Kensington Primary School Prospectus

Project K During the academic year of 2018-19, we undertook an extensive research project looking at what we teach our children, why we teach it and how it is taught. The mounting evidence is clear: that our current curriculum is out-dated and no longer the most effective way of preparing our children for successful futures. The curriculum has not fundamentally changed for 150 years. It was designed to create workers (and managers) for the new factories that were being built as the impact of the Industrial Revolution was felt across Britain. The world has changed a great deal since then. That change continues at an unprecedented rate. 20 years ago mobile phones, email, and the Internet were not commonplace. We are now preparing our children for thriving in a world that will undoubtedly be unrecognisable from the one we live in today. To ensure our curriculum delivers for your children and our community, we sought to understand the: needs of children, their families and the community future challenges our children might face within their education and career skills, qualities and knowledge employers require predicted skills, qualities and knowledge required for success in the future effective ways to prepare children for secondary schools and how we can support the transition most effective ways to learn To help us collate this evidence we surveyed one hundred parents; eighty-seven members of staff from the school; staff members from across the Trust, and one hundred and seventy-four children. We have spoken to our two main secondary schools. We have had input from our CEO, cabinet members and senior members of staff from the local authority. We have spoken to universities, local, national and global businesses. We also visited eleven different schools to see their curricula in action and read a vast amount of learning-based research. All of our key findings have informed our vision and approach to our curriculum. THE CURRICULUM 47% of jobs will disappear in the next 25 years Oxford University, 2016 By 2022 there will be a shortage of 3 million high skilled workers in the UK alone Guardian, March 2017 87% of first year students find it difficult to cope with academic or social aspects of university life UPP Student Experience study, 2017 04