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The Cornerstones Curriculum

The Cornerstones Curriculum is ambitious, concept-driven and knowledge-rich, including over 100 resourced projects from Nursery to Year 6. Built on a sequenced knowledge and skills framework, the curriculum is informed by the latest findings from cognitive science about how children learn best. With everything housed on our cutting-edge platform, Curriculum Maestro, the curriculum can be easily adapted to meet the unique needs of your school.

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Broad and balanced
Knowledge and skills rich
Easily adaptable and flexible

sequenced - connected - inspiring

What's different about the Cornerstones Curriculum?

Ambitious, purposeful learning with children at the heart.

Primary focused

Developed by an experienced and knowledgeable primary team, the curriculum provides an aspirational and ambitious, broad and balanced menu of learning for even the youngest children through a range of inspiring subject-led projects.

Sequenced and connected

Curriculum projects are carefully sequenced and interconnected to support children's learning over time. This level of curriculum sequencing offers you unrivalled coherence from high-level concepts to granular knowledge and skills objectives.

Informed by science

The curriculum is informed by the latest cognitive science findings and enables deep learning of subject concepts and aspects. Spaced practice and opportunities for retrieval are mapped carefully across the whole curriculum. Read our booklet on Evidence-informed learning to find out more.

Coverage and progression

The curriculum is underpinned by a robust knowledge and skills framework that builds on the national curriculum programmes of study and breaks all subjects down into sequenced chunks of skills and knowledge.

Adaptable and editable

Save hours by simply adapting and editing the content we provide, using the functionality of Curriculum Maestro. Customise lesson plans, add your own projects, and adapt the curriculum to reflect your school's unique strengths and needs.

Quality resources

The curriculum is fully resourced to help you deliver impactful, engaging lessons. All resources are fully integrated into lesson plans so that they are easily accessible at the click of a button.

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Broad and balanced
Knowledge and skills rich
Easily adaptable and flexible

Curriculum coverage like you’ve never seen it before.

Vicky Musson, Director of Education, Witney

Cornerstones has been an amazing resource for our school community. It has helped to transform the engagement of our children and parents. Everyone is talking about their learning, and there is a real buzz around the school.

Ann Wheeler, Headteacher, Egham

Our recent Ofsted focused on the curriculum and, as an existing Cornerstones school, we felt confident. Our SATs are of a very high standard and I felt that we were possibly selected six months early as they thought that we had a restricted curriculum. They soon saw that we didn't, and that our curriculum was broad and vibrant.

Damien Groak, Headteacher, Hartlepool

connected - coherent - complete

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England

Wales

EYFS

Nursery

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

EYFS
Nursery
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6

EYFS

Explore our engaging projects for Nursery and Reception.

Nursery

Year 1

Explore our Year 1 curriculum projects.

Year 2

Explore our Year 2 curriculum projects.

Year 3

Explore our Year 3 curriculum projects.

Year 4

Explore our Year 4 curriculum projects.

Year 5

Explore our Year 5 curriculum projects.

Year 6

Explore our Year 6 curriculum projects.

Nursery

Reception

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Nursery
Reception
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6

Nursery

Take a closer look at all of our Nursery projects.

Reception

Take a closer look at all of our Reception projects.

Year 1

Take a closer look at all of our Year 1 projects.

Year 2

Take a closer look at all of our Year 4 projects.

Year 3

Take a closer look at all of our Year 3 projects.

Year 4

Take a closer look at all of our Year 4 projects.

Year 5

Take a closer look at all of our Year 5 projects.

Year 6

Take a closer look at all of our Year 6 projects.

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Helping you get the best from your curriculum

Read our latest blog posts to inform your curriculum development.

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Cornerstones Curriculum 22: a fully sequenced and interconnected primary curriculum

Curriculum

Ofsted

05th July 2021

How to sequence your primary curriculum

Curriculum

06th February 2023

How connected is your curriculum?

Curriculum

04th July 2020

Knowledge-rich curriculum projects from Cornerstones

Curriculum

26th April 2021

Six Steps of Curriculum Design

Curriculum

Ofsted

15th July 2021

Pedagogy: is yours distinct from your curriculum?

Curriculum

08th September 2022

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Includes the Cornerstones Curriculum

Curriculum Maestro is a smart online platform that helps you design, teach, assess and lead an outstanding primary curriculum, all from one place.

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Cwricwlwm Maestro

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Cwricwlwm Maestro is a smart online platform that helps you to design, teach, assess and lead your bespoke curriculum for Wales.

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10/12/2021

We are in a much better place with CM than with our old curriculum. We will be making it more bespoke in the second year.

Conrad Fox – Headteacher, Hunmanby Primary School, England

16/11/2021

I have used Cornerstones from its first launch. The product has been refined over time as it is driven by feedback from schools and teachers delivering the content. The company is also responsive to a school's needs.

Lindsey Wain – Deputy headteacher, Hartburn Primary School, England

04/11/2021

Maestro is a real time saver, particularly for leadership teams and subject leaders. There is a wealth of information and resources which can be used and adapted by creative skills teachers. The way the curriculum is mapped is excellent and was commented on in a very recent Ofsted inspection.

Charlotte Gibbins – Thurlstone Primary School, England

17/09/2021

I have recommended and told many other schools and school staff about it. I would always though suggest that they need to ensure it is right for their school setting and the needs of their staff and pupils.

Kathryn – Teacher, Langton Primary School

20/01/2021

It has been a revelation. Staff are finding their way through it and if we have any questions, the support from Cornerstones is amazing. We always get answers to our questions. It is now our one-stop-shop for curriculum with linked up thinking and approach through an intuitive and user-friendly system.

Moira Cross – Executive head, Dordon Primary School

The Cornerstones Curriculum

What's different about the Cornerstones Curriculum?

Primary focused

Sequenced and connected

Informed by science

Coverage and progression

Adaptable and editable

Quality resources

Curriculum coverage like you’ve never seen it before.

Cornerstones has been an amazing resource for our school community. It has helped to transform the engagement of our children and parents. Everyone is talking about their learning, and there is a real buzz around the school.

Explore the projects

EYFS

Nursery

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Nursery

Reception

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Helping you get the best from your curriculum

Cornerstones Curriculum 22: a fully sequenced and interconnected primary curriculum

How to sequence your primary curriculum

How connected is your curriculum?

Knowledge-rich curriculum projects from Cornerstones

Six Steps of Curriculum Design

Pedagogy: is yours distinct from your curriculum?

Helping you to bring your curriculum to life

Curriculum Maestro

Cwricwlwm Maestro

Your one stop shop for curriculum

Our mission is to transform the lives of children through the power of a high quality curriculum.

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We are in a much better place with CM than with our old curriculum. We will be making it more bespoke in the second year.

I have used Cornerstones from its first launch. The product has been refined over time as it is driven by feedback from schools and teachers delivering the content. The company is also responsive to a school's needs.

Maestro is a real time saver, particularly for leadership teams and subject leaders. There is a wealth of information and resources which can be used and adapted by creative skills teachers. The way the curriculum is mapped is excellent and was commented on in a very recent Ofsted inspection.

I have recommended and told many other schools and school staff about it. I would always though suggest that they need to ensure it is right for their school setting and the needs of their staff and pupils.