Our Curriculum Intent Statement
Implementation
Our curriculum seeks to provide its pupils with a variety of opportunities to enhance their learning, e.g. through the use of guest speakers within the local community, educational visits and workshops. We have a clear strategic vision for curriculum implementation which prioritises quality in a variety of teaching styles and experiences with the aim of fostering the enjoyment of learning among pupils, using educational technology as a key delivery partner.
Woodland Academy Trust ensures that all of its academies provide equal opportunities for all pupils by making informed decisions based on the learning requirements of each individual; teaching staff will gauge the needs of each pupil through observation and assessment, and adapt their learning styles and requirements in order to identify how our curriculum can enhance each pupils’ learning and help them to excel.
Our teaching staff participate in a range of CPD activities to enhance their subject knowledge and understanding of how to support their pupils, both academically and emotionally.
We offer a curriculum which enables pupils to be creative, literate and academic through a range of core and non-core subjects which are interwoven with cross-curricular links wherever it is possible to do so, with all schools following the same curriculum architecture.
Impact
With a varied, rich and stimulating curriculum, our schools benefit the lives of all pupils by providing them with the teaching, resources and educational experiences to help them to achieve the best possible outcomes. We ensure that teaching staff are equipped with the tools, skills and knowledge they need to make the intended impact a reality.
The impact of our curriculum means that pupils have enhanced their aspirations and confidence in their abilities. Our pupils are motivated to succeed and achieve their goals, while many exceed these goals.
All of our pupils finish each KS equipped with the tools they need to succeed in their phase of education or employment, and due to our ever-changing world, we aim for our pupils to leave us as active citizens of change.
We expect that the vast majority of our pupils will have achieved the expected standard for them at the end of each KS and that all of our academies sit at an Ofsted grading of at least good.
How the effectiveness of our schools’ curriculum is evaluated
We expect all of our academies to be able to explain how they are achieving our core curriculum aims; in addition, we look at data which helps to determine the impact of our curriculum and whether this aligns with the desired impact across all of our academies.
To gauge an in-depth understanding of the impact of our curriculum, we look at the following:
- Assessment data
- Attendance data
- Behaviour data
- Attendance at extra-curricular clubs
- Formative evaluation of pre-planned aims and whether these aims have been achieved
- Stakeholder voice
EYFS
Our EYFS settings offer a curriculum which prioritises children’s personal, social and emotional development, physical development and communication skills.
Our early years settings provide stimulating activities which enable children’s creativity and curiosity to flourish during this stage of education; children develop firm foundations on which the remainder of their education is based.
We ensure that children receive a stimulating curriculum which helps them to develop:
- Confidence in their ability
- Social skills
- Emotional consciousness of themselves and the people around them.
- Basic problem-solving skills
- Their personal character
KS1 and KS2
At KS1 and 2, our academies aim to equip pupils with the knowledge and skills they will need for the transition in to KS3.
Pupils will cover a range of subjects and topics which seek to aid the development of each pupil’s creativity, literacy, numeracy, scientific knowledge and technical skills.
Additionally, pupils will begin to learn more about themselves and the people around them through the teaching of personal development.