Investment in Curriculum
“Curriculum is a systematic and intended packaging of competencies (i.e. knowledge, skills and attitudes that are underpinned by values) that learners should acquire through organised learning experiences both in formal and non-formal settings.”
UNESCO, Curriculum as the Spirit and Subject Matter of Education, 2022
What characterises the CGS curriculum?
Curriculum is at the heart of teaching and learning: it is the content and the context of the knowledge, skills, and values that constitute the academic, cultural, and social experience we offer our students. Ours is both a national and an international community, and we recognise the huge advantage of that context in all we do. Embedded in the curriculum are the values and beliefs that CGS students will take out into the world, which will mark them as high-achieving and ethical individuals.
Dominic Tomalin, Principal, CATS Cambridge
How does the CGS curriculum achieve this?
CGS brings a uniquely diverse and energetic context to develop a set of curricular frameworks that address the academic skills, values, and beliefs that will position our learners to be the best they can be.
In our Preparatory schools (ages 2-11), knowledge is represented through a broad and balanced approach, with an emphasis on developing children’s natural curiosity to learn. Knowledge is embedded in a range of teaching and learning approaches, including experiential learning. Our highly experienced prep school teachers and leaders work together to design a stimulating and appropriate curriculum that builds on children’s current learning needs and segues into their senior school curriculum. Children are encouraged to have confidence in their own abilities and, importantly, are supported in understanding effective learning strategies. CGS prep schools help children develop transferable learning skills for academic and life success.
Karen Wyborn, Head of Prep, Bournemouth Collegiate School
“Competencies are not developed and acquired in a vacuum, but rather the curriculum shall foster the connections among them to ensure that learners can exert their freedom to enhance individual and collective well-being, and to act ethically and competently in light of diverse challenges.”
UNESCO, Curriculum as the Spirit and Subject Matter of Education, 2022
Our Education Philosophy
We have an unrelenting focus on the skills and knowledge our students really need from education to live and thrive in a complex and ambiguous world. Regardless of the CGS school, students benefit from our well-honed philosophy, which centres around investment in five key areas: students, teachers, curriculum (what to teach), pedagogy (how to teach), and boarding.
Investment in Students
Empowering students to become leaders of their own learning
Investment in Teachers
Professional development for teachers at every stage of their career
Investment in Curriculum
Creating a curriculum to help learners be the best that they can be
Investment in Pedagogy
Tailoring pedagogies to meet our students’ individual needs
Investment in Boarding
Creating a home away from home for boarders
