Curriculum Overview
Curriculum Intent
Peak school intends to provide a comprehensive, balanced, and individualised educational experience that addresses the diverse needs of all pupils. By providing relevant opportunities, the curriculum promotes personal development, academic achievement, and essential life skills, ensuring that pupils are well-prepared for future transitions and lifelong learning.
The curriculum is designed to be flexible, allowing for adaptations based on each pupil’s unique strengths, interests, and challenges. It aims to develop good self-esteem and enable pupils to reach their full potential by reducing any barriers to learning and encouraging them to challenge themselves.
Through a focus on independence and confidence, pupils are encouraged to be tolerant and respectful of others, knowing how to stay safe and have a voice they are confident to use. The curriculum fosters resilience, preparing pupils for whatever comes next, and helps them form and maintain successful relationships.
Curriculum Implementation
To align with our intent of providing a comprehensive, balanced, and individualised educational experience, Peak School implements a flexible curriculum that can be adapted to each pupil’s unique strengths, interests, and challenges. Our teaching approach emphasises personal growth, academic success, and the development of essential life skills.
Our curriculum is structured into three distinctive and ambitious pathways, each tailored to equip our students with the skills and knowledge needed for the next stage of their education. We ensure that each pupil’s existing knowledge is developed upon, through relevant learning opportunities. While some subjects and EHCP outcomes are integrated into a holistic curriculum, others are taught separately through a series of structured long term plans.
Curriculum Impact
Each pathway is designed to maximise student progress and achievement by using a comprehensive approach. This includes measuring pupils’ understanding and skills at the end of each topic and twice yearly summative assessment to provide a clear picture of progress. We provide reports to parents to keep them informed about their child’s achievements, fostering a collaborative approach to development. By scrutinising pupils’ work, we can assess their grasp of the curriculum and ensure they are meeting the expected standards. Regular feedback from adults, including teachers and support staff, helps pupils to understand their strengths and next steps. This approach ensures that we are not only tracking pupil progress but also actively supporting each pupil’s journey towards achieving their full potential.