At Everest Community Academy we offer a broad and balanced curriculum which creates:
- Successful learners who enjoy learning, make good progress and who thrive in life beyond Everest.
- Confident individuals who are able to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives.
- Responsible citizens who can make a positive contribution to society.
- A culture and ethos which focuses on our core values; aspire, enrich, belong.
Strategic intent
To develop a curriculum which:
- Creates an aspirational high achievement culture to enable our students to make ambitious choices at 16.
- Challenges stereotypes regarding what our students are capable of.
- Takes into account individual needs and styles.
- Gives self-confidence and respect and allows everyone to experience success.
- Improves rates of progress and raises standards of attainment.
- Secures the fundamental building blocks of learning in terms of literacy and numeracy.
- Empowers learners to value education and believe that it is exciting.
- Allows students to experience a broad curriculum to cater for a wide range of experiences.
- Establishes strong behaviour for learning principles.
- Supports the spiritual, cultural and moral development of our students.
Curriculum principles
- Clear progress over 5 years to meet ambitious targets.
- There should be depth before breadth. Maximise learning time in all subjects.
- Additional time is given to English and mathematics to ensure that students have the essential skills needed for life and to access the full curriculum.
- Targeted support and additional challenge to ensure all students make at least national rates of progress.
- Carefully planned activities through tutor time and assemblies to address SMSC and aspirations.
- PSHE is integral to the rounded pupil and a key feature of the pastoral programme
- Support induction into secondary school for all Year 7 students.
- Bespoke pathways for different groups to ensure that they experience as full a range of disciplines throughout their schooling.
- Learning opportunities outside of the classroom.
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