As all maintained schools do, we follow the National Curriculum which  covers a range of subject;

English, maths, science, history, geography, design and technology, art, music and PE. We follow the Cambridgeshire agreed syllabus for teaching religious education.

Our Curriculum intent statement is as follows;

Alderman Payne Primary School - Curriculum Intent 

We passionately believe that the primary school curriculum has a broader purpose than just teaching “facts”. The aim of our curriculum is to develop skills of perseverance, resilience, and a mistake being the opportunity to learn something new. We want our children to be

inquisitive and to have the skills of enquiry and critical thinking, drawing on their love of reading.

Our curriculum is used as a basis to stimulate children’s learning in a creative inclusive way. This cross curricular approach engages children and supports their understanding of what happens in the wider world. As most of our children live in small villages, we want to enhance the children's pride in their local area, but also to widen their understanding of the

larger world.

We want them to share our values of respect for all groups of people as well as themselves, in order that they can become active, kind and generous citizens of the world. 

We emphasise “family” and celebrate the importance of family engagement. We recognise the positive impact that family members can have on their child’s learning.

We provide a safe caring environment for children to learn in, ensuring that all aspects (including e-safety) are addressed.

To explain our curriculum intent to the children, we have developed the FIVE FABULOUS FOUNDATIONS.. These are the skills and attitudes that we want all our children to acquire over their time in school.

The Five Fabulous Foundations are;

• Reading – We want all our children to be able to read to such a level that they can easily access other subjects. This will prepare them for Secondary School and also for the world of work later on.
• Respect – We want our children to leave the school showing respect for other children, adults, the local community and the local environment as well as the wider world.
• Perseverance and Resilience. - We want our children to develop the attitude of never giving up, and that a mistake is an exciting time in their learning as they are about to learn something new.
• The Wider World – as well as having respect for and pride  for the local area, we want children to be fully aware that they are citizens of a wider world, showing respect for other cultures and attitudes, as well as having knowledge of world beyond Wisbech.
• Inquisitiveness – we want our children to know that learning does not stop when you leave school, and there is always something new to learn, for them to be able to use tools to support them (e.g. ICT) to find out more.

For more detailed information about our curriculum see below.

We set targets for children in reading, writing and maths. For more detail have a look at our year group specific targets below.