The AA Curriculum

At Attleborough Academy, our curriculum is designed to promote our ethos of CARE (Commitment, Acknowledgement, Respect and Excellence). We aim to offer a broad, balanced and sequenced curriculum that meets the needs of every student, whilst offering opportunity to experience, enjoy and succeed in a wide range of subjects and additional experiences.  

Our curriculum aims to take students beyond what they already know and enables them to be more socially mobile. It ensures that students acquire knowledge that they would not ordinarily have access to and challenges them to achieve and exceed prior expectations. It also aims to give students a love of scholarship for its own sake. Together, these aims will lead to subsequent success in adult life in line with our philosophy to “Be the best you can be”.  

We see the importance of making the curriculum relevant and meaningful to students; that way it becomes transferable and allows them to build links across subject areas. Formative and summative assessment is used to capture student progress throughout the academic year. Gaps in knowledge, skills and depth of understanding are identified, informing future lesson planning, as well as subject specific curriculum design.  

Heads of Faculty and lead professionals are given a level of autonomy to structure and plan the teaching of their subject as they have the specialist knowledge and expertise. There are then robust systems for senior leaders to quality assure subject plans and ensure they are being adhered to.  

Our curriculum documentation sets out what we are aiming to achieve, how we plan to achieve it and how we check that it is working as planned. This includes explicitly identifying knowledge that is deemed crucial with the best way to deliver it. We have also spent time ensuring that we are delivering that core knowledge in the best sequence that we can, in order to introduce pupils to "the best that has been thought and said". Through the study of this essential knowledge, our aim is to ensure that our students are well educated future adult citizens.

Each subject area has a detailed plan of what they teach and when they teach it; summaries can be found in the individual subject pages. 

