“If they have wings, why make them walk?”
We want to inspire and motivate all children to have a wonderful desire to learn and grow as individuals and as a collective. To empower and support them to become life-long learners who are prepared to take risks, learn with growing independence and develop skills that enable them to fly high academically, socially, emotionally and physically.
We want our pupils to thrive as a result of our ambition for them to succeed beyond their own expectations and through the identification and removal of their barriers to learning and achievement.
Through the delivery of irresistible learning opportunities and rich experience, we strive to give children the ability and confidence to work and speak as experts; progressively building transferable knowledge and understanding that is memorable, broad and empowering. This, alongside the relentless drive for high quality outcomes and progress, underpinned by excellence and pride, exemplifies our ambition for our pupils.
We expect pupils to behave as responsible good citizens and role models, supporting them to understand the choices and behaviours that will enable them to make positive decisions. We do this within a culture of mutual respect for all within our community, encouraging kindness, tolerance and care for others.
We measure our success in our ability to support pupils to have the skills, knowledge, personal qualities and drive to be successful within the next stages of their life and beyond and to make a positive contribution to life in modern Britain.
Waddington All Saints Academy has approximately 375 pupils on roll, serving a mixed catchment, half from the local villages and the other half from service families, as a result military life remains highly significant to our context and offer. We work to sustain strong links with the local community and RAF Waddington.
The contextual implications of the proportion of pupils from service families includes higher than average mobility, with pupils joining from the education systems of other areas and countries and pupils often leave or join mid-year. Our curriculum is based upon the National Curriculum, because this gives pupils the greatest chance of curriculum cohesion and progression when moving between schools. Mobility has the potential to impact upon all pupils at our academy, so our curriculum and systems also support pupils to develop character and resilience, to ensure that their educational chances and success will not be limited or negatively impacted upon by challenges and change. Consequently, they are well prepared for the next stages of their learning and education.
While there is cultural diversity within our academy, 92% of pupils are from a White British Background, and for 3% of pupils, English is not their first language. We currently have 14% of pupils with SEND, which includes 15 pupils with an EHCP. In addition, 13% of our pupils are in receipt of Pupil Premium.
Alongside mobility, there is an identified contextual need to ensure:
– Opportunity to develop awareness and understanding of diversity and culture are woven through the curriculum and;
– Adaptations of learning are effective in supporting all pupils to be able to access learning and make progress.
Our Curriculum Rationale
At All Saints Academy, our curriculum has the aim of providing our pupils with a deep sense of wonder about the world and a fundamental desire to learn and keep learning; enabling, inspiring and motivating all children to grow and develop as individuals and a collective. To support us in this, we have designed a coherent and relevant curriculum that enables all children to develop the skills and access ‘powerful knowledge’ that will enable every individual to reach their full potential and be successful as citizens in their future. We want to empower children to be prepared to take risks, learn with growing independence and develop skills that enable them to fly high academically, socially and physically.
Our curriculum has been constructed to meet the needs of our curriculum and all of our pupils. It is centred about our curriculum drivers, a ‘DRIVE for EXCELLENCE’ in all that we do and these are evident throughout the academy.
| D | An inclusive curriculum, which celebrates DIVERSITY, teaches respect, tolerance and equality to ensure pupils develop a strong moral compass. |
| R | A curriculum, which creates life-long learners, through RETREIVAL, enabling pupils to make links and remember more. |
| I | An IRRESISTIBLE curriculum that provides opportunities for pupils to use their imagination to create and innovate. |
| V | A curriculum which develops an understanding of right and wrong through cultural capital, teaching pupils to be resilient and building the VALUES to become caring, well-rounded citizens. |
| E | A challenging curriculum that promotes a love for reading, encouraging independence and critical thinking; enabling pupils to articulate their learning and work as EXPERTS. |
Our ‘DRIVE for EXCELLENCE’ ensures that our curriculum enables children to:
Curriculum Enrichment
