Our curriculum in every subject is well-planned so that it meets the needs of EVERY student. Our subject curriculums help students to have a strong understanding of the most important knowledge. This is so that EVERY student can achieve SUCCESS.
Our curriculum will develop thoughtful young people who have acquired a strong sense of moral purpose. It will offer opportunities and experiences that will improve students’ life chances, taking in to account local, national and global circumstances.
Our students have three 90-minute lessons per day. This means that they have time to gain a deeper understanding of the most important knowledge. Teachers then have a range of opportunities to check students’ understanding and help students to address any mistakes. Using our assessment systems, we regularly adapt the curriculum so that we address students’ knowledge gaps.
Research has shown that a key aspect of your child’s achievement is directly linked to regular, small learning tasks which help them remember the most
important knowledge. These tasks, known as ‘retrieval practice’, will be completed at home. It is expected that all students take responsibility for completing this retrieval practice so that knowledge that has been learned in lessons can be easily retrieved days, weeks, months and even years later during their time with us. Students who engage in their retrieval practise at home will receive reward points and earn a place on the Praise List.
Completion of Retrieval Practice will require access to the internet as subjects use online platforms. If you do not have access to a computer or
the internet at home, please get in touch with the school office.
Qualifications gained at the end of Key Stage 4 are an essential springboard for students’ development and play a part in shaping future educational and career opportunities.
Click here to find out what the curriculum looks like for students in each subject or year group.
Our Need to Know (NTK) books are a key part of our curriculum at Little Lever School. NTK books are distributed to each year at the beginning of the Autumn term, and again at the start of the Spring term. The work books contain key subject knowledge for students to study throughout lessons, to support revision and also are used when lessons have cover supervisors, when the subject teacher is unable to teach that day.
You can download a digital copy of the Spring Term 2024 books for the relevant year below.
