Teaching and Learning

At St. Bart’s Multi-Academy Trust, we are committed to ensuring that every pupil, regardless of background, starting point, or need, experiences excellent teaching every day. Our academies maintain a relentless focus on raising standards through high expectations, calm classrooms, and expert teaching that enables every child to succeed and fulfil their potential. 

Each curriculum in our academies is ambitious, skills-based, and designed to build secure knowledge, vocabulary, and understanding over time. While each academy retains ownership of its curriculums, all share a common commitment to ensuring that learning is carefully sequenced, inclusive, and accessible, so that every pupil can achieve ambitious outcomes.  

Across the Trust, our approach to teaching is underpinned by evidence-informed principles that promote deep learning and long-term success. Through effective modelling and explanation, purposeful questioning, retrieval and review, practice and rehearsal, responsive teaching, and high-quality feedback, we help pupils develop confidence, independence, and resilience as learners.  

We believe that exceptional learning can only flourish within a culture of high expectations, positive relationships, and mutual respect. Our academies provide calm, safe, and purposeful learning environments where pupils feel valued, included, and empowered to participate, take risks in their learning, and contribute positively to their school community. Consistent routines and strong relationships ensure that classrooms remain focused, supportive, and conducive to learning.  

We are committed to equity for all learners. Through adaptive and responsive teaching, we ensure that pupils, including those with SEND and other additional needs, access the same ambitious curriculum as their peers. Support, scaffolding, and targeted intervention are used to remove barriers to learning without lowering expectations.  

Above all, our shared Teaching and Learning Framework reflects our collective belief that every child deserves the highest quality education. By combining evidence-informed practice with professional expertise, we create classrooms where pupils feel a strong sense of belonging, develop a love of learning, and achieve their very best.