Learning

Our aim is to provide pupils with a long-lasting love of learning. We achieve this through a variety of means, depending on the age group and ability level of each individual. Alongside inspirational curriculum teaching, we offer a challenging and exciting academic enrichment programme across all year groups where pupils are encouraged to think beyond the normal demands of subject material.

The journey starts when pupils enter the school in the Shell year (Year 9). Arriving from many different schools into an unfamiliar environment, it is through engaging with the familiar world of the classroom that many pupils first find their feet – and will experience the excitement of learning, whether in the context of a specific subject, or through one of the many cross-curricular projects they undertake. Our Shell curriculum is designed to encourage habits of concentration, of aiming for the best and of taking risks in order to achieve something special; the work they do in this vital year enables our pupils to make the most of the curriculum opportunities they have through their GCSE choices in Years 10 and 11 – the Fourth and Fifth forms.

The GCSE curriculum allows our pupils to see a wide panorama of further intellectual opportunities, which they will strive towards during their Sixth Form years and beyond.