Wider Curriculum

Each morning our students attend a tutorial session with their tutors.  Tutorial sessions provide a purposeful start to the day, enable delivery of key messages and form an important aspect of our pastoral care and personal development provision.

Our Tutorial programme includes a weekly assembly.  The assembly programme focuses on key aspects of students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development (see SMSC below).  For example, assemblies in Autumn 2022 include:

• Welcome back from Mr Beck, Headteacher
• Equality and Diversity from Mrs Sudds, Senior Deputy Headteacher
• Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III from Mrs Sudds, Senior Deputy Headteacher
• Head of Year focus on Testbourne Standards of Excellence
• Anti-bullying refresher from the student Anti-Bullying Mentor team
• Safeguarding updates: prejudicial language, Prevent & radicalisation from Dr Hall, Deputy Headteacher & Senior Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Mental Health & Mindkind from Mrs Day, Senior Mental Health Lead
• Recognition Assemblies – celebrating student recognition points

Our Tutorial Programme also includes a weekly current affairs quiz, silent reading, literacy and numeracy sessions.  For more information regarding Literacy and Numeracy at Testbourne, please visit our Literacy, Numeracy and Catch-up page. 

Tutorial Programme 2022-2023 Week 1

Tutorial Programme 2022-2023 Week 2

Spiritual – Explore beliefs and experience; respect faiths, feelings and values; enjoy learning about oneself, others and the surrounding world; use imagination and creativity; reflect.

Moral – Recognise right and wrong; respect the law; understand consequences; investigate moral and ethical issues; offer reasoned views.

Social – Investigate moral issues; appreciate diverse viewpoints; participate, volunteer and cooperate; resolve conflict; engage with the ‘British values’ of democracy, the rule of law, liberty, respect and tolerance.

Cultural – Appreciate cultural influences; appreciate the role of Britain’s parliamentary system; participate in cultural opportunities; understand, accept, respect and celebrate diversity.

Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development is at the heart of everything we do at Testbourne Community School and, as such, aspects of SMSC are embedded into each and every curriculum area, whether implicitly or explicitly. SMSC and Fundamental British Values (democracy, the rule of law, liberty, respect & tolerance) are explored in greater depth within the Religious Education programme, Personal Development curriculum and through themed assemblies. 

Click here to see our Personal Development Curriculum page.

Click here to see our Personal Development Provision page.

Please visit our Literacy, Numeracy and Catch-up page for further information about our Literacy and Numeracy provision.

Please click here for information about our Personal Development provision. 

Please click here for information about our Personal Development curriculum (RSHE, Citizenship).

Please see our Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance page here.