Curriculum Statement
At Bailiffe Bridge, our curriculum is underpinned by our school motto, ‘Nurturing Potential, Inspiring Futures’, which clearly reflects our core purpose: to prepare pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities, and challenges they will encounter throughout their lives.
We are proud to foster a learning culture where academic achievement, personal development, and emotional well-being are given equal priority. Our school is a safe, inclusive, and nurturing environment in which high-quality teaching and learning take place every day. We are committed to developing resilient, curious learners who demonstrate a strong work ethic, positive attitudes to learning, and a genuine enthusiasm for knowledge. As a school community, we continually strive for improvement and hold high expectations for all.
While our curriculum is firmly rooted in the National Curriculum, it is carefully adapted and enriched to meet the specific needs of our pupils. It reflects our local context, values diversity, and prepares children to engage confidently with the wider world. Through meaningful experiences and purposeful learning, we ensure pupils are equipped not only with strong knowledge and skills, but also with the confidence and character needed for future success.
Our curriculum is shaped by our five core values of care, confidence, creativity, challenge, and character. These values define both what we want our pupils to achieve and how learning is experienced across our school.
Care
We provide a caring, safe, and nurturing environment where every child feels listened to, supported, and valued. Strong relationships underpin all aspects of school life, enabling pupils to learn, work, and play with security and confidence. We celebrate achievement at every level and work closely with families, staff, governors, and the wider community to ensure the well-being of all.
Confidence
We develop confident learners who believe in themselves and their abilities. Through positive relationships, clear expectations, and encouragement, pupils are supported to express their ideas, take ownership of their learning, and challenge negative behaviours and influences. Our curriculum promotes independence and self-belief, enabling children to approach learning with assurance.
Creativity
Our curriculum is designed to be relevant, engaging, and inspiring. We promote creativity by providing opportunities for problem-solving, imaginative thinking, and the exploration of ideas across subjects. Pupils are encouraged to discover and develop their unique talents and interests, applying their knowledge in creative and meaningful ways.
Challenge
We have high expectations for all pupils and provide learning opportunities that are ambitious and appropriately challenging. Children are encouraged to take risks in their learning, persevere when faced with difficulty, and view mistakes as an essential part of the learning process. Through challenge, pupils deepen their understanding and grow as learners.
Character
We place a strong emphasis on developing pupils’ character. Through the teaching of respect, responsibility, resilience, and determination, pupils learn to make positive choices and take pride in themselves, their learning, and their school. Our curriculum supports children to develop strong learning behaviours, ambition, and a sense of moral and social responsibility that prepares them for life beyond school.
Belonging and Diversity
Across all aspects of our curriculum, we celebrate diversity and promote a strong sense of belonging. Every child is respected as an individual, and differences are recognised as strengths that enrich our school community.
The Intention of the Curriculum at Bailiffe Bridge School
- To ensure that all pupils are able to access a range of childhood experiences so that they are not disadvantaged because of their home and family circumstances;
- To create capable learners who are rich in knowledge gained from many sources;
- To nurture competent readers who have an appreciation of literature;
- To develop confident writers who can organise their writing to suit the task or purpose, choosing and spelling words with precision;
- To produce numerate pupils who can calculate and manipulate with ease but also the reason why and apply their thought in increasingly complex ways;
- To enable pupils to use their long term memory so that they can understand how to move relevant information between their working memory and their long term memory as they need it;
- To create divergent thinkers who aren’t afraid to ask how or why;
- To provide an opportunity to learn about different cultures and faiths to enable pupils to understand, appreciate and empathise beyond their own community;
- To ensure pupils can recognise and believe in their own potential, learning from mistakes and experiences to ensure they have high aspirations for their educational performance and future careers;
- To provide pupils with opportunities to understand financial management and capability so that they are able to value money and manage it effectively in later life;
- To foster a partnership with parents from all backgrounds and experiences, to promote the value of education and ensure that they share our high expectations for pupil performance.