The curriculum at King’s Academy Ringmer is guided by our values of kindness, ambition and resilience, as well as the academy’s overall vision of developing well-rounded, confident individuals who are world-ready. We hold dear the belief that each young person at our school is capable of achieving excellence. Through the provision of a rigorous, academic curriculum that is rich in carefully sequenced knowledge, we will enable students to take their place in society as highly skilled and educated citizens. We also think carefully about those students whose formal study of a subject will come to an end in Year 9 or Year 11, and prioritise the knowledge that creates well-rounded, well-educated individuals, capable of contributing both in their locality and globally. The curriculum is also designed to ensure students build the knowledge and skills required to take advantage of opportunities, responsibilities and experiences later in life, such as:  

• Further education, training or employment
• Other rich opportunities and experiences (travel, meeting new people, joining clubs, trying new activities, developing further interests, healthy living)
• Responsibilities (being a good family member and friend, becoming a parent/carer) 

Kindness is embodied in our curriculum through the high value we place on subjects and our teachers as experts in their subject areas. We want our students to have access to the best that has been thought and said, and with this in mind our teachers think carefully about what to teach and how best to teach it. We want students’ future options to be wide, so we do not narrow the curriculum. Instead, we ensure students are exposed to a wide body of knowledge through our Key Stage 3 curriculum over years 7, 8 and 9.  

Ambition is evidenced through the rigorous academic curriculum. At King’s Academy Ringmer, academic success is at the heart of what we do. Our ambition is for all students to experience the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) subjects throughout their time at the academy. 

Resilience is built through the personal development curriculum, extra-curricular activities, such as visits, school production, our enrichment week and team sports.

The curriculum is designed carefully to cater for all students.  Literacy and oracy are carefully considered throughout the curriculum, and developed throughout the 5 years.  

It is our aim that all students at KAR leave at a considerable advantage due to the ambitious and highly effective curriculum they have experienced.

Each subject at KAR designs and manages their own curriculum, with some key values underpinning each subject curriculum:  

• The knowledge and skills are built logically over time
• The curriculum is designed to enable the key knowledge to be stored in the long term memory and automaticity to be developed for the key skills
• Assessments are analysed to determine the effectiveness of the curriculum
• The curriculum is updated, where appropriate
• Every opportunity is taken to develop literacy, especially reading
• Teachers consider what the most useful information is for each topic of learning

Please contact Mr Burchett, Vice Principal if you have any questions regarding or should you wish to find out more about the curriculum. 

More details regarding the overarching curriculum intent as well as that for our individual subjects can be found below: