Our Curriculum

Pathway to Read

From Year 1 to Year 6, we use Pathways to Read to support the teaching of reading across the school. Pathways to Read provides a clear and consistent approach, helping children to develop the skills they need to become confident, fluent and thoughtful readers.

Through carefully chosen high-quality texts, pupils are introduced to a wide range of authors, genres and themes. These texts provide rich opportunities for children to explore vocabulary, develop comprehension skills and discuss ideas in depth. Children are encouraged to think carefully about what they read, make connections, ask questions and explain their understanding.

Pathways to Read supports progression as children move through school. Lessons are planned to build key reading skills over time, including retrieval, inference, prediction, summarising, sequencing and understanding vocabulary. Pupils also learn how writers use language and structure to create meaning and engage the reader.

By using Pathways to Read from Year 1 to Year 6, we ensure that children experience a consistent approach to reading while developing independence, confidence and enjoyment. Our aim is for every child to leave our school as a capable reader who reads widely, understands deeply and develops a lifelong love of books.

Pathway to Write

From Year 1 to Year 6, we use Pathways to Write to support the teaching of writing across the school. Pathways to Write provides a clear and consistent approach, helping children develop the skills they need to become confident, creative and accurate writers.

Through high-quality texts, children are exposed to rich language, varied vocabulary and a wide range of writing styles. These texts provide meaningful starting points for writing and inspire pupils to write for different purposes and audiences.

Pathways to Write supports progression as children move through school. Lessons are carefully planned to build key writing skills over time, including grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, vocabulary, spelling and composition. Children are taught how to plan, draft, edit and improve their writing, developing independence and pride in their work.

By using Pathways to Write from Year 1 to Year 6, we ensure that children experience a consistent approach to writing while building on their prior learning each year. Our aim is for every child to leave our school as a confident writer who can communicate clearly, imaginatively and effectively.

Ready Steady Spell

From Year 2 onwards, we use Ready Steady Spell to support the teaching of spelling across the school. Ready Steady Spell provides a clear, structured and consistent approach, helping children develop the spelling knowledge and strategies they need to become confident writers.

Through regular spelling lessons, pupils learn spelling patterns, rules and conventions in a carefully sequenced way. Children are encouraged to explore how words are built, make links between sounds and letters, and apply their spelling knowledge within their everyday writing.

Ready Steady Spell supports progression as children move through school. Lessons are designed to build on prior learning, develop understanding of common spelling rules, and extend children’s knowledge of vocabulary, word families and word meanings.

By using Ready Steady Spell from Year 2 onwards, we ensure that children have a consistent approach to spelling and are supported to become more accurate, independent and confident writers. Our aim is for every child to develop the skills they need to spell successfully and apply these skills across the curriculum.

Little Wandle

In Nursery, Reception and Year 1, we use Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised to support the teaching of phonics and early reading. Little Wandle provides a clear, systematic and consistent approach, helping children learn the sounds and skills they need to become confident readers.

Children are taught phonics through daily lessons, where they learn to recognise letters, say the sounds they represent, and blend sounds together to read words. They also learn to segment sounds to support early spelling and writing.

Reading books are carefully matched to each child’s phonics knowledge, so children can practise reading using the sounds they have already been taught. This helps pupils build confidence, fluency and independence as they begin their reading journey.

Little Wandle supports progression from the Early Years into Key Stage 1, ensuring that children develop strong foundations in reading and spelling. Children who need extra support are given additional practice to help them keep up and succeed.

Our aim is for every child to become a fluent, confident reader who enjoys books and develops a lifelong love of reading.

Dimensions Curriculum

At our school, we use the Dimensions Curriculum from Nursery to Year 6 to provide a broad, balanced and engaging curriculum for all children. We are excited to be launching Dimensions across the school this year, giving all pupils a carefully planned curriculum that supports progression, curiosity and a love of learning.

Dimensions is a thematic curriculum which helps pupils make meaningful links between subjects, while ensuring clear progression in knowledge, skills and vocabulary as they move through school.

The curriculum is built around rich, purposeful learning themes that encourage children to be curious, creative and reflective. Through these themes, pupils explore important ideas linked to the wider world, including communication, conflict, culture and conservation. This helps children understand their place in the world and develop the knowledge, values and skills they need for the future.

From the Early Years onwards, learning is carefully planned so that children build on what they already know. In Nursery and Reception, the curriculum supports the Early Years Foundation Stage through practical, play-based and language-rich experiences. As children move into Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, the curriculum continues to develop subject knowledge across the National Curriculum, while keeping learning connected, memorable and meaningful.

Using Dimensions across the whole school gives us a shared approach to curriculum design. It supports consistency, progression and high expectations, while allowing teachers to adapt learning to meet the needs and interests of our pupils. Our aim is for every child to enjoy learning, make strong progress and leave our school as a confident, knowledgeable and thoughtful learner.

Religious Education (RE)
In line with UK law, parents have the right to withdraw their child from RE lessons if they wish to provide their own religious education. We recommend discussing this with us so you understand the value and aims of RE before making a decision.