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@StanwellSchool - 11:25 AM - 29 Apr 2025

Great to get the cricket nets out for a year 7 lesson today. pic.twitter.com/LMJ7mKxbqA— Stanwell School PE () April 29, 2025

@StanwellSchool - 17:22 PM - 28 Apr 2025

2024-25 Maths Problem of the week #29 pic.twitter.com/KT6l7g0kwQ— Stanwell Maths () April 28, 2025
On Friday 2nd May, we will be holding our final non school uniform day of the year. Pupils can pay on fobs, with cash or via parent pay.— Stanwell_School () April 28, 2025

@StanwellSchool - 15:34 PM - 28 Apr 2025

@StanwellSchool - 12:58 PM - 28 Apr 2025

Sixth Form Cafe outdoor area renovations complete! pic.twitter.com/zTVaKxGQy5— Stanwell_School () April 28, 2025

@StanwellSchool - 15:15 PM - 26 Apr 2025

Congratulations and good luck to Akhil Kannan (Year 8) who has been selected for the U15 Wales badminton squad to play in the Quadrangular competition against Scotland, England and Ireland this weekend. Go smash it Akhil 🏸 pic.twitter.com/YvzuZE8W6c— Stanwell School PE () April 26, 2025

@StanwellSchool - 21:24 PM - 18 Apr 2025

Stanwell ski trip have returned home after a fantastic week in Austria. All pupils were a credit to themselves, their families and the school. Fabulous skiing and excellent company! pic.twitter.com/s3QNaaohzF— Stanwell_School () April 18, 2025
Stanwell ski trip have just got off the ferry and are homeward bound. The pupils will be in touch with parents/carers with a specific ETA but we are expecting to get back to school early afternoon.— Stanwell_School () April 18, 2025

@StanwellSchool - 08:38 AM - 18 Apr 2025

@StanwellSchool - 14:18 PM - 17 Apr 2025

Getting ready for and this summer? There’s lots of helpful info and support in our new learner guide. Check it out: https://t.co/C1eed0nMSE pic.twitter.com/62FCLtKYub— Qualifications Wales () April 17, 2025

@StanwellSchool - 14:01 PM - 17 Apr 2025

If you need extra resources to help with your maths revision, WJEC has got you covered! Visit https://t.co/M7jwJ4UXiz pic.twitter.com/tYuslk1BG6— Welsh Government Education () April 17, 2025

@StanwellSchool - 11:00 AM - 17 Apr 2025

Make reading a regular part of your family routine. Visit your local library, explore BorrowBox for free online books, or discover recommendations from Great Books Guide Cymru. Get more tips in our parent guide: https://t.co/9zcHmHSmj4 pic.twitter.com/6xxIHARq1X— Welsh Government Education () April 17, 2025
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Curriculum for Wales

Stanwell School Roadmap 

Where did we begin?

High quality professional development focusing upon learning and teaching, curriculum design and the National Mission has been the essential ingredient on our journey towards the Curriculum for Wales. The school's on-going self-evaluation and a series of weekly training sessions, has helped to co-construct a common language of excellence

All staff were trained in the principles of coaching and introduced to professional enquiry as a means of making change, engaging with educational research and evaluating the impact of practice.

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Next, we 'unpicked' what the Four Purposes of the Curriculum for Wales meant for our learners and audited our current schemes of learning. This allowed us to celebrate what we did well and identify what we wanted to improve or change.

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Subject and pastoral leaders created a set of 'non-negotiables' within their departments  and across Areas of Learning which focused upon knowledge, skills and experience. These became the building blocks for our curriculum design. Practitioners were asked to consider what knowledge, skills and experience a 16-year-old pupil should have at the end of year 11 when the curriculum had been designed.

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Subsequently, subject leaders were released, within AOLE teams, to discuss and plan for curriculum design. They were joined by our Curriculum Consultants, a team of pupils with a keen interest in curriculum. These sessions were invaluable in the planning and design process.

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Next, we explored representation, diversity, Welsh, global and authentic contexts in AOLE and departmental teams and staff engaged with the Cross Cutting Themes. 

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When the final curriculum guidance was published, staff were given time to familiarise themselves with the documentation.  Numeracy, Literacy and DCF Coordinators undertook 1:1 coaching sessions with every  subject leader to discuss natural opportunities to teach skills across Areas of Learning. 

INSET was provided on the new skills frameworks and staff were given time to reflect upon best practice in the teaching of skills and how they would be embedded into curriculum design.

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We went onto explore the what, how, why and when of curriculum design. This required staff to engage with the Progression Steps, Statements of What Matters, Skills Frameworks and curriculum guidance to start designing our curriculum.

A whole school map has been created and practitioners are using 2023/2024 to plan their curriculum for Year 8 alongside evaluation for Year 7 curriculum. Coaching is utilised to support practitioners through this process and enquiry practices are used to test aspects of curriculum design this as we progress.

We began teaching our new curriculum to Year 7 in September 2022 and to Year 8 in September 2023

Curriculum for Wales Summary

At Stanwell our curriculum protects and celebrates subject specialism and this is highly valued. We explore the natural and organic links that occur within and across Areas of Learning, and we develop our learners’ ability to make connections between subjects. Across departments the development of skills underpins ALL learning.  Our curriculum places the four purposes at its core, where real- life context is paramount, enabling our learners to value, understand, contribute to and sometimes challenge the world in which we live.  We value and promote diversity, inclusion and equality, and lesson content is supported by enrichment activities, a fundamental part of our school life. Curriculum design enables learners to make progress across all areas of the school and nurture a healthy sense of wellbeing.