Our Curriculum Intent At Grays Convent High School 

Our curriculum intends to:

• Provide a broad and balanced education for all girls both in and out of the classroom;

• Have a high academic ambition for all girls;

• Promote a positive attitude towards learning;

• Be coherently planned and sequenced , building  on the knowledge and skills gained at KS2 and  towards cumulatively sufficient knowledge for skills and future learning and employment post KS4; 

• Enable girls to develop knowledge, understand concepts and acquire skills, and be able to choose and apply these in relevant situations;

• Support girls’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and reflect our Christian ethos and Mission Statement;

• Support girls’ physical and emotional development enabling them to take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing; 

• Ensure equal access to learning for all girls, with high expectations for every pupil and appropriate levels of challenge and support;

• Equip girls with the knowledge and cultural capital they need to succeed in life;

• Provide subject choices that support girls’ learning and progression, and enable them to work towards achieving their goals;

• Provide a broad curriculum prioritising a strong academic core of subjects, such as those offered in the English Baccalaureate, as well as R.E to GCSE,  reflecting our Catholic nature and in line with the  Religious Education Curriculum Directory ;

• Develop girls’ independent learning skills and resilience, to equip them for further/higher education and employment;

• Cater for the needs of individual students from all ethnic and social groups, as well as providing strong role models for young women to aspire to;

• Make use of the crucial role which parents/carers and past students play in young women’s’ education and encourage parental involvement in the educational process.