Curriculum

At St Margaret Mary’s Catholic Junior School, our inclusive curriculum that enables all children to develop knowledge, understanding and skills, through loving learning and growing together with Jesus. As Catholic educators, we promote Gospel values and nurture the spiritual, moral, social, cultural, mental and physical development of all children, preparing them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life.

Rooted in the National Curriculum, our bespoke curriculum meets the needs of all learners and supports progress in reading, writing, maths and across the wider curriculum. Carefully planned sequences of learning help children to acquire, revisit and apply knowledge and skills, make meaningful connections and build on what they already know. Each subject is enriched with high-quality texts and its own book spine to promote deep, purposeful learning.

Gospel Values, Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural understanding, as well as British Values, run through everything we do. Children are given further opportunities to explore and discuss these themes during their SHINE lessons. We believe that these are crucial aspects of our curriculum and by threading them through everything we do, as well as teaching explicitly within our SHINE lessons, our children develop good morals, a strong sense of what is right, empathy, respect and an awareness of their place in society.

We endeavour to deliver consistently excellent teaching and ensure our provision supports achievement at, and enjoyment of, school.

Our extra-curricular opportunities, which go beyond the national curriculum specifications, inspire creativity and competition, celebrate individuality and encourage children to want to do more and to learn more. At St. Margaret Mary's, our SPOTLIGHT curriculum fosters, creativity, independence, resilience, collaboration and respect.

We encourage our children to have a Growth Mindset with the belief that they can develop and achieve anything through hard work, perseverance and with the help from others. We implement excellent teaching with our Five a Day approach to ensure that all children have access to quality teaching.

It is our hope that in this section of our website, you will find the information in each section informative and that you will be able to understand the opportunities that are provided to your child(ren). 

If you have any questions about our school curriculum, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Mrs Ambrose, or your child's class teacher.