Curriculum Overview
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The curriculum at Thornton Dale is inspiring, challenging and relevant to our pupils. We have given careful consideration to our children; their experiences and needs and developed a personalised curriculum model that caters for them specifically. Our three pillars of highest expectations, strong positive relationships and inspirational approaches are embedded throughout our Curriculum. |
The Curriculum journey\: Elevate Multi-academy Trust
2021:
Leaders of Education from schools across Elevate Trust worked together to design this core curriculum in order to provide our schools with a progressive and well sequenced curriculum to ensure fidelity of each subject's knowledge, skills and vocabulary; building on what has been taught before and prepare children for what comes next
Primary pedagogy has been at the heart of the curriculum design offer with consideration given to age and stage appropriateness of the content as well as suggestions for curriculum products that enable teachers to deliver a broad, balanced, active and exciting curriculum which is designed not only to provide challenge and support but to reflect the needs of younger learners.
This is a curriculum framework aimed at supporting all academies to develop a curriculum that will create the environment for all children to flourish. There are six aspects to this curriculum. (Highest expectations for all, positive relationships, community at the heart, equity for all, a progressive and well sequenced curriculum, becoming a good citizen.) These aspects are the essential elements of our curriculum design which have provoked thoughtful conversations about how we have designed the curriculum for our children. Sequence and progression of knowledge and skills
2022 Focus: Development of Aspect 5: Trust progression document to support all academies to deliver a knowledge rich and challenging curriculum to all children.
2023 Focus: Quality curriculum in all academies taking account of local needs and context
