From day one you’re encouraged to aim high. A varied curriculum stretches and challenges you, broadening your horizons and helping you discover your strengths. We’ll harness your inner drive to cultivate independence, confidence and a lifelong love of learning.
Our Approaches to Learning programme develops your study skills, covering topics like metacognition, how the brain works, retrieval practice, referencing and even using artificial intelligence. The programme culminates in a celebration evening where you present your Fryer Project Qualification to your family.
The School has recently redeveloped a beautiful Victorian building into a new School Library and Sixth Form Study Centre to create further inspiring study spaces for our vibrant learning community.
At Leighton Park you’ll follow our Learner Profile, a shared set of principles that guides both students and staff. It reminds us of the qualities we value most and shapes the way you learn across every subject and project. These approaches and skills underpin our curriculum and cross‑curricular activities, and they’re grounded in the School’s Quaker values.
We’re also renowned for our Future-Ready Skills Programme, which focuses on critical thinking and creative problem‑solving. We want you not only to understand complex problems but also to have the creativity and initiative to devise and implement solutions. As a Year 7‑8 student, you’ll get hands‑on experience in subjects like Engineering and Music Technology. We also devote more curriculum time than many schools to creative subjects such as Music, Design Technology and Art, ensuring you can explore a broad range of interests while developing the skills needed to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
Our award‑winning Creativity Action Service (CAS) programme is an integral part of your personal development at Leighton Park. It drew national recognition when the school won the ISA Award for Future Ready Skills. Inspired by the International Baccalaureate’s CAS model, this unique component of the Year 7 and 8 timetable is part of our character development programme, helping to foster practical skills and encouraging you to be a changemaker. Embedding service and creativity early on reinforces our Quaker ethos and opens doors to future opportunities.
Find out more about our national award-winning Personal Development Programmes.
Choice sits at the heart of your curriculum. In Year 7 you’ll explore a broad range of subjects, laying strong foundations for any specialisms you might choose later. With the support of dedicated teachers and a nurturing community, you’re encouraged to discover your interests and develop the confidence to grow. Take a look at what a day in your life as a Year 7 really looks like, and imagine who you’ll be.
Integrated throughout our school, this covers a diverse range of age-appropriate topics, from climate change to personal relationships, financial education to the importance of a healthy lifestyle.
Our CAS programme has been devised to help young people understand their role in the global community. For the students in Years 7 and 8, CAS provides practical skills development that supports changemaking opportunities.
There’s nothing like seeing the places you’re learning about, or practising a language amongst native speakers. Our trips complement the work we do in the classroom, helping studies come to life.
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