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Embedded into the heart of everything we do our Character Curriculum focuses on providing each of our pupils the life skills they need to be a happy and successful young adult. 

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Character Curriculum

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Curiosity and Courage

  • I can talk about the things that interest me and ask questions.

  • I can try something new on my own.

  • I can show I enjoy learning and the opportunities given to me including outside of school.

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Honesty, Integrity and Accountability

  • I can understand the difference between right and wrong.

  • I can admit when I have made a mistake.

  • I can tell the truth and make the right choices.

  • I can accept responsibility and understand consequences.

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Awareness and Empathy

  • I can talk positively about myself and others.

  • I can accept that others think and act differently than I do.

  • I can adjust my behaviour when it is affecting others.

  • I can show understanding towards others.

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Respect and Manners

  • I can speak nicely to people and remember to say please and thank you.

  • I can choose to treat everyone with respect.

  • I can hold a polite conversation and demonstrate good manners.

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Acceptance and Tolerance

  • I accept others differences and try to treat everyone the same.

  • I can be kind to others.

  • I am aware that things I say and do affect other people.

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Confidence and Independence

  • I can say what I am good at.

  • I enjoy new challenges and I can have a go by myself.

  • I am confident and I can overcome challenges in my life.

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Team Workers and Active Participants

  • I can join in with activities.

  • I can work with others in a group.

  • I can lead a team to success and try my best to contribute.

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Emotional Maturity

  • I can name my feelings and say how different situations make me feel.

  • I can manage my feelings.

  • I have a positive outlook and am excited about the future.

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Resilience

  • I can say when I am finding something hard and I can accept help.

  • I can keep trying even when things are difficult.

  • I can accept when I lose.

Curriculum

The school’s vision is modelled in our curriculum, where we believe in skills, knowledge and opportunities. We believe that our pupils deserve a curriculum that does not narrow the life chances but enables social equity and mobility. For our pupils to compete in a global economy, we offer a wide range of subjects and offer guidance and support for the choices they make.

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Our programme for education is a knowledge-based curriculum, empowering pupils to develop an understanding and appreciation of the subjects they study. Our curriculum is therefore carefully designed by our staff within the school to challenge and support our pupils, to ensure learning is at the heart of our lessons and to enable success for them.

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Our curriculum aims are to develop strong academic outcomes through:

A.           A skills and knowledge based curriculum to build on the knowledge they learn independently

B.           Subjects offering extra-curricular opportunities for pupils to develop a wider understanding of the world we live in

C.           Pupils having guidance and support to develop an understanding of what it takes to be a productive and valued member of our society

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Moreover, we firmly believe that to fully enhance the life chances of our pupils, our curriculum must actively promote the acquisition of a broad/academic vocabulary and depth of understanding. Put simply, we believe that knowing more words makes you smarter, and our curriculum is very intent on ensuring this becomes a reality for all of our students. Reading is key for all subject areas.

Implementation

In order to deliver the aims of our curriculum we ensure all pupils study the national Curriculum. We pay careful attention to the sequence of when knowledge is taught, and staff work actively to review this aspect very regularly so that our pupils are well placed to access exams and content as appropriate.

Some examples of how this is completed are:

•             Starting every lesson with a memory recall quiz

•             Using planned and targeted questioning in lessons

•             Adapting and scaffolding content so that it is accessible to every pupil

•             Nurturing our pupils so they understand they are ready to learn and education improves their life chances

•             A focus on language development and oracy

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We believe it is our responsibility to develop strong literacy and numeracy skills for all of our pupils given their context. We believe that the curriculum should be flexible to allow for personalised choices.

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As a small school we work hard to offer a broad and balanced curriculum model throughout Key Stage Four that involves a personalised approach. We believe in offering subjects that allow a wide range of pathways and progression for our students in the future. These subjects include:

•             English Language

•             English Literature

•             Mathematics

•             Combined Science

•             Biology

•             Chemistry

•             Physics

•             History

•             Geography

•             Spanish

•             German

•             French

•             Media

•             Art and Design

•             DT

•             Business Studies

•             Physical Education

•             Music

•             Hospitality and Catering

•             Sociology

•             PSHE (inc. Financial Education)

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Post 16 provision is again bespoke on our site with our trained staff. We also work with a variety of providers locally to ensure that our students reach their potential.

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