Curriculum Intent

At Chatham Grammar we have a curriculum designed to provide a stimulating education for all students. We believe it places education at the heart of the learning community and provides equality of opportunity and access for all.

Our curriculum is founded on the following principles

• Creating opportunities with a focus on leadership skills enables students to develop their self-awareness, resilience and independence.

• Recognising diversity and encouraging empowerment strengthens our community.

• Broadening curriculum opportunities through enrichment allows confident, inquisitive and creative learners to become critical thinkers.

Subject Curriculum Intent Overviews

To view individual departments’ curriculum intent overview please click each subject below.

• Art

• Business and ICT

• English

• Ethics/Religious Studies

• Geography

• Health and Social Care

• History

• Leadership

• Maths

• Modern Foreign Languages

• Performing Arts

• Physical Education

• Psychology

• Science

• Sociology

Curriculum

Our approach to the curriculum is clear. Our students at Chatham Grammar follow a core academic curriculum, which includes a comprehensive and balanced range of GCSEs leading to the EBacc and A level programmes. The curriculum offer is robust and ensures students gain places at prestigious universities across the UK and enter into a variety of high-profile careers and professions in key areas such as Science, Business, Arts, Law and Finances.

Our curriculum is accessible and inclusive, complying with our duties in the Equality Act 2010 and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014.

In their delivery, teachers set high expectations for all students. They plan challenging work for all groups, including:

• More able students

• Students with low prior attainment

• Students from disadvantaged backgrounds

• Students with SEN

• Students with English as an additional language (EAL)

Every teacher is a teacher of SEN. Teachers plan lessons so that pupils with SEN and/or disabilities can study every National Curriculum subject, wherever possible, and ensure that there are no barriers to every pupil achieving.

Students at Chatham Grammar are expected to make outstanding progress and meet challenging academic targets. Students are formally assessed under exam conditions in all subjects, in all year groups three times a year. Exam outcomes are sent to parents/carers. In addition, teachers mark and assess ongoing class work and homework and provide diagnostic feedback for future development.

In summary the curriculum is intended to provide a high-quality experience for all, promoting breadth, balance and depth. Above all it should present stretch, challenge and stimulus in order to promote the highest possible levels of educational achievement.