All DEMAT children are entitled to a rich, highly specified curriculum where knowledge is valued, well-sequenced and taught to be remembered. It is not left to chance.

The curriculum is the progression model which underpins our approach to assessment and prioritises the formative aspect of this at the point of learning for ALL children.

Where necessary, through robust and rigorous assessment processes, we make intentional decisions to adapt and make reasonable adjustments ensuring that ALL DEMAT pupils receive their entitlement because their identified needs are addressed.

The curriculum provides the platform for opportunities to ensure that powerful knowledge develops understanding and takes children beyond their otherwise lived experiences, allowing them to think better, and opening up life choices.

Our research-informed pedagogy ensures that what is taught is designed to help pupils to remember the long term, the content they have been taught and to integrate new knowledge into larger concepts.

In DEMAT schools, everyone is responsible for the culture of ambitious aspirations and high expectations for all pupils recognising that each child is unique, complex and valued.

We intentionally foster strong relationships and proactive communication with families and professionals so there is a shared understanding of the evidence-informed inclusive practice.

Rigorous, systematic teaching of reading is paramount and includes mastery of the phonic code, fluency (automaticity, accuracy and prosody) and comprehension. This means that anyone involved in reading instruction must be inducted with the required subject and pedagogical knowledge.

In all subjects, strong teacher subject knowledge is crucial; we must ensure that teachers are equipped with, and effectively use, the knowledge required to ensure coherence and avoid misconceptions.

Maximising pupil outcomes in all year groups is imperative to ensure that children have the foundations to build successful futures and to be inducted into the educated community.

The behaviour curriculum is codified and taught explicitly, with consistent expectations, to ensure that all children receive their entitlement to the education they deserve.

We hold the highest expectations for all our pupils in their academic outcomes, their personal conduct, and their contribution as members of the communities to which they belong in order that they may flourish now and in the future.