Our curriculum aims to provide an education which enriches students’ ambitions and love of learning and equips them with the skills, knowledge and cultural capital they need to access aspirational post–16 pathways and the responsibilities and experiences of later life.
Our curriculum design includes seven key principles which operate in synergy.
BALANCED
Promotes intellectual, moral, spiritual, aesthetic, creative, emotional and physical development equally.
FOCUSED
Seeks to identify and teach the most important knowledge/skills within a subject.
INTERLEAVING/SPIRAL
Interleaving focuses on progression by weaving different topics together, switched between and revisited at intervals throughout the year. Spiral focuses on progression by building knowledge each time. Combined with retrieved practise to give a truly powerful and balanced learning environment.
COHERENT
Is purposely structured and sequenced. It links knowledge and skills between different subjects and other learning experiences.
APPROPRIATE
Carefully matches the level of challenge to what students’ are able to do cognitively, physically and emotionally at a certain age.
RIGOROUS
Is cognitively demanding and challenging. It seeks to develop a deep understanding of subject knowledge and skills with the ability to apply these to solve complex problems.
RELEVANT
Seeks to connect the knowledge and skills so students’ can understand the purpose of their learning. They can see the value of what they are learning and its relevance to their lives, present and future.
Assessment
Important Information
Dear Parents/Carers
Please note the College is open today and Year 11 will be expected on site for their Mock Examinations. However, for Years 7 to 10, if you cannot get your child to school safely today, then please ensure that they access remote learning via Teams. For safeguarding purposes, please email in to info@horizoncc.co.uk if your child is not going to be in and will be accessing Teams.
Any child who accesses Teams remotely today will receive a present attendance mark of a B code (educated off-site). If your child does not access Teams then they will be classified as absent Please note that attendance codes will be updated throughout the day.
Mrs Huddart
Principal
College Calendar
Thursday 30th June – Y11 Prom
Friday 1st July – INSET day
Friday 8th/Monday 11th July – Y6 Transition Visit
Thursday 14th July – Celebration award evening
Wednesday 20th July – Last day of term
Thursday 25th August – GCSE Results Day
Thursday 1st September – INSET day
Friday 2nd September – Year 7 Induction only
Monday 5th September – All Year groups return
Saturday 17th September – Open Day for prospective 2023 intake