At North Cornwall Academy, we currently run three Primary classes; 

• Key Stage one 
• Lower Key stage two 
• Upper Key stage two. 

Each class is run by a committed, experienced teacher, who has responsibility for specific subject areas.  Each teacher is ably supported by two teaching assistants. 

We aim to provide and equip our children with a breadth of skills to progress socially, academically, and creatively, whilst also encouraging and providing a nurturing and positive environment where the children can feel safe and secure enough to thrive. 

Our curriculum is designed to incorporate academic lessons, enriching activities and nurture, in order to reengage students with their learning and enable them to catch up with their peers. We currently follow the National Curriculum in all subjects in both lower and upper key stage 2, and use schemes such as The Hamilton Trust and White Rose Maths to support effective planning and delivery. Alongside this, we also understand how important each and every child’s social and emotional wellbeing is. Interventions such the Zones of Regulation and Growth Mind-set for emotional regulation, with British Values intertwined as a basis for moral and cultural exploration, allow us to support our pupils to become responsible members of our global society whilst also supporting them to move on to the next academic chapter with confidence and self-belief. 

Encouraging love of, and confidence in reading, is at the heart of all lessons. At North Cornwall Academy, we strive to teach children to read effectively,  Through use of the synthetic phonics programme, Read Write Inc. (RWI) we are able to support the children to learn the 44 common sounds, sight vocabulary, decoding and encoding words as well as spelling and accurate letter formation. As part of our approach, children who require extra targeted support will receive ‘fast track tutoring’, which is delivered by a RWI trained member of staff on a 1:1 basis.  Additionally, if needed, in upper KS2 we use also use ‘Fresh Start’ which provides support and interventions in line with the RWI approach at an age appropriate level. 

Opportunities to read discretely and directly throughout the day and using specific praise for our readers, is cultivating an environment of capable and enthusiastic readers. In Upper Key Stage 2,for those pupils who are not following our synthetics phonics program, we currently follow the National curriculum for English, where we encompass a holistic key text based approach interwoven with spelling, grammar, and punctuation teaching and learning. 

Our overarching approach, whilst also encompassing the trust’s values, is to embrace an understanding of each individual student’s specific needs, with all staff being trained in emotional coaching and Trauma Informed Schools (TIS) approach, which allows us to effectively deliver a targeted education within a whole class setting. We recognise and respond to the rights of our pupils and our use of play, curiosity, empathy and reflection allows us to facilitate the growth and personal development of our primary pupils to support them to participate fully in and contribute positively to life at the academy.  

Primary Example Timetable

We run a 'rolling programme' where pupils are taught in mixed year group classes at Key Stage 3 due to small class numbers, and who may remain with Alternative Provision for longer than a Year. (Though we remain short stay). Our spiral design ensures each pupils receives teaching of the knowledge, understanding and skills within this planning they need from their various starting points. It is flexible and dynamic enough to be able to respond to need in this way- in Maths and Science, for example,-but draws from the National Curriculum. 

In Key Stage 3, here is a sample of a typical academic taught curriculum our students receive - see PDF below. You can see many of the sorts of learning activities students at NCAPA  are able to engage in in our Twitter pages on our website. For more information about the curriculum, please contact us.

Secondary Example Timetable

Here are the qualifications we teach at NCAPA:

• AQA GCSE English
• AQA GCSE English Literature
• AQA GCSE Biology 
• AQA GCSE Mathematics
• AQA GCSE Statistics
• BTEC Work Skills
• BTEC Home Cooking
• BTEC Animal Care
• BTEC Sport
• BTEC Public Services
• BTEC Vocational Studies

Functional Skills offered in English and Maths

Entry Level certificate offered in Maths