Intent, Implementation and Impact: Frittenden C.E. Primary School

Our Vision:

"Shepherding our school community to enrich God’s world and flourish."

Our Values:

Joy • Respect • Compassion

Intent

At Frittenden C.E. Primary School, our curriculum is designed to nurture the academic, social, emotional, and spiritual development of every child, fully reflecting our Christian vision and values. In our small, mixed-age classes, every child is known as an individual; learning is carefully tailored to meet diverse needs, ensuring all pupils are both supported and challenged to reach their full potential.

Through a clearly sequenced curriculum from Early Years to Year 6, we aim to build progressively on knowledge, skills and understanding. We set high expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND, disadvantaged backgrounds or additional needs, ensuring equity of opportunity and ambition for every learner.

Personal development is central to our curriculum. Pupils are given opportunities to lead, serve and support others through collective worship, peer mentoring, community engagement and leadership roles. Strong pastoral care underpins all we do, providing a safe and nurturing environment in which children flourish academically and personally.

Implementation

Our carefully sequenced, ambitious curriculum identifies key knowledge, skills, and end points for each subject. Teachers, drawing on their subject expertise, deliver high-quality, inclusive teaching. Adaptive teaching is informed by ongoing assessment and a deep understanding of individual pupil needs, enabling staff to adjust learning to secure progress for every child.

The breadth of our provision is enriched through leadership opportunities, community involvement, and specialist-led curriculum, for example music, art and PE. Our curriculum is fully inclusive and promotes spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development, preparing children to become reflective, responsible citizens.

Robust monitoring processes are in place to track progress, identify gaps, and ensure timely interventions where necessary, securing strong outcomes for all groups of pupils.

Impact

Pupils at Frittenden C.E. Primary School make strong academic and personal progress, becoming confident, independent learners who are well prepared for the next stage of their education and life beyond school. They acquire secure subject knowledge, apply vocabulary accurately, and make meaningful cross-curricular connections.

All pupils, including those with SEND or disadvantaged backgrounds, achieve well through targeted support and adaptive teaching. Our children grow into resilient, responsible and compassionate individuals who actively contribute to God’s world, embodying the school’s Christian values.

Our unique small school setting enables every child to be known, valued and nurtured. Within this family ethos, older pupils naturally take on leadership roles, supporting and mentoring younger children, contributing to a strong sense of belonging and collective responsibility. Academic excellence is achieved alongside the development of strong moral character, ensuring that each child flourishes holistically.

Phonics, in the foundation stage and key stage 1, is taught using the DfE, approved ‘Monster Phonics' programme, alongside phonic phase linked fully decodable reading books. 

Once pupils have mastered early reading, we implement the Nelson Reading Scheme which is carefully banded to enable children to progress through the levels, with sufficient challenge. We use PM Benchmarking to assess the children. Reading books are sent home regularly.