Curriculum overview

‘The school has a unique and exciting chosen approach to the delivery of the curriculum….Pupils very much enjoy these opportunities to acquire and practise different skills’ Oftsed 2017

At Kents Hill Junior School, we strive to present the best possible learning opportunities to our children and continually review and evaluate the curriculum being offered. Our curriculum is designed to meet the current and future needs and aspirations of our children as well as make the most of the learning opportunities offered on our doorstep.

We believe that a broad, balanced and creative curriculum will not only result in excellence and enjoyment but will also drive the push towards higher standards and profound life-long learning.

We want to own an outstanding primary curriculum that will challenge and inspire all our pupils and prepare them for the future. We aim for all of our children to become:

• Successful learners who achieve and enjoy learning
• Confident individuals who can live safe and healthy lives
• Responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society and achieve economic well being

The curriculum:

• Ensures a robust curriculum that meets National Curriculum requirements
• Develops skills that are transferable and which support life-long learning
• Better equips children for their future...including changes that we cannot even anticipate now
• Provides opportunities for child-initiated learning
• Provides rich learning and teaching opportunities based on excellence and enjoyment 

Our curriculum is designed to ensure that at all stages, pupils are able to apply what they have learnt towards a specified audience and purpose. 

Our Curriculum

Successful ~ Creative ~ Kind

For Today ~ For Tomorrow ~ For the Future

To view our curriculum schema for each year group please click on the links below:

"When my children come home, one thing that really impresses me is their vocabulary. Some of the vocabulary they use is so much more advanced than I would have expected!"

Our curriculum at Kents Hill Junior School will prepare our children for life in the twenty-first century by creating opportunities for learning that they are enthused, motivated by and engaged in.

At Kents Hill Junior School, we offer a knowledge-rich, memorable and vibrant curriculum which is ambitious for all learners. Our curriculum aims to encourage independence, curiosity and creativity, produce collaborators, innovators, leaders and above all our curriculum helps our children understand what it means to be a good, well-rounded citizen in the modern day.

Our curriculum encompasses not only the formal requirements of the National Curriculum, but goes beyond the experiences of the classroom to ensure that our children are exposed to the richest and most varied opportunities that we can provide and that challenge their pre-conceived ideas.

The curriculum at Kents Hill Junior School is broken down into three topics per year group with each topic focusing on a different element – ‘create’, ‘discover’ and ‘explore’.

Each topic is based around a key question and a key image for each term, which will create thought-provoking lessons and challenge the children’s ideas and understanding. Every topic is a journey, a story of discovery where lessons, end projects and outcomes are purposeful, real and linked to a career in the wider world and, where possible, involve and engage with the wider community.

Our curriculum is further enhanced by our commitment to our star qualities of ‘Be Ready, Be Respectful, Be Safe’ and through this, we provide learning experiences which promote confident, self-motivated pupils, eager for lifelong learning.