Our Approach

Intent

We offer a broad, knowledge rich and ambitious curriculum to challenge our students and inspire positive attitudes to learning. The design of our curriculum ensures that all students:

• Develop excellent disciplinary knowledge, understanding and skills.
• Develop their levels of literacy, oracy and numeracy across all curriculum areas.
• Make excellent progress.
• Develop cultural capital and wider life skills that fully prepare them for their next phases of education and life beyond school.
• Are not disadvantaged the social context in which they live
• Are inspired to be effective life-long learners.
• Are happy and have a desire to pursue a healthy and active lifestyle.
• Have the work ethic and confidence and ambition for a successful future.

Alongside our academic curriculum we prioritise the holistic development of our students through our Personal Development curriculum and extra-curricular opportunities. Our students are provided with the opportunity to discover and pursue their own interests, whilst developing empathy, respect for others and resilience. We focus on ensuring our students grow as well-rounded and responsible citizens who fulfil their potential and contribute positively to society.

Implementation

We operate a traditional 3:2:2 curriculum to ensure our KS3 curriculum builds a solid foundation of knowledge and skills that allow student to make excellent progress by the end of KS4 and KS5. Our curriculum in all key stages is designed to be challenging beyond the requirements of the national curriculum and remains broad to ensure students have opportunities to focus on their interest but keep their options open. We follow a two-week, 50 period timetable allowing courses to utilise retrieval and spaced practice.

At KS3, our students are provided with a broad and balanced curriculum with the recent addition of Food Technology alongside the Arts, Humanities, Languages, Science, English, Maths, PE and RSHE. In year 7 & 8 students study all subjects over a two-week timetable, In Year 9, those students wishing to study three separate sciences, drop one of the creative arts (Art, Drama, Media, Music) options.

During KS4, our students continue to have a broad curriculum offer with the vast majority of students successfully completing 9+ GCSEs. Our main curriculum offer is a traditional EBacc with around 85% of students entered for English Baccalaureate subjects. For students who need additional support and flexibility, a non-EBacc route is available. We have a curriculum model that aims to challenge students academically and cater to their interests and career aspirations though our comprehensive Science curriculum. Around 60% of our cohort complete Triple Science with each discipline awarded a separate GCSE grade, while some students have the option to enter for Combined Science which results in a double award GCSE.

At KS5, our students study three A levels with the opportunity to study supplementary courses such as Further Maths and the Extended Project Qualification. The most able students have the possibility of studying four A Levels but this requires excellent time management and a natural aptitude for their chosen courses.

All students at KEVIGS (Years 7-13) follow a planned personal development curriculum through our RE, RSHE and Careers curriculum. This has been created using statutory guidance from the DfE, the PSHE association, the Lincolnshire dioceses for Religion and Worldviews and the Gatsby Benchmarks for our Careers curriculum.