'An open and outward-reaching team who are positive, supportive and encouraging our pupils to be aspirational’.

Curriculum Aims

• Bringing our subject to life, teaching of and application to the real world
• Open door policy for Sixth Form pupils
• Open door policy for teachers
• Team-working and collaboration
• Outward-reaching to pupils, teachers and other schools
• Positive learning atmosphere
• Extra support offered at all times to all pupils
• Encouragement of staff and pupils to be their best
• Stretch and challenge as standard in lessons across all subjects in the department
• Soft skills – teamwork, leadership, communication, research
• Employability skills – as above + initiative, problem solving, presentation
• Enterprise skills – creativity, risk-taking, innovation, resiliency
• Knowledge and application together, range and depth
• Careers – as above + extra help, guidance, mentoring and range of careers given subject area

Curriculum Intent

Cultural capital

• Opportunities for our pupils – various
• Real life application to the world outside on a daily basis
• Teaching of diversity in lessons and regular reference to it
• Encouraging children to be citizens of the world, e.g. through globalisation/international trade
• Employment advice, especially for Sixth Form pupils on top of normal teaching
• UCAS help with university choices, references and personal statements
• Project management workshop for A-Level Business pupils run by professional
• Group activities throughout both key stages and all subjects
• Twyford Together project with local businesses
• Local businesses visit and coming to Piggott, e.g. chocolate, entrepreneurs, Interserve, Morgan Lovell
• Resources building cultural capital, e.g. videos
• Reference to local, national and international business/economy every day
• Curriculum has stimulating experiences, e.g. personal finance, working skills
• Reading encouragement and lists for wider learning

Curriculum area distinctions

• Teamwork – as a team of teachers and with our pupils
• Open door policy – for Sixth Formers and each other in department, as well as visitors, e.g. PGCE students
• Playing to our strengths, e.g. with timetabling and sharing expertise/tasks, swapping lessons
• Liking our pupils – having care and making the effort with children in the department
• Range of courses on offer, including mix and match
• Openness for pupils – accepting of so many and such a wide range of ability and backgrounds
• Aspirational – constantly encouraging pupils to achieve, e.g. target grade not being a barrier
• Pupils like working in the department, shown by growing numbers and those who stay to KS5
• Results at both GCSE and A-Level/BTEC have regularly been excellent
• One-to-ones with pupils, both scheduled and unscheduled make a big difference
• Revision sessions offered in the mornings and ad hoc to groups
• Examiners in the department – helps with CPD of each other, marking accuracy and teaching
• Consistency – all children get a good teacher with common high expectations in the department
• Calmness across all classrooms with a good atmosphere for learning
• All teachers have a knowledge of all courses in the department, help each other’s pupils
• Outward reaching to other schools, giving them advice, visits to and from

Learning Journey

GCSE Business

A Level Business

A Level Economics

BTEC Business