Curriculum

Curriculum design is a freedom we enjoy as an academy school; we take this responsibility seriously and have taken a great deal of time ensuring the curriculum is both knowledge rich and experience rich. It is carefully planned and well-sequenced to ensure our children can build on their prior learning. Our entire school curriculum is underpinned by the principles of Catholic Social Teaching:  Care for Creation, Solidarity, Human Dignity, Rights and Responsibilities, Concern for the Poor, The Common Good and Community.

As an Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) setting, the curriculum we teach provides the foundations for the learning throughout the school. Progression from nursery to reception and beyond is carefully planned with consideration to characteristics of learning as well as the subject content of what they are learning.

The EYFS curriculum is divided into the prime and specific areas of learning.

The Prime Areas

• Communication and Language
• Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• Physical Development

The Specific Areas

• Literacy
• Mathematics
• Understanding the World
• Expressive Art and Design