At Cantrell Primary School, we aim to provide our children with a curriculum that interests, motivates, and inspires their learning. It is our intention to provide our children with an education that meets their individual needs and gives them the best future life opportunities. We endeavour to deliver an education which provides our pupils with knowledge and a range of skills so that they become rounded individuals.  At Cantrell, we want our pupils to leave our school as articulate, independent thinkers who can view the world with tolerance and who are able to form and express their own opinions.

At Cantrell, we have designed our knowledge-based curriculum to be underpinned by the national curriculum document.

The curriculum is planned and sequenced so that the understanding of key concepts is deepened. Connections are made so that children understand how their current learning is linked to prior learning. Key concepts have been identified and knowledge progression is planned so that end points are identified. We aim to frame children’s learning to help them to identify the purpose of what they are learning. At Cantrell, it is our intent that our subject curriculum is delivered in a way that allows our children to transfer key knowledge to their long-term memory. To achieve this, we aim to present information clearly, promote appropriate discussion opportunities and systematically check children’s understanding. If misunderstandings or misconceptions are identified, we aim to respond to this to ensure that our children continue to make progress.