our curriculum at The Heights Federation
In this section of our website you can find out all about the curriculum that we follow.
Curriculum Development
We have, over the past few years, developed our curriculum signficantly. We moved firstly to a text based curriculum which means that our curriculum themes are driven by a key text which children study and which inspires learning. The texts are appropriate for children in each key stage and encourage children to think about themes more deeply. This also allows us the opportunity for children to write at length both within literacy and other areas of the curriculum.
This year we have continued to develop our curriculum further to build upon the success of the text based curriculum and make sure the overall curriculum and individual themes being studied reflect our individual school contexts.
Ofsted and the Curriculum
The way that Ofsted inspect the curriculum is also changing with the introduction of a new Ofsted Framework 2025.
Our Curriculum
We believe that pupils should be offered a broad and balanced curriculum within our school which prepares them for the next stage of their education building upon key knowedge and skills which they can apply later on. We also want our pupils to have pride and knowledge of their own local context and this is reflected in the themes which have been chosen. We welcomed feedback from parents at the end of Summer Term 2019 about our curriculum and we hope you feel that your views have been included in the development of our curriculum. Classes 1, 2 and 3 all have their own curriculum maps which show our curriculum intent which you can see below.
Federation Curriculum Statement
Religious Education
As a school we are following the new Kirklees Agreed RE Syllabus entitled 'Believing and Belonging'. Mrs Cooper leads RE across the federation. She is passionate about supporting children learn about their own faith and that of others and the opportunities RE offers for deep thinking about current issues, values and themes. Click here for a link to the new Kirklees Syllabus.
PSHE and RSE
Contact us regarding the curriculum
Mrs Creamer is our curriculum lead for the foundation subjects supporting staff who lead on individual areas of the curriculum. Miss Walton leads the Early Years Curriculum, Miss Travis heads our mathematics team, Mrs Barnes (Wilberlee) leads on science and Mrs Katie Wood (Wilberlee) leads the literacy team. If you have any questions about the curriculum your children will be following please do get int touch with us via the school office.