  Ensuring teachers use varied and effective teaching strategies, assessment methods, and resources within whole class teaching, small group work and individual support. This teaching includes no ‘glass ceiling’, with high quality questioning and vocabulary rich content to inspire the children beyond surface level learning.

-Inclusive Approaches:  Scaffolding tasks to meet the diverse needs of children, including those with special educational needs, disadvantaged children or children with those with English as an Additional Language. In addition, the assurance that all children, regardless of faith or background, feel valued and are able to participate fully.

-Assessment for Learning:  Using both formative and summative assessments to monitor progress, inform teaching and learning and provide timely support or extension.

-Extra Curricular Opportunities:  Enriching learning through clubs, trips and specialist visitors to deepen engagement and allow children to explore interests beyond core subjects, including those that reinforce Christian values such as charity fundraising, eco-clubs and community events.