Mission Statement

Ash Green School is a beacon of aspiration and excellence where our students are supported to be successful, well-informed, highly skilled and confident world citizens. We encourage our students to exceed their expected grades in order to improve their life chances at college, university and beyond. We aim to provide a broad and full inclusive curriculum where children enjoy learning and are able to thrive relative to their starting points.

Curriculum Intent Rationale Overview

Our curriculum aims to deliver the following outcomes:

• a. The broadest, most engaging and accessible curriculum to allow all of our pupils to be successful in their aspirations.
• b. Nurture a love for learning and create life-long learners
• c. An enriching and fully inclusive learning environment
• d. Well prepared and resilient young people who can embrace modern society

The main principles behind our curriculum set out to achieve the following:

a. Enable students to effectively access and fully understand key information and to utilise skills so that they are able to confidently and accurately retain and recall information over time.

• This is achieved by intentionally planning and embedding a sequenced curriculum that enables pupils to build on Knowledge and skills in order to be successful.
• We make the powerful knowledge transparent to students and teachers and carefully plan for regular opportunities to recall, revisit and reteach in order to secure an effective learning environment.

b. Create a composite knowledge learning journey that is accessible to all students, through identification of key components of learning and sequencing across the Key Stages.

• Important knowledge is identified and built on progressively through learning curriculum maps, with increased difficulty, challenge and application throughout the secondary school years.
• Assessments are carefully planned and mapped alongside the curriculum journey to ensure that knowledge is tested in application and embedded effectively, to allow teachers to regularly adapt and evolve the curriculum and their practice to support pupil needs.

c. Provide a broad, enriching and inclusive aspirational curriculum offer.

• The curriculum has been developed to support and develop the AGS pupil to be successful and competitive in their contextual local environment and beyond.
• Weekly staff CPD is used to adapt the curriculum to allow it to be constantly reviewed to ensure it is inclusive and is the best possible learning experience for the pupils.

d. Create independent and confident young learners by supporting students with essential skills for memory recall, developing reading and encouraging students to develop a secure knowledge and understanding of the National Curriculum by:

• explicitly identifying knowledge and facts students need to be able to recall and planning to allow opportunities to facilitate revisit and implementation of frequent low stakes tests for students to demonstrate their ability to recall.
• Using Knowledge Organisers to embed key knowledge and encourage practice.
• Deliberately revisiting previously taught key learning objectives and knowledge through careful planning and curriculum sequencing, for example through lesson starters and exam style questions.
• Teaching students how they can train their minds to be able to recall knowledge to consolidate learning and develop their long term memory.

AGS Curriculum Phased Approach

At AGS we follow the National Curriculum. This is delivered through the fostering of Academic, Ambition and the Knowledge Connected Curriculum. We plan intentionally for a broad and enriching 3 year Key Stage 3 experience. The programme includes cores subjects of English, Maths, Science as well as EBAC subjects of History, Geography, Religious Studies, French, Spanish and Computer Science. There is a range of creative subjects such as Art. PE and Music. 

Character Development

Our curriculum enables our students to not only excel in academic performance but also to develop the knowledge, behaviour and skills by well- planned experiences that will build confidence and widen their understanding of the world.

At AGS we optimise on enriching experiences for our students including;

• a comprehensive PSHE and RSE programme which is built into the curriculum and engages external providers and careers support
• a range of exciting and engaging visits and external speakers and workshops linked to aspects of the curriculum and PSHE
• a range of sporting activities and teams to take part in after school.
• a comprehensive work experience programme in Year 10.
• A successful Duke of Edinburgh programme
• the opportunity to become a student leader and have a role in the operational and strategic direction of the school.
• The opportunity to take part in an international trip.

All students are expected to take part in at least one enrichment activity after school every term in addition to individual opportunities offered in school such as intervention or homework club.We have systems in place for encouraging, acknowledging and rewarding extra-curricular endeavour which include a Bronze, Silver and Gold award for participation throughout the year.

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