At Bure Valley School, we take great pride in offering an engaging, broad, and balanced curriculum that empowers our pupils and provides them with the knowledge, confidence, and social-emotional skills needed to become lifelong successful learners.
Guiding Principles
Our curriculum is carefully crafted with consideration for several key factors:
- National Curriculum Programmes of Study: Ensuring alignment with national standards
- Context and Co-operative Values: Incorporating our unique context, cooperative values, and agreed curriculum drivers
- Partnerships: Collaborating with other schools and local organisations to enhance the learning content and experiences of our pupils
- Pupil Body: Tailoring our curriculum to the strengths and potential challenges of the children we serve
- Family Engagement: Leveraging the strengths of the families we serve to create a supportive learning community
- Secondary Readiness: Focusing on preparing pupils for the next stage of their education
- Core Knowledge: Prioritising essential knowledge that contributes to a well-rounded education
- Interconnected, Optimally Sequenced, and Progressive Design: Ensuring a curriculum that is cohesive, well-structured, and promotes continuous progression
BVS Horizons
Our BVS Horizons programme ensures that every pupil leaves our school with the independence, skills, and understanding needed for a confident transition to secondary school. We prioritise the holistic development of each child, emphasising not only academic success but also personal growth and well-being.
Themed Events and Weeks
Throughout the academic year, we host a variety of themed events to enrich the learning experience. These events allow children to concentrate on specific areas of learning, providing intensive and satisfying educational opportunities.
Communication as a Core Focus
Recognising communication as fundamental to learning and self-expression, we emphasise the development of verbal and written communication skills as a central curriculum driver.
Continuous Professional Development
As a research-informed school, we value continuous professional development for our teachers. This emphasis on strong pedagogy complements our excellent curriculum delivery.
Inclusive Environment
Bure Valley School is committed to providing a highly inclusive environment where learners enjoy their education and make progress across various subjects and areas of learning.
Emotional Literacy and Mental Health
Our structured curriculum, awareness days, and in-house SEMH professionals ensure that children are emotionally literate and mentally healthy.
Monitoring and Evaluation
Curriculum leaders play a crucial role in monitoring, evaluating, and celebrating good practice. Regular training opportunities ensure that subject leaders contribute effectively to curriculum development and implementation.
Curriculum Design and Assessment Practises
We are dedicated to fostering clarity in our curriculum design and assessment practices, focusing on the teaching of and pupils’ ability to recall substantive knowledge and core concepts from our curriculum. Our assessment model incorporates both formative and summative assessment, helping us monitor progress, correct instruction, and develop our curriculum offer over time.
At Bure Valley School, we are committed to providing an exceptional educational experience that aligns with our cooperative values and prepares our pupils for a successful future. We invite you to explore our curriculum further and discover how we strive to nurture the growth and development of every child in our care.
