Standards

Quality of Education

Curriculum

Our Vision Statement

Teaching & Learning

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

  • Tuesday 12th December – 14th December – School Show
  • Tuesday 16th January – Y8 Parents Evening
  • Tuesday 6th February – Y11 Parents Evening 2
  • Tuesday 27th February – Y9 Parents Evening
  • Tuesday 16th April – Y10 Parents Evening
  • Tuesday 30th April – Y7 Parents Evening

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