North Kesteven School

The school was founded as North Kesteven Grammar School in 1961 when administered by the County of Lincoln - Parts of Kesteven Education Committee, based in Sleaford. It moved into a new building in January 1961 with 600 mixed pupils. The school became a comprehensive school in 1970, at which time it contained 1200 pupils. From April 1974, it was administered by Lincolnshire. It became grant-maintained in April 1992 and a foundation school in September 1999. A sixth form complex opened in 1999, shared as the North Hykeham Joint Sixth Form. In 2019 the

The school was designated a specialist Arts College in performing arts in September 2000, and opened a new Arts Complex in September 2002, which included the 250-seat Terry O'Toole Theatre. The school was awarded academy status in 2010.

The academy [2] is adjacent to on the west side of Moor Lane. On the same site to the west,[3] is North Kesteven Leisure Centre[4] and the Terry O'Toole Theatre. The sports centre dance studios, sports hall, swimming pool and theatre is used by the school as a during school hours.[5]

At North Kesteven Academy, our curriculum encourages high ambition in a supportive and stimulating environment. By celebrating individuals’ achievements, we enable everyone to be happy, responsible, respectful, creative and confident. Our curriculum encompasses the entire experience that our students encounter including assemblies, tutor time, lessons and extra-curricular time.

Principles

To ensure that every learner experiences a deeply rewarding educational experience, our curriculum is governed by six overriding principles; these are:

Balanced

Vertically-integrated

Focused

Coherent

Rigorous

Authentic

Our Curriculum is ...

Balanced: we develop student knowledge across a generous breadth of academic, practical and creative subjects to develop students' curiosity, spark and broaden their interests.

Vertically-integrated: we ensure that every student has the requisite knowledge for the next step. Topics have been very carefully sequenced to ensure your child is ready to advance their understanding. We also structure the learning around carefully considered 'big questions' that are a part of a clear overriding ‘story’ and will challenge students to develop expert subject knowledge.

Focused: opportunities for ‘deep learning’ make a real difference. We have thought carefully about the key questions that need to be explored and answered in depth to develop subject

expertise.

Coherent: we find the opportunities when different subjects come together to shed new light upon each other.

Rigorous: we give students a vault of subject-specific knowledge & vocabulary and our curriculum explicitly values and develops vocabulary and places it at the heart of learning.

Authentic: students will experience educational opportunities that feel relevant and authentic and help them to make connections, making it clear why what they are doing is relevant; it exposes them to a world beyond their world and makes it clear why it matters.

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• School website
• Terry O'Toole Theatre
• WikiMapia