Curriculum

 

Curriculum Intent

At The Turing School, our impressive curriculum is a testament to our ambitious vision of fostering an exceptional, forward-thinking learning organisation that produces extraordinary individuals. Our core values of Aspiration, Respect, Diversity, and Innovation underpin our curriculum and our commitment to providing outstanding research-engaged teaching and learning that fosters academic excellence and social-emotional growth. As a beacon of educational excellence, our curriculum empowers students to excel, teachers to inspire, and parents to admire the experience we provide.

 

Curriculum Implementation

At The Turing School, we believe that an evidence-informed curriculum is key to achieving our ambitious vision. Our curriculum is well-sequenced, integrating new knowledge with prior knowledge and building complexity over time to ensure students are well-equipped to tackle increasingly challenging concepts.

We recognise the importance of retrieval practice, which we continually use to activate prior knowledge and reduce cognitive load in lessons. Our aim is to expose students to content multiple times in the curriculum, ensuring that they have ample opportunity to master key concepts.

Formative assessment is central to our approach, with mini-whiteboards and other tools used to assess student thinking. This data then informs the teaching and planning of our teachers, enabling us to adapt the curriculum to meet the needs of individual students.

Mastery of threshold concepts is a key focus, as it reduces cognitive load and allows for deeper thinking within lessons. Our curriculum is regularly adapted based on student data from assessments, and adaptive teaching is used to provide scaffolding to students when required, which is gradually removed over time.

We believe that students learn best when they are challenged, and our curriculum is designed accordingly. It explicitly teaches metacognitive strategies to encourage students to become reflective learners that are self-scaffolding. Literacy is prioritized through the explicit teaching of tier 2 and 3 vocabulary and reading comprehension strategies.

Our KS3 curriculum activates and builds on KS2 to ensure high levels of curriculum success, with a focus on building on prior knowledge to deepen understanding and nurture student motivation.

At The Turing School, we are committed to delivering an impressive curriculum that is grounded in research evidence and designed to help every students achieve their full potential.