Canons High School is committed to providing a broad, balanced and challenging curriculum for all students in all key stages. Our aim is to ensure that every student studies the full range of national curriculum subjects throughout key stage 3, in order to ensure that they begin key stage 4 and later move into key stage 5 with the strong knowledge, appropriate skills and deep understanding in all their subjects that will allow them to flourish in their chosen options and in English, Maths and Science. Our curriculum model allows us to prepare students effectively to engage with the increased content and difficulty of terminal examinations at key stage 4 and 5. We aim for challenge and excellence for all and are committed to ensuring that all students can choose from and access a wide range of courses, enjoy their studies and achieve success. 

We aim for all students to acquire detailed knowledge and skills and students are supported through effective teaching practices to remember what they have been taught long-term. As a result of excellent and effective teaching for all, students cumulatively know more, can do more and remember more as they progress across the curriculum in each subject

In order to ensure that each student is challenged and supported effectively, from September 2024 we have increased the learning time for each lesson for all students in all key stages to 1 hour lessons. We are determined that every student will leave Canons at the end of their seven year journey with us at the age of 18 with the strongest possible outcomes that will allow each to transition successfully to the next stage of education, training or employment.