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Mixed-age approach

Built on our curriculum progression framework, our mixed-age approach enables mixed-age classes to mix and match curriculum projects to build multi-year curriculum cycles. Whether you want to blend creative, knowledge-rich, or subject-focused projects, you can tailor your curriculum to meet the needs of every learner.

Why choose a mixed-age approach?

Few schools choose a mixed-age approach, but if you’re facing the challenges of ever-shifting class configurations or multiple-year groups in single classes, we can help. Choose the projects, topics, and themes you want, and we will help you design and build your curriculum on Maestro, no matter how complex your situation is.

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We help you

Carefully sequence the projects you want to teach by helping you design your curriculum to ensure progression without unnecessary repetition.

Use a range of flexible planning tools that will save you time and enable you to adapt long- and short-term plans and projects.

Implement clear progression pathways for each child by using Maestro’s unique functionality.

Support continuous and enhanced provision in your Early Years and KS1 with ideas to extend learning independently across age groups.

Support your staff by providing comprehensive onboarding and training.

Use Maestro to track and manage difficult mixed-age configurations Including monitoring coverage, progression, and curriculum delivery in challenging mixed-age settings.

What you get

  • Access to our EYFS Curriculum: helping you build strong foundations from Nursery. Covers the Early Years Framework and is fully adaptable to suit the nuances of your setting.

  • 1:1 support throughout your time with us: access to a designated Curriculum Adviser. Providing you with training, consultations, practical support, advice and guidance.

  • Access to our award-winning curriculum platform Maestro: your curriculum and assessment all in one place. Available to all staff in one school or across your entire Trust.

  • Access to our fully integrated assessment suite: make live assessment judgements at the click of a button against your school curriculum. Helps teachers view gaps in learning, analyse data and report.

  • A choice of 469 curriculum projects: choose the projects you want, and we’ll help you build your perfect mixed-age coherent curriculum.

  • 1000s of quality resources: beautifully designed and embedded in your projects for ease of use. Includes presentations, English packs, videos, non-chronological reports, artefacts, information sheets, tests, quizzes and more.

  • An evidence-based pedagogy: tailored towards a knowledge-rich or creative teaching approach which teachers enjoy, and children love.

  • Fully aligned national curriculum content: easy to see your coverage of statutory programmes of study, helping you articulate your curriculum and evidence breadth and depth of your curriculum.

  • Ongoing updates and new content: new content available on a rolling programme, keeping your curriculum fresh and engaging. Free updated content when the national curriculum changes (Curriculum and Assessment Review 2025 pending).

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What you need to do

Make lesson adaptions to meet the specific needs of your children.

Book a consultation with one of our curriculum advisers, who will support you to develop a bespoke curriculum model tailored to your children’s needs.

Choose your preferred projects from our knowledge-rich or creative approaches to create a curriculum model tailored to your needs.

Benefits

  • Learning that builds seamlessly over time
    Teach with confidence using carefully sequenced guidance that ensures progression across year groups—without repeating or missing content.

  • Ambitious teaching for every learner
    Deliver rich, in-depth learning experiences that challenge and support all children across different ages and abilities.

  • Language-rich resources
    Strengthen literacy through vocabulary-rich content that supports communication, comprehension, and cross-curricular learning.

  • Inspiring topics that engage every age
    Choose from a diverse range of creative or knowledge-rich topics designed to capture interest and promote deep understanding in mixed-age settings.

  • Flexible resources that work for you
    Access high-quality materials that adapt easily to your class structure, supporting effective teaching and meaningful learning for all.

  • Support for every teacher
    Whether you’re new to mixed-age teaching or experienced, everything you need is ready to use and simple to adapt.

  • A curriculum that keeps you current
    Stay aligned with the latest national updates—receive free updates to ensure full coverage and compliance with the Curriculum and Assessment Review.

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