At Atlantic Academy our vision is to deliver an authentic education for children from Reception to Year 11.
Our Curriculum
At Atlantic Academy, our curriculum is designed to inspire a lifelong passion for learning while ensuring all students achieve high levels of academic success across a broad and balanced range of subjects. Alongside strong academic outcomes, we equip students with the knowledge, skills, and qualities they need to thrive as confident, capable individuals in a rapidly changing and competitive world.
As an all-through academy for students aged 4 to 16, we deliver a curriculum that is ambitious, challenging, and engaging at every stage. Learning builds purposefully on prior knowledge, ensuring clear progression and continuity as students move through each phase of their education. Our curriculum is relevant to the lives of our students and reflects the unique context of our academy, celebrating diversity and encouraging creativity. We actively draw on the expertise, resources, and cultural heritage of the local Portland community and beyond to enrich learning experiences.
Our curriculum is firmly grounded in the National Curriculum, ensuring breadth, balance, and entitlement for all learners. We adopt a knowledge-rich approach, enabling students to secure essential subject knowledge while developing a deep understanding of how this knowledge can be applied to real-life contexts and meaningful challenges. Strong connections across subjects support coherence and depth of learning.
We are committed to creating an environment where learning is both engaging and intellectually demanding. Through a combination of subject-specific teaching and Applied Learning opportunities, students are encouraged to think creatively, solve problems, and apply their learning in innovative ways. This emphasis on application develops transferable skills that prepare students well for further education, employment, and life beyond the classroom.
High rates of progress for every student are central to our curriculum design. Skilled and knowledgeable teachers play a crucial role in delivering this through thoughtful, manageable planning that supports high-quality teaching and learning. This ensures a seamless journey through our all-through curriculum and enables every student to reach their full potential.