Subject Topic Plans
 

Year 7

AA year group topic plan 2021 2022 11 21

Year 8

AA year group topic plan 2021 2022 Year 8 1121

Year 9

AA year group topic plan 2021 2022 Year 9 1121

Year 10

AA year group topic plan 2021 2022 Year 10 1121

Year 11

AA year group topic plan 2021 2022 Year 11 1121

Documents

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@attleboroughacademy - 17th October 2026📚YEAR 11 – THE HALF-TERM REVISION CHALLENGE! 🎯 SNAP IT. TAG IT. WIN IT! 🏆 Calling all Year 11 students! Are you ready to take on our Half-Term Revision Challenge? With your mock exams approaching, we want to see you making the most of the two-week half-term break and putting those revision skills into action! 💪 📸 HOW TO ENTER: 1️⃣ Get revising using your revision buffet materials! 2️⃣ Take a photo of your revision in action – flashcards, mind maps, practice questions or your revision setup. 3️⃣ Make sure you include the challenge sheet in your photo. 4️⃣ Tag @attleboroughacademy to enter! 5️⃣ Remember to tell us your name 🏆 PRIZES UP FOR GRABS Remember, this challenge is exclusively for Year 11 students! Every bit of revision counts, and we can’t wait to see your hard work, creativity and commitment! 📸 Get snapping, keep revising and you could be a winner! #AttleboroughAcademy #Year11 #RevisionChallenge #GCSERevision #MockExams HardWorkPaysOff Commitment Year11Success
@attleboroughacademy - 17th October 2026YEAR 11 – LET THE HALF-TERM REVISION BEGIN! 📚 Yesterday, we spent time with our Year 11 students helping them prepare for some focused revision over half-term, ahead of their upcoming mock exams! Every student collected Knowledge Organisers for their subjects, providing them with valuable resources to support their revision and help them feel confident and prepared. 🏆 WE ALSO LAUNCHED OUR YEAR 11 REVISION CHALLENGE! And there’s an exciting prize up for grabs… 🎉 THE CHANCE TO WIN A FREE PROM TICKET! We want to see our Year 11 students getting creative, working hard and showing us their revision in action! 📸 SNAP IT. TAG IT. WIN IT! Whether it’s flashcards, mind maps, practice questions or an impressive revision setup, get involved and show us your commitment! Year 11, you’ve got this! A little revision each day can make a big difference. Make the most of your half-term and come back ready to tackle those mocks! #AttleboroughAcademy #Year11 #GCSERevision #MockExamPreparation #RevisionChallenge Prom2027 Commitment HardWorkPaysOff
@attleboroughacademy - 16th October 2026THE ANNUAL STAFF PUMPKIN CARVING COMPETITION! 🎃 Staff proudly representing their Houses spent their lunchtime putting their creativity and carving skills to the test in our annual Pumpkin Carving Competition! NOW IT’S YOUR TURN TO DECIDE THE WINNER! 📧 Keep an eye on your emails for the voting form and make sure you cast your vote for your favourite pumpkin creation! 🏆 Which House will carve its way to victory? #AttleboroughAcademy #PumpkinCarvingCompetition #HouseCompetition #StaffChallenge
@attleboroughacademy - 16th October 2026Highest PRIDES and attendance winners 💫
@attleboroughacademy - 13th October 2026🌍🏛️ BUILD OR BAKE A LANDMARK! 🧁✨ Our talented Year 7, 8 and 9 students have blown us away with their creativity in the MFL Department’s Build or Bake a Landmark Competition! 👏 From incredible cakes of the Colosseum and Stonehenge to impressive models of the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben and the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the entries have been AMAZING! 🤩 Students demonstrated fantastic creativity, engineering skills and baking talents, bringing famous landmarks from around the world to life! 🌎 A huge THANK YOU! MERCI! DANKE! to everyone who entered, supported and voted! ❤️ 📸 Take a look at just some of the fantastic creations! 🏆 Winners will be announced soon… watch this space! #AttleboroughAcademy #BuildOrBake #MFL #StudentCreativity #CelebratingSuccess WorldLandmarks
@attleboroughacademy - 5th October 2026Highest Pride Point and Attendance Winners. 💫 #proud
@attleboroughacademy - 25th September 2026MAIN SCHOOL OPEN EVENING 2026 💜 📅 Thursday 1 October ⏰ 6:00pm – 9:00pm We’re looking forward to opening our doors and welcoming prospective students and their families to Attleborough Academy. Come along and discover what makes our academy such a special place to learn, grow and achieve. ✨ Tour our facilities 👋 Meet our fantastic staff 💬 Talk to our students 📚 Explore our subjects and opportunities 🎤 Hear from our Executive Principal and Head of Year 7 & Transition Our introductory presentation will take place twice during the evening, giving families greater flexibility and the opportunity to hear more about life at Attleborough Academy. Booking for the evening can be made via the school website We can’t wait to welcome you! 💜 #AttleboroughAcademy #OpenEvening #Year7 #SecondarySchool #FutureStudents Attleborough
@attleboroughacademy - 25th September 2026💫 Pride Point and Attendance Winners #AAproud
@attleboroughacademy - 25th September 2026🍰💚 TODAY’S THE DAY! 💚🧁 Our Macmillan Bake Sale is happening TODAY at break time in the Food Tech Block! 🍪 Cakes, bakes & yummy treats 💷 Don’t forget to bring some cash! 💚 All in support of Macmillan Cancer Support Come along, grab a treat and help us raise as much as we can for a fantastic cause! 🙌 #MacmillanCoffeeMorning #BakeSale #AttleboroughAcademy #Fundraising #MacmillanCancerSupport
@attleboroughacademy - 18th September 2026🏆 PRIDE POINT CHAMPIONS! 💜 A huge congratulations to our highest Pride Point earners this week! ⭐ Year 7 – Angus ⭐ Year 8 – EJ ⭐ Year 9 – Pennie ⭐ Year 10 – Henley ⭐ Year 11 – Evie Well done for your hard work, commitment and positive attitude throughout the week. Keep it up! 👏💜 #AttleboroughAcademy #PridePoints #CelebratingSuccess #WellDone