At WPT, we understand that getting the curriculum right for each and every individual child is the single most important factor in ensuring progress, encouraging positive engagement and raising aspirations. We are continually reviewing and improving the curriculum we offer.

We believe that the curriculum is a powerful tool. Our curriculum is not driven by performance tables. We are proud that the curriculum in our Trust is a starting point for a wide and varied learning experience for our children. We enrich the curriculum with our strong ethos based on respect for ourselves and others, equality and a sense of wonder at the world we live in and through opportunities to develop deep and sustained engagement and give children the capability to think deeply and critically for themselves. We are committed to developing the whole child.

It is our belief that our Trust has a strong, broad, balanced curriculum which can be tailored to meet the needs of individuals, so that we can remove barriers to learning and allow all children to access the curriculum appropriate to them. We believe the curriculum should be tailored to the school’s local context by addressing typical gaps in children’s knowledge and skills. Our children will have the opportunity to be creative, physically active and academically challenged. We ensure the children have a range of learning experiences that challenge, stimulate and promote thinking and learning.

At WPT, the core of our curriculum is a strong foundation in English and Maths, with the opportunity for additional support to address deficits in literacy and numeracy, as we believe that these essential skills not only enable children to access the rest of the curriculum, but are vital life skills. Our aim is for our curriculum to be as broad as possible for as long as possible.

We believe that participation in high quality physical activity and physical education is valuable in its own right because of the specific educational outcomes and the personal, social and health benefits. It is also a very effective means of engaging young people in their broader learning, by raising aspirations, providing motivation and promoting behaviours that lead to higher levels of attainment across the full range of school subjects. Because of this, we believe that every child  deserves equal access to high quality PE and Sport learning environments and programmes that are inclusive, safe, challenging, progressive and enjoyable, taught by specialist tutors. These opportunities are embedded in the school curriculum, available as out of school hours provision and in the community. The wider promotion of physical activity as part of a healthy lifestyle is extremely important as well as the opportunity to take part in extra-curricular clubs and teams. All students have the opportunity to take part in outdoor education / watersports through our OAA provision at Ulley Reservoir.

Our extra-curricular offer is extensive beyond physical activity and includes creative and performing arts, and STEM. We take every opportunity to extend the curriculum through visitors from the worlds of art, STEM, computing, history, science, and music. Educational visits include:

• Residentials to Scarborough
• Local sites of historical interest
• London
• Farms
• Wildlife parks
• Stadiums to watch or take part in sports or singing events.

All students are given the opportunity to be taught by specialist Music teachers and to learn an instrument – the Trust actively provides a peripatetic music service to ensure progression for students who wish to develop their skills and interests further. They are given the opportunity to take part in a WPT public performance, such as the Trust Christmas concert and Young Voices.

There is a dedicated Outdoor Adventurous Activities timetable where students can access 2.5 days of water based activities. During the off-season, students can access 1.5 days of climbing activities using WPT’s indoor climbing walls.

In addition to the National School Games programme, there are a number of additional competitions which are available to students. All competitions have a National/Local Governing Body pathway leading to opportunities to transition into a club setting, ranging from grassroots to professional academies.

We have designed a curriculum that values the development of the ‘able’ as much as it does ‘qualified’. We believe that both are equally important to our children so that they can play their full part in the world.

We aim to engender a love of learning, self-belief and aspiration through 4 key intentions: