Curriculum Intent
Welcome to the curriculum section of the Parkside website.
Intent
Parkside Academy provides opportunities for all through educational excellence. Our intent is to ensure that all students make excellent progress and that our curriculum will remove any barriers that may affect their learning.
Subject-specifically, the curriculum is built around a progression model that ensures students incrementally gain deep knowledge and skills that are fundamental to each subject. Purposeful assessment is integral to the curriculum to ensure knowledge is fully embedded and highlights areas for development.
Throughout the curriculum there is a strong emphasis on developing;
- a ‘love of learning’.
- resilience, independence and becoming creative, critical thinkers.
- the skills required to be a productive member a diverse 21st century society.
- an understanding of ‘British Values’ and the implications for life in modern day Britain.
- students spiritual, moral, social and cultural learning.
- an understanding, through the careers programme, of the opportunities available to students once they leave school.
At the heart of the school is the focus on broadening student’s cultural horizons to ensure they are able to continue to the next stage of their educational journey.
Implementation
- Develop students to have high aspirations, resilience and are prepared for the next phase of their education.
- Offer of a broad and rounded curriculum maintaining the opportunity to study Languages, Technology and the Arts.
- High quality lessons, delivered by skilled practitioners with excellent subject knowledge, logically sequenced to ensure a deep understanding of subject matter addressing any misconceptions.
- An emphasis on wellbeing, enrichment rewards and a dedicated ASPIRE program with student leadership as a core foundation to develop cultural capital.
- Purposeful assessment with the promotion of recall and retrieval embedded.
- Ensuring key student groups make progress that is in line with national benchmarks.
The curriculum is structured in the following way to facilitate these aims:
Curriculum Prospectus
Please click on the download button below to find our latest curriculum offer for this academic year and a copy of our Music Development plan:
If you need more information please contact Mr L Stott, Deputy Headteacher.
Parkside Academy
Hall Lane, Willington, Crook
Co. Durham DL15 0QF
Tel: 01388 746 396 Fax: 01388 746782
General Enquiries please email: admin@parkside.org.uk
