Curriculum Intent

Our curriculum is underpinned by the core belief that knowledge is power. Our curriculum is academically ambitious, engaging and rigorous and designed to embrace our Trust mission of ‘Excellence and Ambition for all’. 

We recognise the importance of reading and place high-quality texts at the core of our curriculum. We encourage students to be reflective, showing curiosity and a thirst for knowledge in order to improve as individuals. This enables them to develop holistically and become active participants in modern British life. We are ambitious and have the highest of expectations of all our students. 

In order to realise our ambitions for our students we have developed a broad and ambitious curriculum, that is coherently planned and sequenced, and aims to: 

  • Provide a broad range of subjects and develop students’ expertise within those individual subjects 

  • Ensure students follow a knowledge-led curriculum with ambitious endpoints, through which they know and remember more in order to achieve their best 

  • Ensure literacy and numeracy are prominent within our curriculum and empower students to use an enriched vocabulary 

  • Develop aspiration and create opportunities, developing our students as confident, curious, and creative individuals, who are able to communicate effectively 

  • Ensure students are respectful and resilient, contributing positively to society 

  • Provide an extensive extra-curricular and enrichment programme to support the development of our students’ character and prepare them for life as balanced, happy well-rounded individuals, who can succeed. 

We see the curriculum as the mastery of subject-specific knowledge. It is this knowledge that allows students to explore the richness of the curriculum in more depth. Knowledge develops a love for learning and students are enthused by knowing more and remembering more. This enthusiasm raises attainment and aspirations for all students. 

The deliberate design and sequencing of our curriculum allows our students to commit knowledge to long-term memory through a curriculum that builds on prior knowledge and revisits at levels of greater complexity 

As a result of our knowledge-rich curriculum: 

  • Concepts are broken down into smaller, distinct items of knowledge to be mastered, ensuring a deeper understanding of the content being studied 

  • Teachers have a clear overview of the precise key component knowledge 

  • Students will learn, allowing teachers to focus on deciding the most effective way to explain the content to their students 

  • Teachers are able to identify specifically how to provide appropriate support and challenge, as well as adapting their teaching in response to feedback 

The curriculum structure at Stamford Park Trust schools is based on students developing a strong foundation of knowledge, skills and understanding in a wide range of subject disciplines. We believe our students deserve the very best standard of education and one that will help them achieve their aspirations for the future.