Blakeston School believes that the curriculum describes the experiences enjoyed by a child or young person both within and outwith of the school environment. This holistic learning  refers to both a formal curriculum of planned programmes of taught courses and an informal curriculum involving a range of experiences leading to both intended and unintended learning. Unintended learning describes the messages and values promoted by the school through its ethos and approach. We believe that the role of the school curriculum is central to promoting positive attitudes to lifelong learning and that it represents a small but important part of an individual’s learning and experiences throughout life. 

Blakeston endeavours to meet the needs of its learners by offering a curriculum that:  
 

• Is broad and balanced, incorporating the requirements of the National Curriculum where appropriate
• Prepares children and young people for opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of modern life
• Promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, emotional and physical development of children and young people
• Provides learning opportunities which offer progression, coherence and flexibility and, where appropriate, lead to accreditation
• Promotes the development and accreditation, where appropriate, of the learner’s key skills, including communication, application of number, information technology and the personal skills of working with others, problem solving and improving own learning performance
• Recognises personal achievements, through a process of review and target setting, using provision mapping, the Annual Review process and progress records