At Kenmont Primary School we believe each child benefits from a broad and rich curriculum.

Curriculum Intent

At Kenmont, our aim is for every child to love learning, feel confident and achieve their very best. Through a broad and rich curriculum pupils attain the knowledge that prepares them for secondary school and beyond. Pupils also develop an understanding of the world around them and the contributions they can make as citizens; and the opportunities that address any possible socioeconomic inequalities that some may face.

We have established a Curriculum which is:

• Balanced
• Coherent
• Progressive
• Memorable
• Focused
• Relevant
• Inclusive

Balanced: Adaptions to the curriculum to allow more time for even more important elements and foundational skills and fundamental aspects to be focused on. 

Coherent: Connections are made explicit between different aspects of the curriculum; especially in reading.

Progressive: Learning builds from prior knowledge through carefully planned sequences.

Memorable: Retrieval practice to ensure learning helps pupils to retain knowledge over time.

Focused: Teachers focus on the ‘Core Knowledge’ – the most important ideas in a subject.

Relevant: Teaching ideas in a way that is engaging, interesting and motivating for pupils.

Inclusive: All children have access to the curriculum.

Our curriculum is coherently planned and sequenced to ensure progression and depth in each subject so that learners will accumulate the knowledge needed for future learning.

Curriculum Implementation

All teachers attend professional development to ensure they have the subject knowledge to deliver schemes of work that build upon prior knowledge, are inclusive and inspire children’s curiosity.

As part of this planning process, teachers plan the following:

• A cycle of lessons for each subject, which carefully plans for progression and depth;
• Challenge tasks for pupils to apply a deeper understanding;
• Ensure that lessons and learning are targeted at age-related expectations with skilful adaptations where needed;
• Adapt future learning based on outcomes and assessments of completed work to ensure; that learning is reinforced and extended over the sequence of lessons;
• Regular formative assessment through quizzes, linked to lessons, takes place across the curriculum;
• A curriculum information newsletter for parents and carers so learners can be supported at home.

Visitors and trips are planned to give pupils opportunities to learn from experts and enthusiasts, and benefit from hands-on experience.

The curriculum is adapted to meet the needs of pupils with SEND, developing their knowledge, skills and abilities to apply what they know and can do with increasing fluency and independence.

Subject Leaders work with teachers to assess the children’s progress against the agreed end point. They ensure that the curriculum as taught addresses gaps in knowledge.

For information about how our curriculum meets the needs of pupils with SEND and how we address our responsibilities under the equalities duty please see the relevant pages on the website.  Our accessibility poilcy can also be viewed on our policies page

Curriculum Impact

We measure the impact of our curriculum through the following methods:

• A reflection on standards achieved against the planned outcomes;
• Review pupil response to the questions and learning provided;
• Pupil discussions and conferences about their learning;
• Book looks of pupils’ learning across the school demonstrating the depth of understanding, progression and challenge;
• The tracking of standards across the curriculum. 

Subject Plans

Each subject has long and medium term planning that details what the children learn in each year.  These can be viewed on our subjects pages.

Further Information

For further information, please speak with the school office.