Curriculum

At St Margaret’s, we believe that every child should receive a broad and balanced curriculum that challenges and allows them to experience and understand success, thriving in something that they love. We strive for excellence, aiming to develop children who are intrinsically motivated, curious, resilient and independent. Our desire is for them to be a responsible member of society, living out the Christian values, understanding their place and contribution to the world. Their experience here should ultimately prepare them to for life in an ever-changing world.

Our curriculum design is expected to lead to the following outcomes for children leaving our school:

• Children enjoy learning, being keen to explore and express, to discuss
  and discover, to question and to wonder;
• Children are happy, confident individuals who understand mistakes are
  good, being able to learn from them and overcome failure;
• Children develop socially and morally, understanding how society holds
  together through exploring themes such as sustainability and diversity
  and are able to become contributing citizens;
• Children develop personally to be emotionally and physically heathy,
  understanding risk and how to be safe;
• Children understand the part that theirs and other people’s beliefs play
  in their lives;
• Children achieve well, meeting and exceeding national expectations
  and/ or personalised goals;
• Children make at least expected progress from their starting points with
  the aim for many to be good or better;
• Children’s behaviour is good or better
• School attendance is better than average for primary schools.

The curriculum – strategies for delivery

The curriculum aims will be achieved through:

• The distinctiveness of this church school including quality Religious
  Education and Collective Worship
• A range of innovative and highly effective strategies for learning and
  teaching including effective feedback and personalisation
• Delivery of the national curriculum
• Provision of a programme of extra- curricular activities appropriate for
  the school community
• Participation in competitive sport
• Opportunities to learn away from the school site at places of interest
  and from interesting people
• Opportunities to learn in the outdoors
• Opportunities to take managed risks
• Opportunities to perform
• Opportunities to be charitable

For queries regarding curriculum, please contact a member of the Senior Leadership Team.

At St Margaret’s, we respect the individual beliefs and values of our families. We recognize that parents have a legal right to withdraw their children from religious education (RE) lessons if they wish to do so.

If you decide to exercise this right, please inform us in writing, and we will arrange for your child to be appropriately supervised during these times. While we do not provide additional teaching during these periods, we ensure that all students are engaged in meaningful educational activities. 

For further information or to discuss alternative arrangements for RE, please contact the school administration.