At Burnside Primary School, we are committed to providing a purposeful and empowering curriculum that fully prepares learners for the next steps in their school career and opens the doors to the wider world. Core literacy and numeracy skills are at the heart of all we do and our ambitious curriculum provokes curiosity and excitement.  Our role is to support children in aspiring to achieve, understanding their place in the world and broadening their horizons.

We believe it is our responsibility to show children that there is a world of possibility awaiting them, outside of the school gates. We strive to encourage a love of learning, and a metacognitive understanding of how we can best learn and self-regulate, that will continue into secondary school and beyond.

Our curriculum is tailored to the needs of all of our children. We celebrate our local heritage and nurture children’s understanding of the communities of which they are a part. Significant people have been woven through each area of our curriculum. These include people of local, national and international significance. Children across school see themselves and their peers represented in our curriculum, promoting engagement and empathy.

Our sequential curriculum ensures that knowledge is cumulative. Substantive and disciplinary knowledge is at the heart of each subject and linked areas of study are promoted, in order to consolidate and embed learning across the curriculum.

We understand that memory lies at the heart of learning and therefore we strategically plan opportunities for children to recall and think hard. Children draw on previous learning with confidence in order to build and connect, leading to broader understanding and deeper knowledge.

We ensure that our curriculum is accessible for those children with disabilities or special educational needs and that our curriculum complies with the Equality Act 2010 and with the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014.