Early Years and Foundation Stage (EYFS)

We aim to provide an education that goes beyond academics, nurturing knowledgeable, articulate, and inspired individuals who can make a positive difference in their community and the wider world. By offering a safe and supportive environment, we help every child “live life in all its fullness” and grow into compassionate, hopeful, and kind global citizens.

Early childhood education can take many forms and is more than just preparation for primary school. It focuses on the holistic development of a child’s social, emotional, cognitive and physical needs in order to build a solid and broad foundation for lifelong learning and well-being.

In EYFS, we implement the CUSP Early Foundations .

CUSP is underpinned by evidence, research and cognitive science. Modules are deliberately sequenced for robust progression and allows teachers to focus on the lesson.

There is an emphasis on oracy and vocabulary acquisition, retention and use to break down learning barriers and accelerate progress. A rich diet of language and vocabulary is deliberately planned for.

Specific skills are discreetly taught and practised so that they become transferrable. The sequenced modules activate prior learning, build on skills and deepen knowledge AND understanding. Learning, vocabulary and content is cumulative; content is learned, retrieved and built upon.

The CUSP Early Foundations can be broken down into 3 parts: 

Click here to see the curriculum for the whole school.

EYFS Long Term Plan

Our curriculum follows 6 overarching topics that drive the learning. Each week, the children read a key text that introduces key language and themes that the children will learn. 

 Foundational Knowledge Map

EYFS Skills Progression

Click here to see our Skills Progression Map