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An Ambitious Curriculum for British International Primary Schools

We offer international primary schools a choice of two high-quality, evidence-informed curriculum models. Choose from either a fully sequenced, knowledge-rich curriculum or a thematic, creative and more flexible curriculum. Housed on our online platform Maestro, both curriculums comprehensively cover the English National Curriculum (2014). They can be fully customised to meet the diverse needs of your school and community. Each model is built around ten global concepts or big ideas that support the development of learners aged 3-11. Both curriculums provide a range of engaging projects, lesson plans and resources that help children become culturally competent global citizens. 

Provides sequenced knowledge pathways across the subjects of the curriculum.

Projects are subject-focused, providing clear progression pathways in all subjects.

Ready-to-use and pre-populated medium-term plans reduce the need for unnecessary teacher admin.

Sequences knowledge and skills so that children build their understanding without cognitive overload.

Lesson plans pre-populated with core knowledge and skills.

Bespoke resources for every lesson.

Easy to use editable lesson plans and projects, great for integrating any national or local aspects to your curriculum.

Integrated live assessment means no more marking.

Fully interconnected with meaningful links made between subjects.

Includes a powerful vocabulary framework for all subjects.

Cornerstones sequenced curriculum

A fully sequenced curriculum

Our fully sequenced curriculum is perfect if you want a knowledge-rich and ambitious curriculum. Informed by principles of Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) and E.D. Hirsch’s idea of core knowledge, this curriculum is best taught in sequence so that new knowledge builds on prior knowledge towards the endpoints of the curriculum. 

Our fully sequenced curriculum is perfect if you want a knowledge-rich and ambitious curriculum. Informed by principles of Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) and E.D. Hirsch’s idea of core knowledge, this curriculum is best taught in sequence so that new knowledge builds on prior knowledge towards the endpoints of the curriculum. 

Cornerstones thematic curriculum

The thematic curriculum

Our thematic curriculum is ideal for you if you want a more creative and flexible approach to learning. Informed by the principles of Flow theory, this curriculum promotes creative, hands-on learning opportunities and emphasises collaboration, innovation and teacher creativity. 

Our thematic curriculum is ideal for you if you want a more creative and flexible approach to learning. Informed by the principles of Flow theory, this curriculum promotes creative, hands-on learning opportunities and emphasises collaboration, innovation and teacher creativity. 

A vast range of highly engaging thematic projects to choose from.

Flexible, buildable lesson plans.

Opportunities for children to develop their cultural capital through a range of first-hand experiences.

Encourages children to use 21st-century skills of collaboration, innovation and problem-solving.

Provides maximum flexibility for teacher and school customisation .

Includes a broad range of resources for each curriculum project.

Includes reading and writing opportunities across all subjects.

Projects can be taught in any sequence as designed by the school.

Manage your curriculum with Maestro

Maestro is the perfect platform for international schools wanting to manage and customise their curriculum to meet the diverse needs of their school community, especially those looking to integrate aspects and content from multiple national curricula. Maestro offers you complete control to adapt, add to, or remove lessons and projects depending on how you want to shape your curriculum and for those schools wanting even greater autonomy, you can create and add bespoke school-based projects to your curriculum model. For schools working across a wider network, across localities or countries, Maestro makes sharing one curriculum across many schools easy to manage. Senior and subject leaders will also love Maestro’s work-saving abilities, making subject leadership, curriculum analysis and monitoring quick, easy and insightful. 

Maestro is the perfect platform for international schools wanting to manage and customise their curriculum to meet the diverse needs of their school community, especially those looking to integrate aspects and content from multiple national curricula. Maestro offers you complete control to adapt, add to, or remove lessons and projects depending on how you want to shape your curriculum and for those schools wanting even greater autonomy, you can create and add bespoke school-based projects to your curriculum model. For schools working across a wider network, across localities or countries, Maestro makes sharing one curriculum across many schools easy to manage. Senior and subject leaders will also love Maestro’s work-saving abilities, making subject leadership, curriculum analysis and monitoring quick, easy and insightful. 

Ongoing support

Our friendly and experienced advisers, made up of former teachers and senior leaders, are here for you, wherever you are in the world. We’re 100% committed to supporting you from the beginning of your curriculum journey and for the duration of your licence. Our team is also here on live chat and phone between 8 am and 5 pm Monday to Thursday and 8 am-4 pm on Fridays (British Standard Time). Outside these hours, you can contact us via email, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible. We also have a fully comprehensive Help Centre, where you can find user guides and support articles.

Our friendly and experienced advisers, made up of former teachers and senior leaders, are here for you, wherever you are in the world. We’re 100% committed to supporting you from the beginning of your curriculum journey and for the duration of your licence. Our team is also here on live chat and phone between 8 am and 5 pm Monday to Thursday and 8 am-4 pm on Fridays (British Standard Time). Outside these hours, you can contact us via email, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible. We also have a fully comprehensive Help Centre, where you can find user guides and support articles.

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“Golden threads of knowledge are crucial to a well-sequenced curriculum and a child’s development. We didn’t see those links being made before Cornerstones. We didn’t see the knowledge being embedded. Whereas now  it’s a completely different picture.”

Danni Perry , Year 4 Teacher – KS2 Phase Lead

Churchfield Primary School

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