We place academic excellence at the heart of our curriculum, ensuring that learning is rigorous, well-structured and consistently ambitious. At its core is strong subject knowledge and high expectations, so every student is challenged to think deeply and achieve well.
We believe every student is entitled to encounter powerful ideas across a broad range of subjects. Knowledge is deliberately structured so that understanding deepens over time, enabling students to think critically, make connections and apply their learning with confidence. Academic success opens doors, whilst deep understanding shapes how our students engage with the world.
Reading sits at the heart of this entitlement. Through sustained engagement with challenging texts, rich vocabulary and academic language, students gain access to the knowledge and discourse of each discipline. Confident readers become confident thinkers.
Alongside this strong foundation, our curriculum encourages students to explore ideas that extend beyond the familiar. By encountering diverse perspectives and developing international awareness, students learn to question, evaluate and think independently. We want students to be confident in what they know and curious about what they do not.
Our values of kindness, curiosity and resilience underpin this ambition. Curiosity drives exploration, resilience sustains effort and kindness ensures respectful dialogue and shared learning. Together, these values bind ambition and inclusion into a single commitment: excellence for all.
As part of the CAM Academy Trust, we share commitment to excellence, breadth and comprehensive education. Our curriculum is not a static document, but a living commitment to rigour, challenge and opportunity. It is the foundation upon which students build knowledge, character and aspiration, equipping them to thrive and shape their own futures with confidence and purpose.
Key Stage 4 options
Pupils in Year 9 are now reaching the stage where they can make certain choices about the curriculum that they will follow in key stage 4. This is an exciting time for pupils with a very wide range of subjects on offer. However, this can sometimes make the process of choosing quite daunting. It is therefore very important that both pupils and parents/carers are fully informed before making their choices.
There are several important dates coming up:
- Pupils will receive an assembly about options on Wednesday 14 January.
- The option brochure will then become available on the school website.
- For pupils and their parents/carers, our Key Stage 4 Options Evening is on Thursday 15 January from 6-8 pm. There will be a brief talk explaining the options process and the opportunity to visit departments to talk to pupils and staff about the subjects on offer.
- All pupils will be invited to a guidance meeting with Helen Jarrett (our Careers Guidance & Development Lead) or as part of their EHCP review meeting. The meetings will be scheduled from Monday 19 January.
- The Year 9 Parents’ Evening will be held online on Thursday 26 February from 4-7 pm. This provides an opportunity for parents/carers to talk to teachers about your child’s progress and the suitability of subjects for your child’s options.
- The deadline for the online submission of the electronic form to confirm your child’s option choices is the Wednesday 18 March. A link to the form will be sent to pupils’ school email on Friday 13 March.