At Preston Candover we are dedicated to offering our children a creative and challenging curriculum that provides rich and relevant learning experiences to inspire and prepare them for life.

Through our vision of Inspiring Learning for Life and our core Christian values of Love, Hope and Justice, we strive to:

• develop articulate, resilient and empowered citizens who make a difference to others
• provide a coherent and ambitious curriculum that leads to a greater depth of understanding for all
• inspire pupils with purposeful and interconnected learning experiences

               

Our curriculum is the entire planned learning experience. It encompasses a breadth of planned activities that we organise to facilitate learning and growth along with the development of our pupils intellectually, morally, socially and culturally. It incorporates the National Curriculum but also a wide range of enrichment and extra-curricular experiences planned in order to benefit the learning and development of the whole child. We use programmes such as Leader in Me and No Outsiders to further enhance our curriculum offer for our pupils. Our school ethos and core values, as well as the values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and respect for those with different faiths is fundamental in our provision.

As a Church of England Primary School, we are committed to ensuring that all in our school experience a breadth of education and flourish. We strive to ensure excellence for all. By learning to live through our Christian values, we are encouraged to be the best version of ourselves. We encompass breadth and depth of learning that is organised to facilitate the learning and growth of our pupils: intellectually, spiritually, morally, socially and culturally.

Our curriculum promotes thinking as a global citizen and develop character and leadership skills so that our children make meaningful contributions to society. Even very young children try to make sense of a world marked by conflict, environmental change and inequality and poverty. It is designed to enable children to think deeply and make connections between learning to understand the world that they live in, leading to children connecting taught knowledge and skills with purpose. A key component of the design of our curriculum is that we plan for children to question, research, collaborate and debate using the big enquiry questions. 

By providing opportunities for teamwork, we encourage communication, empathy and build relationships. We place a high priority on helping children to become resilient, reflective, resourceful and independent learners to develop positive attitudes to learning. A range of rich and challenging experiences are planned in order to benefit the learning and development of the whole child and for our children to grow in confidence and develop leadership habits. We inspire and nurture an appreciation of the arts and enable children to think critically, imagine solutions, evaluate, problem solve and create through a curriculum that prepares them for an ever-changing world.

For a full guide to our curriculum, please see our curriculum statement below.

You can find more information about individual subjects using the links on the right.

Please click the links below to view our 2 year Curriculum Overviews for each class.

 

Curriculum Overviews 2024-2025 - Cycle Two	Curriculum Overviews 2025-2026 - Cycle One
Year R/1 Sparrows Year 2/3 Woodpeckers Year 4 Robins Year 5/6 Kingfishers	Year R Sparrows Year 1/2 Doves Year 3/4 Robins Year 5/6 Kingfishers