
Welcome to Crowdys Hill School, Swindon
The intent of the curriculum at Crowdys Hill school starts in primary, with enabling all children to be active learners, moving towards independence, autonomy, control and choice. We want all pupils to learn to effectively communicate needs, wants, and opinions.
Our curriculum is based on National Curriculum Programmes of study for Early years, KS1-KS4. It is carefully designed to meet the needs of all children and reflects our Learning for Life ethos. Our curriculum complies with the duties of the Equality Act 2010 and the SEND Code Practice 2014. It maximises cross curricular links, through a project based curriculum, with many opportunities for repetition and retrieval, sequential and progressive learning.
All children have special educational needs, with significant and complex barriers to learning, which include autism, sensory impairments, complex medical needs and physical disabilities. The broad and balanced curriculum is based on a pupil centred approach enabling every child to be included and encouraged, enjoy learning, make progress and achieve. This allows for opportunities to develop a depth of knowledge through teaching, consolidation and practice.
Children here have specific, diverse and individual needs and the curriculum aims to reflect and meet these. Through personalising the curriculum, using their Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) outcomes, we aim for all children to progress appropriate to their developmental level. The high expectations and aspirations for children are enshrined in the teaching. Statutory requirements set out in the National Curriculum are met through detailed curriculum coverage mapping.
The focus here is on their EHCP outcomes, relevant sections of the National Curriculum attainments, and our Learning for Life aims. There is a clear rationale for ensuring this is meaningful and purposeful and meets the needs of children throughout the school. The successes achieved during the EYFS, Key Stage 1 and 2, are built on within the secondary curriculum; this ensures continuity and progression giving children depth of learning. The secondary curriculum models place a greater emphasis on developing specialist interests and building community links, as children move towards adulthood. The focus is on continued progress whilst supporting children through the emotional and physical changes associated with adolescence and growth. This is extended further in Key Stage 4 and 5, when the curriculum focuses on extending independence, access and autonomy, building on young people’s strengths and interests with relevant, personalised and ambitious accredited learning.
The curriculum celebrates what children are good at by broadening experience and deepening learning, ensuring an element of challenge. We have an emphasis on community links in Sixth Form, and the curriculum supports this.
Crowdys Hill School Values and Ethos
We value equality. We believe that all pupils should have the best education that allows then to access all activities, participate fully in school life, and achieve their goals.
We value education. We believe that learning is essential for a happy life. Learning should not stop due to age, ability or achievements.
We value collaboration. We believe that the school community should work harmoniously with each other. We believe that the school community should be part of the local community and beyond.
Our motto is "Learning for Life".
Learning to enable us to all live our best lives, and learning throughout our lifetime.
Our ethos is to ensure that all members of the school community have the tools they need to carry out their roles successfully, becoming a valued member of the school. Whether these are the teachers having the expertise to perform to high standards, caretaking staff having the knowledge needed to maintain the safety of the school, teaching assistants understanding the needs of individuals, or pupils learning how to regulate their emotions to be able to access learning.

Mrs Higham, Headteacher
Term |
Start Date |
End Date |
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Term 5 |
Monday 17 April 2023 |
Friday 26 May 2023 |
Term 6 |
Monday 5 June 2023 |
Tuesday 25 July 2023 |
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Term 1 |
Friday 1 September 2023 |
Wednesday 18 October 2023 |
Term 2 |
Monday 30 October 2023 |
Thursday 21 December 2023 |
Term 3 |
Monday 8 January 2024 |
Friday 9 February 2024 |
Term 4 |
Monday 19 February 2024 |
Thursday 28 March 2024 |
Term 5 |
Monday 15 April 2024 |
Friday 24 May 2024 |
Term 6 |
Monday 3 June 2024 |
Thursday 25 July 2024 |
NB Crowdys Hill Christmas Holidays are different from the Swindon Borough Council term dates 23/24.
Staff Training Days:
Monday 24 July 2023
Tuesday 25 July 2023
2023-2024
Friday 1 September 2023
Wednesday 18 October 2023
Thursday 28 March 2024
Monday 3 June 2024
Tuesday 4 June 2024

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Safeguarding
If you have any Safeguarding concerns, questions or queries, our Designated Safeguarding Lead can be contacted on 07955 772 121.


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