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Curriculum Information
The curriculum at Larkmead is continually developing to offer an engaging, enjoyable and exciting range of subjects and experiences for all students. In Key Stage 4 the Options system has been expanded to enable students to follow the courses that best suit their learning styles, enthusiasms and career aspirations. Students can follow a traditional academic route, take on a wider range of practical subjects, make the most of our school's Arts specialism or select from an increasing number of new courses, including Spanish, ICT and Media.
In Key Stage 3 students are taught in ability bands based on information from Primary schools, allowing us to offer appropriate levels of challenge and support, targeting resources, strategies and courses to focus on the individual needs of each student to help them succeed. SAT results show the very impressive work that takes place in Key Stage 3 at Larkmead, and new courses and strategies encourage all students to develop further at this important stage.
We continue to review the curriculum offered to students at Larkmead, building upon existing good practice and looking at the challenges and opportunities that may face our students in the future. Our curriculum takes into account the local and national context, maintaining at its heart the principle of individualised learning, offering the very best and most appropriate experience for each student. It is underpinned by the following principles:
A stimulating curriculum encourages enjoyment through engagement.
The curriculum at Larkmead is continually developing to offer an engaging, enjoyable and exciting range of subjects and experiences for all students. In Key Stage 4 the Options system has been expanded to enable students to follow the courses that best suit their learning styles, enthusiasms and career aspirations. Students can follow a traditional academic route, take on a wider range of practical subjects, make the most of our school's Arts specialism or select from an increasing number of new courses, including Spanish, ICT and Media.
In Key Stage 3 students are taught in ability bands based on information from Primary schools, allowing us to offer appropriate levels of challenge and support, targeting resources, strategies and courses to focus on the individual needs of each student to help them succeed. SAT results show the very impressive work that takes place in Key Stage 3 at Larkmead, and new courses and strategies encourage all students to develop further at this important stage.
We continue to review the curriculum offered to students at Larkmead, building upon existing good practice and looking at the challenges and opportunities that may face our students in the future. Our curriculum takes into account the local and national context, maintaining at its heart the principle of individualised learning, offering the very best and most appropriate experience for each student. It is underpinned by the following principles:
A stimulating curriculum encourages enjoyment through engagement.
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At Larkmead everyone will be supported as they are actively involved in their learning.
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Teaching & Learning will "encourage and enable every student to enjoy their time at school"
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"Without standards curriculum is shaky, without relevance it is futile" Bill Law (Founding Senior Fellow -
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Enjoyment and engagement go hand in hand in a culture that nurtures an enthusiasm for the power of learning to transform lives.
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The structure and delivery of the curriculum should be flexible and adaptable.
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Recognising and valuing the needs, interests and abilities of the individual creates a greater sense of personalisation in the curriculum, increasing involvement and success.
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The curriculum and the school community must be able to adapt to meet any known and perceived external demands.
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The curriculum should enable everyone to flourish and achieve in many ways
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The curriculum at Larkmead must enable every student "to exceed expectations, to be proud of their achievements…and to grow in confidence"
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A developed and embedded sense of the ways in which we learn alongside clear routes of progression helps everyone to succeed.
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Every member of the Larkmead community will work together so that "learners have high expectations of themselves in a culture that encourages and celebrates their success"
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The curriculum makes students aware of the power of responsibility
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Each student has an impact on the success of the learning of the whole school community. Everyone has the right to make a positive contribution.
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Participation in school life will help students to "see their learning within the context of a wider community and be aware of their responsibility in the wider world."
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Experiencing the curriculum at Larkmead will "make a real and positive difference."
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Education is for life
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At Larkmead students will "learn transferable skills for life"
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"Education for personal and social development is most usefully established as integral to the whole curriculum…with learning drawing upon knowledge gained from 'academic' subjects". Bill Law
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At Larkmead students will learn how to be healthy and how to stay safe.
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The curriculum will prepare students for the changing demands of the work place, enabling students to achieve economic well-
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Learning at Larkmead will shape "young adults equipped to succeed, making a real and positive difference in a demanding and changing world"
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For the full range of subjects offered by the National Curriculum, click here
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