What We Teach

At Angel Road Schools, we have designed a curriculum which is ambitious, broad and sequenced from Nursery to the end of Key Stage 2. Our curriculum is knowledge-rich: this means that all children, including those from disadvantaged background and those with SEND, acquire knowledge, skills and cultural capital, giving them the very best chance of succeeding and becoming well-educated citizens of the future.

Our curriculum is highly specified and coherent. Each lesson and unit of learning has a clear intention. Concepts are revisited throughout our curriculum and across year groups. We teach knowledge to be remembered. Our curriculum is drawn from research about how children learn best and includes regular retrieval, practice and opportunities for children to show what they have learnt through well designed tasks.

We use the following schemes to support our planning: Mathematics Mastery, Primary Knowledge Curriculum, Ready Steady Write, Read Write Inc. These enable teachers to spend time focussing on how to teach best, not what to teach.

The Principles of our Knowledge-Rich Curriculum

- Knowledge is valued and specified

- Knowledge is well-sequenced

- Knowledge is taught to be remembered.

The content of our curriculum aligns with the national curriculum and has been carefully chosen by subject experts. We teach subjects discretely so that children develop a love of each subject and build upon their knowledge. Some links are made across subjects where this is appropriate and where children can make meaningful connections. We include our local context in our curriculum: for example, in the Early Years, children will look at local transport.

Intention

You can find our whole school curriculum overview here:

Angel Road Schools Curriculum 2024-25

You can find more information about specific subjects using the links at the side of this page. Each subject has:

- a curriculum map or programme of study, detailing exactly what is covered

- subject rationales, detailing why we teach this subject and how it has been developed.

Some subjects include unit rationales, detailing how each unit links with others across the curriculum.

If you would like to find out more about our curriculum or any individual subject, please contact us via the school office.