The curriculum should enable all young people to become:

 

• successful learners who enjoy learning, make progress and achieve
• confident individuals who are able to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives
• responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society.

 

Successful learners who …

• enjoy learning and are motivated to achieve the best they can now and in the future
• have the essential learning skills of literacy, numeracy, science and information and communication technology
• are creative, resourceful and able to identify and solve problems
• have enquiring minds and think for themselves to process information, reason, question and evaluate
• communicate well in a range of ways
• understand how they learn and learn from their mistakes
• are able to learn independently and with others
• know about big ideas and events that shape our world

 

Confident individuals who …

• have a sense of self-worth and personal identity
• relate well to others and form good relationships
• are self-aware and deal well with their emotions
• have secure values and beliefs and have principles to distinguish right from wrong
• become increasingly independent, are able to take the initiative and organise themselves
• make healthy lifestyle choices
• are physically competent and confident
• take managed risks and stay safe
• recognise their talents and have ambitions
• are willing to try new things and make the most of opportunities
• are open to the excitement and inspiration offered by the natural world and human achievements.

 

Responsible citizens who….

• are well prepared for life and work
• are enterprising
• are able to work cooperatively with others
• respect others and act with integrity
• understand their own and others’ cultures and traditions, within the context of British heritage, and have a strong sense of their own place in the world
• appreciate the benefits of diversity
• challenge injustice, are committed to human rights and strive to live peaceably with others
• sustain and improve the environment, locally and globally
• take account of the needs of present and future generations in the choices they make
• can change things for the better.

 

In addition, our school aims to provide a broad and balanced curriculum with a distinct Exmoor character.