Our Curriculum
With a vision of Students First, we are committed to providing a high quality educational experience for every student.
Through our inclusive curriculum, all students enjoy a wide range of subjects and experiences that support them to grow as well-rounded and responsible citizens who can fulfil their potential and play a positive role in society. Our curriculum is designed to support students' learning to flourish by:
Fostering an inclusive culture of responsibility, respect, and safety with an ethos of praise, pride, and purpose.
Providing excellent teaching across a broad and balanced range of subjects.
Promoting mental wellbeing and encouraging healthy lifestyle choices.
Appreciating diversity, difference, and valuing fundamental British Values (tolerance, democracy, liberty, and law).
Supporting students' future ambitions and interests to open future study and career pathways.
Primary Curriculum
Our curriculum is designed to be ambitious and progressive, systematically building deep knowledge and skills. We use an innovative learning model focused on active inquiry, critical thinking, and collaborative problem-solving, encouraging children to apply knowledge flexibly and maintain intellectual curiosity.
We prioritise personal development alongside academic success, intentionally embedding character virtues, resilience, and ethical engagement across all school life. This culminates in the School Diploma, which formally recognises academic achievement, personal leadership and growth, preparing children for the next stage of their education and to be responsible citizens of the future.
We are deeply committed to inclusive excellence, championing the inclusive classroom approach to identify and support children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). We provide tailored, adapted instruction to ensure every child thrives. An extensive programme of compulsory and voluntary enrichment activities complements our curriculum offer.
To discover more about our primary curriculum, please visit your local academy website.
Secondary Curriculum
Our secondary curriculum reflects the National Curriculum, with some bespoke Outwood content, tailored to the needs of the students.
At Key Stage 3, students study a broad and rich programme which includes English, Maths, Science, Geography, History, one or two Modern Foreign Languages, PE, Computing, Religious Education and a range of expressive arts (Art, Music, Drama, Dance) and Technology subjects.
At Key Stages 4 we offer a core provision to our students including English, Maths, Sciences, Humanities, Languages and a wide range of other GCSE and vocational subjects, giving all students the freedom to choose qualification pathways which will engage and inspire them to achieve their full potential.
In our secondary academies, we also prioritise Personal Development (PD) and enrichment opportunities both through and beyond the taught curriculum. We have listened carefully to the voices of our young people and planned a cohesive and bespoke PD curriculum for each academy tackling the topics that our students tell us matter to them most - covering areas such as financial literacy, diversity and equality and careers and aspirations. Key Stage 4 students also have access to additional academic mentoring in core subject areas. The programme of Personal Development has been designed with unique partnerships with our colleagues from the High Performance Foundation, Ruth Miskin and Oxford University Press and the King’s Trust who also support and endorse our Honours programme - a unique programme recognising the wider development of our students’ skills, qualities, talents and interests.
Where our academies offer a Post 16 provision then we are invested in a number of academic, vocational and T-Level pathways which support our students to achieve their next steps to university, apprenticeships and career pathways.
To discover more about our secondary curriculum, please visit your local academy website.