Academics
Curriculum Overview
Our Approach to Learning
At Cresthaven Academy Charter School, we believe that education should inspire curiosity, creativity, and a lifelong love of learning. Our curriculum is designed to provide students with a strong academic foundation while nurturing their individual interests and talents.
We follow a balanced and inclusive curriculum that integrates academic excellence with social, emotional, and physical development. Our goal is to prepare students for success in an ever-changing world through critical thinking, collaboration, and global awareness.
Cresthaven Academy Charter School Assessment Calendar 2025-2026
Assessment lies at the heart of the process of promoting children’s learning. It provides a framework within which educational objectives may be set and children’s progress expressed and monitored. Assessment should be incorporated systematically into teaching strategies in order to diagnose any problems and chart progress. It helps the school to strengthen learning across the curriculum and helps teachers enhance their skills and judgements. Our assessment procedures are free from bias, stereotyping and generalisation in respect of gender, class, race and disability.
Types of Assessment: Formative: This is the on-going assessment carried out by teachers both formally and informally during a unit of work. The results of formative assessments have a direct impact on the teaching materials and strategies employed immediately following the assessment. Marking of pupils’ work is also an important part of formative assessment, helping children to note errors and know the ‘next steps’ in their learning or targets. Summative: Summative assessments occur at defined periods of the academic year such as assessment weeks and statutory assessments. Summative assessments help teachers in making end of key stage assessments and are also of use in determining the overall progress and achievement of pupils.