Our inspiration at Bacon Garth is the desire to provide the best possible education, opportunities and environment for all who are part of our school. We aim to ensure that all children are given equal opportunities and equal access to
every aspect of the curriculum and all activities at school, no matter what their starting point.

We believe that our school should be an inclusive community where all aim high, achieve well and develop self-confidence, positive values and beliefs, a sense of community, wellbeing and caring attitudes towards others.

We aim to support a friendly, calm and purposeful school ethos, which offers security and opportunity for personal growth as well as providing an exciting, challenging and inspirational school where children will thrive.

We aim to be at the forefront of educational best practice and our children will benefit from our desire to give them access to the latest technological and educational developments.

We aim to be a truly ‘Healthy School’ and through this ensure that our children are prepared and equipped to make effective and positive decisions and choices for themselves as they journey through their lives.

In all key stages, teaching, learning and assessment, underpinned by a rich and interesting curriculum, provides well-organised, imaginative and memorable experiences and opportunities for all groups of pupils and has been a key aspect
of our work in promoting excellent outcomes and progress. Teaching and Learning and high expectations are securing high levels of achievement and progress for the majority of our pupils as they move up through the school.

Assessment opportunities are used effectively throughout school to provide children with timely ways to move their learning forward and for staff to match their teaching to pupil needs.

Our aim is to create an exciting, interesting set of activities that are underpinned by the knowledge, skills and understanding relevant for each year group.

Our curriculum will promote and foster confidence, independence, co-operation and self-esteem throughout the time the children are at Bacon Garth Primary School that will prepare them for life in 21st Century Britain. We want all of our 
children at Bacon Garth to leave with a range of experiences, the self-belief to excel and to understand the feeling of enjoyment.

Our curriculum is carefully designed so that our children develop their academic, social and cultural capital. We have made informed choices about what experiences we want to include and how they build over time across the
curriculum, often inviting visitors into school to share their expertise and experience, and taking pupils off-site to visit museums and enjoy other external curriculum experiences too.

Our long term curriculum plans show how at Bacon Garth we intend to cover the fundamental concepts of each national curriculum subject. Each subject has a Subject Lead who has an overview of planning for that area of learning across the
school. Each Subject Lead has considered how each skill and knowledge statement connects and builds over time in their subject. They have also given consideration to how larger concepts are developed over time and in a variety of
contexts to create a bespoke curriculum offer matched to our children’s needs.

Every aspect of the curriculum is underpinned by a range of texts, vital in our promotion of a language rich environment to support the increasing communication needs of the children in our school. Books are selected to reflect equality,
alongside spiritual, moral, social and cultural needs. Thematic and subject displays across the Key Stages are designed to promote a wider variety of vocabulary and subject specific language and provide an immersive and engaging learning
environment.

The primary purpose of our curriculum is to guarantee a successful learning experience for every child. With this in mind, we are committed to ensuring that every child is developed to their full potential:

Every child will be educated to the highest possible standard, as set by the Department for Education.
Every child, in every lesson, will be provided with opportunities to be full involved and challenged in their learning.
Every child will be provided with opportunities to increase their self-esteem, motivation and aspirations.
Every child will be encouraged to be enterprising and entrepreneurial in order that they may succeed in an ever-changing job market.
Every child will be provided with opportunities to experience the wider world as a core part of their curriculum.
Every child will be taught about budgeting and financial management in order that they may succeed in an increasingly unpredictable financial world.

Our ongoing formative and summative assessment, including peer assessment and timely feedback means that teachers and pupils always know exactly how much progress they are making and where they may need more help.

Our broad and balanced curriculum is designed to:
Develop strong characters in order to be resilient and cope with adversity.
Develop creative individuals who collaborate and co-operate and can solve problems seeing failure as an opportunity to learn.
Develop pupils who can think critically and care about their learning so they always do their best. 
Develop pupils who care about their role as part of a family, community and the wider world, encouraging them to feel part of, and to contribute positively to, fundamental British values.
Ensure all pupils have high aspirations.
Develop a thirst for learning for all pupils

	curriculum-statement	[pdf 157KB]
	Long Term Plan 2025-26	[pdf 1MB]
	Curriculum topics 2025-26	[pdf 762KB]