OUR CHRISTIAN VISION
“The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed. A man plants the seed in his field. That seed is the smallest of all seeds. But when it grows, it is one of the largest garden plants. It becomes a tree, big enough for the wild birds to come and make nests in its branches.”
Matthew 13:31-32, International Children’s Bible
We believe each child is like a mustard seed, growing and thriving in our Church school family. All children are nurtured here and flourish through our teaching and care. We empower children to seek out the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life; children are inspired to be the best that they can be. Everyone is valued and able to grow in the love of God.
Whoever you are, you are welcome here
Our school vision is delivered through a curriculum that is adapted to meet the needs of each cohort through regular review as well as:
Our Values Education permeates the whole school ethos with values being taught in Collective Worship and recognised throughout the day. Values Education gives children a social, moral and spiritual framework to shape their actions and behaviour towards others.
Our curriculum is delivered within a culture of inclusion and high expectations for all pupils. All pupils are included in every opportunity to enable them to achieve well. This reflects the requirements for inclusion and equality as set out in the Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice 2014 and Equality Act 2010.
We achieve our curriculum intent by:
We take pride in achieving our outcomes. Through the careful planning and teaching of a variety of lessons children leave with a high standard of English and Maths that ensures they can access the curriculum as it becomes more challenging and rapid in the next stage of their education. They have started to show a passion for learning in a variety of subject areas, which we hope will help inform their future choices linked to exam success and career options. Most importantly, the children leave us feeling valued and respected. They enjoy learning and are capable of achieving and striving for success. We have encouraged our pupils to be tolerant, inquisitive and active learners.
Impact is measured over the year in a number of ways. We use a rigorous monitoring system across the whole school to ensure we are meeting the needs of the children and that they are reaching their full potential. This is done not only through data collection and data meetings, but also using our detailed teaching and learning monitoring schedule. This ensures that senior leaders and subject leaders are using pupil voice; drop ins, book looks and planning scrutiny effectively to monitor classroom practice, pupils engagement and attainment. Needs are identified and addressed quickly by adapting the curriculum. This information is also used to inform further curriculum developments as annually we review our curriculum provision to ensure it is the very best for our pupils and meets the needs of our growing community.
Our schools are forward thinking and progressive, we work each year to ensure the utmost success. We look to improve and evolve through our own professional development and learning. This ensures our children get access to some of the best and most up to date practice and methods.
If you would like to know more about our curriculum please contact the individual school:
Dunton VC Lower School
office@duntonschool.co.uk
01767 312154
Wrestlingworth VC Lower School
office@wrestlingworthschool.co.uk
01767 631249