Coughton’s Vision

At Coughton CofE Primary school we strive to provide an atmosphere in which we can all thrive together. A strong Christian foundation sits at the heart of the school. Through a broad range of memorable learning experiences children have the opportunity to engage thematically with our diverse, creative and inclusive curriculum. Our Coughton family endeavour to inspire and encourage a love of learning and foster highly positive relationships. We all value and encourage each other to be our best selves – always.

Our Curriculum Rationale

At Coughton we are: skilled readers, confident writers, mathematicians, scientists, historians, geographers, musicians, artists, linguists, theologists, athletes, digital nomads, designers and technologists, inclusive and diverse. We want our children to have no limits to what their ambitions are and want them to embody our core values. We all believe to always “Be our best selves”. Our curriculum is carefully crafted so that our children develop their academic, social and cultural capital.

Our curriculum promotes curiosity and a love and thirst for learning. It is ambitious and empowers our children to become independent and resilient. We strive for academic excellence and want our children to have high aspirations. We always strive to “Be our best selves” so that we have no limits to what our ambitions are. We want the children to embody our core values and strive to achieve personal successes. 

We encourage our children to celebrate success and build on disappointment in order to develop resilience. We want to equip them with not only the minimum statutory requirements of the National Curriculum but to prepare them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life. We want our children to use the beautiful surrounding in our local area and beyond to learn from other cultures, respect diversity, co-operate with one another and appreciate what they have. We achieve this by providing a strong SMSC curriculum, with British Values and our core values placed at the heart of everything we do. We enrich their time in our school with memorable, unforgettable experiences and provide opportunities. We firmly believe that it is not just about what happens in the classroom, it is about the added value we offer to really inspire our children.

We believe at Coughton that children should be involved in their learning and have an understanding not just of what they are learning but also of why they are learning. We want to teach them skills that they can transfer to any subject such as organisation, research and investigation. We spend time finding out, from latest research, the best ways to help children learn, as well as using tried and tested traditional methods. All children learn best if they are starting from what is familiar to them.

Inspiration breathes life into our school. At Coughton, children will experience a creative and engaging curriculum full of opportunities for them to flourish. We live out our vision through our values; collaboration, inspiration, respect and nurture.

We further model these key behaviours through our Christian virtues. Each half term we celebrate a different virtue through worships and PHSE lessons. 

We believe in educating and caring for the whole child, not just academic excellence but physical and emotional growth including spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. We as a school, believe to express these values and virtues through ‘Being our best selves’

At Coughton we want to encourage our children to participate in various activities to further enrich their learning experience.