Our Curriculum for our Children

Spire Nursery and Infant School is a unique educational and nurturing setting where staff thrive on giving pupils the best possible start in life. We believe that our Curriculum Intent is vital to ensure pupils receive the best education possible to become effective British Citizens.

In the ‘Curriculum’ drop down menu, you will find details of our creative and ambitious curriculum and the ‘Learning Journey’ that each child will encounter for each subject.

Our Learning Journey starts with the ‘Subject’s Intent Statement’. Followed by the content’s guidance taken from the National Curriculum and Early Years Framework. This guidance is then broken down into Long Term Plans to ensure curriculum coverage. From these, we have created ‘Knowledge and Skills Maps’ to show progression across each year group, and then our, ‘Curriculum Progression Maps’ show that learning is sequenced throughout the year. Finally, short-term plans are created to ensure that weekly learning contain small steps, to ensure that children develop a deep understanding of the content taught. These are regularly reviewed to ensure that our children continue to be challenged to achieve to the best of their ability.

At Spire Nursery and Infant School our curriculum not only includes the requirements of the KS1 National Curriculum and the Early Years Framework, but also a range of additional experiences documented in Enrichments Passports. These were carefully planned in order to promote personal growth and development and to address cultural capital and social mobility.

Each subject has its own policy to ensure compliance with the legal and statutory requirements set by the DfE, Ofsted, and other government departments.

Barriers to learning are incidents and conditions in a child’s lives which affect their ability to learn. At Spire, we understand that learning barriers can be influenced by a range of factors, including SEND and disadvantage. Our barriers to learning documents illustrate how we strive to address and remove these barriers in each subject area, in order for every child to reach their potential.

If you would like to know more about the curriculum and how it is being taught in the classroom, then please speak to your class teacher.