OUR CURRICULUM
We believe that learning is the process by which students acquire and assimilate knowledge, concepts, skills and attitudes to enable them to make greater sense of the world.
We offer a broad and balanced curriculum to all students, which aims to both inspire them and equip them for life beyond school. We are proud of our excellent progression rates into further and higher education and employment including apprenticeships.
Our Heads of Department for 2024-2025 are:
Art & Photography - Mr T Smith
Design & Technology - Mr B Myers
English - Mrs R Sweeney-Hirst
Geography - Mrs H Hill
History - Mr J Pulsford
ICT, Computing & Business Studies - Mr J Adams
iGEN, RE & Citizenship - Mrs G Darwin
Maths - Miss J Hall
Modern Foreign Languages - Mrs R Green
Performing Arts - Mr J Cotgrave
PE - Mr N O’Connor
Science - Mr O Restall
Health & Social Science - Mrs E Tiffany
If you have any questions about our curriculum, please contact Mr Martin Clee, Assistant Headteacher - Standards and Outcomes by email to m.clee@honley.tlt.school.
Curriculum Intent
Through our ambitious curriculum, we CREATE citizens equipped to deal with the challenges of an ever-changing world.
We value a totality of experience by:
Ensuring that all students have access to a broad and balanced, knowledge-rich curriculum that goes beyond the demands of the National Curriculum
Ensuring that our curriculum is sequenced in a logical manner that enables students to build fluent knowledge and skills over time
Building strong connections between ideas so that long-term memories and mental networks are developed
Providing opportunities for all students to develop a high level of literacy and numeracy so they can be successful in the wider curriculum and adult life
Enabling high standards of academic achievement where outcomes lay strong foundations for further education and training
Explicitly teaching metacognitive and self-regulatory strategies so that students can monitor and purposefully direct their learning
Delivering weekly staff training to feed into a sustained and sequential research-informed development programme
Fostering a strength of character and resilience that will help students make informed choices
Ensuring our students are valued for their individuality and heritage
Developing cultural capital and an awareness of personal, social, health and economic issues so that our students are empowered and show integrity
Ensuring that all students are safe and understand how to stay safe
Through working together with all our community, we CREATE magical learning experiences that enable all our students to Strive for the Highest.
