Curriculum

Academic Results 2021: 11+

All 72 pupils leaving at 11+, entered their first chosen Senior School. 33 progressed to Loughborough Grammar School 33 progressed to Loughborough High School 6 progressed to Loughborough Amherst School

Curriculum

Fairfield aims to provide a friendly, caring environment where the children are nurtured and supported through praise as they learn. Learning is tailored to children’s learning styles and is relevant and challenging. Emphasis is placed on developing academic skills and knowledge through purposeful activities both in and outside of the classroom.

The curriculum is the planned activities that we organise in order to promote learning and personal growth and development. It includes not only the formal requirements of the curriculum, but also the range of extra-curricular activities that the School organises in order to enrich the children’s experience. This also includes the “hidden curriculum”, or what the children learn from the way they are treated and expected to behave. We want the children to grow into positive, responsible people, who can work and cooperate with others while developing their knowledge, skills and understanding. The curriculum is taught in a creative way that makes learning engaging for the children. Through our interaction with each child, we are able to monitor their overall development both socially and academically. We provide a full-time supervised curriculum for pupils of compulsory school age which gives pupils experience in linguistic, mathematical, scientific, technological, human and social, physical and aesthetic and creative education. The subject matter of this will be planned so that it is appropriate to the ages and aptitudes of pupils, including those pupils with specific educational needs. Excellent subject knowledge of specialist staff, within well-led departments, means that we are able to stretch our pupils. Included in the curriculum are generous time allocations to Sport, along with Art and Design Technology. Music is a vital part of the School culture which is included in the curriculum. All children in the Upper Prep have the opportunity to have individual instrumental lessons with one of the School or peripatetic Music staff. Year 2 children follow a compulsory course in playing a string instrument, whilst children in Year 4 undertake a compulsory course in playing a brass instrument.