Mixed Aged Classes

Kew Riverside follows a successful mixed-age class model of teaching. We currently have five mixed aged classes combining two year groups in each class. This has provided many benefits for the children of our school. We have found children partake in peer coaching, collaboration and form stronger social interaction between pupil groups. It has offered flexibility in learning opportunities and a stronger scope for both academic challenge and support within lessons.

Our Two-Year Teaching Cycle

We therefore follow a two-year teaching cycle: Cycle A and Cycle B are designed to successfully teach the full breadth of the National Curriculum while supporting children to learn and build upon their prior knowledge of each subject. Through an exciting and well sequenced curriculum, supporting both progression and social growth, we are proud of our strong academic achievements and the confident young people we nurture. 

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Curriculum Drivers

We continue to develop an ambitious and relevant curriculum for our pupils.
At Kew Riverside, we have identified 4 drivers that shape our curriculum and these can be seen in teachers’ planning, lesson observations and children’s responses. The choice was deliberate, based on: i) our school ethos and what we deem important, ii) on our ever developing pedagogy to ensure all children make progress and iii) on our baseline data – having identified the social disadvantage gaps, not only do we aim to fill them but turn them into strengths. These elements are: