School Curriculum

Together, we strive to provide a safe, nurturing and challenging environment where every child is valued as a unique gift of God and belongs to our Dilton school family. 

Our curriculum is underpinned by encouragement, endurance and service. We support the children to develop resilience in their learning and challenges they face with others as well as developing a personal drive to be the best versions of themselves.

 At Dilton Marsh C of E Primary School we accept the widest possible definition of the word curriculum “All that is experienced in school, whether planned or unplanned”. This definition encompasses concepts such as ethos, crucial to our definition as a church school, and holds the school accountable for the conscious and unconscious lessons it teaches the children in our care.

We have designed our curriculum to prepare our children for their future.  We recognise that a curriculum has to be broad, balanced and offer pupils opportunities to grow as individuals as well as learners.  Our children come from a range of backgrounds and we believe the role of our curriculum is to give everyone an equal chance of success in everything we do.  Everyone is valued and everyone has a part to play in our school community.  We are a caring, nurturing school and have faith that through inclusion everyone has the potential to succeed.  Our knowledge of the children and our community shows demonstrates that opportunities are not equal for all; through our curriculum we attempt to even this out and give further opportunities outside of the classroom. 

Believing in ‘Nothing is impossible with God’ enables pupils at Dilton Marsh to have the strength to challenge, believing all things are possible, and inspired by the stories about Jesus to have courage and strength.  Our aim at Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School is to ‘grow’ individuals who have aspirations and are able to make positive contributions to our future society. 

Our curriculum design is driven by our Dilton DRIVERS, the aspects that we feel our children need to develop through their time at Dilton Marsh:

• Dreams and Aspirations
• Responsible Citizenship
• Inquisitive
• Variety of Experiences
• Equal for all
• Resilient and
• Successful