The Curriculum

Our ambitious curriculum has 10 core aims at the heart of it, they are interwoven throughout your year long course: 

• Subject Knowledge: Teachers are masters of their subject. They have a depth of knowledge that enables them to craft engaging learning journeys for all students. They constantly strive to enhance their knowledge far beyond the curriculum.  

• Pedagogy: A teacher understands the learning and developmental journey of a student, from early years until they become adults. Teachers read and act upon pedagogy, both traditional and cutting-edge when planning engaging and varied lessons. 
• Evidenced-based Practice: Teachers stay alert to current theories and best practice around teaching and weave these into their planning. They also act on the support and feedback of other professionals for the benefit of their students.  
• Ambition, reaching beyond the Rubric: Teachers enhance the learning of all students by taking them beyond the curriculum to the fringes of their discipline, or the links between other subjects.  
• The Learning Needs of the Child: All students are different. Some students have special educational needs. Some students speak English as an additional language. Some students come from supportive households and, sadly, some do not. A teacher personalises the learning for all students. Student progress is a right, not a privilege.  
• All forms of assessment: Teachers constantly assess their students through many different means, in both formative and summative ways. Assessment is a thread that ties all others together. It informs your planning, personalisation and the progress of your students.  
• Professional Behaviours: Teachers do more than just teach: they contribute to the broader school community. They lead students into the exciting realm of extra-curricular, as well as building strong relationships with parents, carers and their professional peers.  
• Constant Self-Reflection and monitoring of Children’s behaviours: A reflective teacher is one that is constantly striving to improve their practice for the good of their students. A reflective teacher acts on constructive feedback and is never happy to settle for average.  
• Safeguarding: A teacher has a relentless commitment to the safeguarding and pastoral care of their students. Students cannot learn, progress, be happy or safe without the dedicated pastoral support of their teacher.  
• Behaviour Management: A students who is engaged in their lesson with work designed to help them progress will exhibit good behaviour. A teacher builds strong and positive working relationships with their students, but it is also consistent with praising good behaviour and consistent is supporting students with behaviour that challenges.