Intent

At St Leonard’s our intent is to enable all children to flourish through the opportunities we provide for them. Positive relationships, based on mutual trust and respect are at the heart of everything we do and this means that children feel safe to learn and take risks.

At St Leonard’s we have carefully designed an engaging and ambitious curriculum which delivers a broad and balanced education that meets the needs of all pupils and our school family. It gives them the skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to succeed in their future lives. We ensure that children build on prior learning and experiences to ensure that they know more and remember more.

We want to inspire a love of life-long learning which will enable our children to become active members of society. We want them to contribute and be successful in the diverse world they are growing up in. We encourage them to be intrinsically motivated and strive to be the best that they can be. We aim to prepare our children for tomorrow’s world and instil a love of others. We do this through our vision ‘To love one another, as I have loved you.’ John 13:34

We encourage our children to contribute to our world by being kind, independent, resilient, ambitious, curious citizens. There is a high focus on developing children’s moral, spiritual, social and cultural understanding as well as British Values which are woven through our curriculum.

At St Leonard’s we have high expectations of spoken language as we know the impact this can have on educational outcomes. Supporting children with their oracy skills and developing their vocabulary is a fundamental part of our curriculum. We hold a variety of oracy events throughout the school year to support and celebrate the children’s oracy skills.

Ultimately, we want all of our children to be the best they can be, and leave our school family as confident individuals who make a positive contribution to the world they live in.

‘Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.’