Curriculum Intent
Our curriculum intent and vision is underpinned by our Trust values:
Success through Endeavour
Ambition through Challenge
Strength through Diversity
At Summit our overarching curriculum aims to:
- Promote social justice through the provision of a rich and relevant cultural capital curriculum that supports students’ learning in a wide range of subjects
- Challenge robustly all forms of discrimination and unconscious bias by providing an inclusive curriculum that is relevant to the backgrounds of all our pupils
- Provoke ambition in our students by challenging them to engage with hard concepts
- Inspire learners to enjoy reflective and dynamic learning
- Support our learners to overcome disadvantage by equipping them with the deep knowledge and complex skills they will need to succeed in future education, work and life
- Spark curiosity and excitement in students about the world, themselves and each other
- Deliver coherence within and across subject areas so that learners understand, learn how to remember, and make connections between the composite parts of the knowledge they are taught
- Engender understanding, optimism and hope in our students, to empower them to create a better world
Academies will have additional, individual curriculum intent according to their ethos and context. Leaders will review their curricula to ensure that it reflects different world views equally, for example (but not exclusively) that of women and people of colour.
Academies will map their curricula within and across subject areas, mindful of the foundations of the primary curriculum, and the future demands of further and higher education. Careful and intelligent consideration will be given to the selection of interleaved knowledge and skills across five years of learning. Our ‘Excellence in Teaching’ model of pedagogy, rooted in direct instruction, will support profound learning across a coherent curriculum experience for students.
Academies will collaborate and share practice, planning and resources to reduce workload, and will be free to adapt their own curricula with respect to their particular context and needs.
Our School Vision
At Lyndon School, our vision is to develop well-rounded, confident, and responsible individuals who aspire to achieve their full potential. Through the delivery of an ambitious, inclusive, and knowledge-rich curriculum, we tackle social disadvantage and ensure that all learners possess the knowledge, skills, and cultural capital they need to live successful and happy lives within our diverse community.
We are proud to guide our learners on the Lyndon Learner Journey, a pathway that encompasses the entire school experience, from curriculum design to enrichment and personal development. The Lyndon Learner Journey is designed to:
• Broaden Horizons through exposure to diverse academic and cultural experiences.
• Build Confidence by developing resilience and self-belief through challenge and support.
• Explore New Skills that prepare learners for life beyond school.
Through rich blend of academic growth, character development, and diverse opportunities, our learners are empowered to excel and thrive. By the time they leave Lyndon, they are secure, confident, and ready to embrace the opportunities and challenges ahead.
Through rich blend of academic growth, character development, and diverse opportunities, our learners are empowered to excel and thrive. By the time they leave Lyndon, they are secure, confident, and ready to embrace the opportunities and challenges ahead.
Our Curriculum Intent
The heart of our provision is the ambitious, inclusive, and knowledge-rich curriculum. Our curriculum promotes the intellectual, creative, cultural, linguistic, spiritual, moral, and physical development of all learners, with the goal of deepening their knowledge and broadening their horizons. It celebrates individuality and diversity, fostering understanding, acceptance, and respect.
All aspects of our broad and balanced curriculum have been carefully constructed to incorporate our character virtues altruism, compassion, curiosity, integrity, resilience, and resourcefulness and our values of Strength through Diversity, Ambition through Challenge, and Excellence through Curiosity. By embedding these principles, we aim for learners to be challenged and supported in all they do, enabling access to the high-quality education to which they are entitled. Rich in opportunity and choice, the curriculum ensures that every learner’s potential is recognised and that all experience the joy of achievement.
Our curriculum is designed to create learning opportunities that encourage deep learning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving, supporting learners in becoming the decision-makers of the future. We want learners to become immersed in experiences that help them make connections across subjects through the sequential building of knowledge and the enhancement of cultural understanding. To support this, all lessons are based on the Excellence in Teaching Programme (EiTP), underpinned by Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction.
We recognise that learning extends beyond the classroom. Enrichment opportunities are a cornerstone of the Lyndon experience, offering learners the chance to shine and gain confidence through STEM, Sport, Performing Arts, and Design Technology. These experiences are designed to build cultural literacy and expose learners to the best that has been thought and said, fostering an appreciation of human creativity and achievement. This commitment ensures learners are informed, confident, and prepared to take each step toward achieving their dreams.