Our Vision for Greater Depth

At Christ Church, we believe that each member of our school community is loved as a unique child of God. We want them to recognise their value and worth, aspiring to flourish in all aspects of their life.  Our school vision ‘Aspiring together through love’ is central to all learning  and means that we are a learning community, learning with each other seeking to continually improve our knowledge, understanding and skills in order for pupils to flourish and fulfil their potential. 

Characteristics of Greater Depth

Our teachers assess learning and achievement continually which enables them to identify children who are excelling beyond National Curriculum expectations or have the potential to do this.  We recognise this level of achievement as working at a Greater Depth Standard (GDS).  There is a misconception that for your child to be working at greater depth, that they are required to move onto working from content in the next year group. This is not the case.  The following outlines the characteristics we expect from a child working at greater depth within the National Curriculum.  These are applicable to all subject areas. 

Independence

Apply the skill or knowledge without recall to the teacher

Fluency

Apply the skill and knowledge with a high level of confidence and show good resilience when the task seems demanding

Application

Apply the skill and knowledge to a range of different contexts, including other areas of the curriculum

Consistency

Consistently use their skills, knowledge and understanding

Synthesise

Organise ideas to make connections with other areas of learning and new areas

Re-visit

Return to this aspect of learning after a break and still feel confident that they can work on the skill and knowledge without difficulty

Explain it

Able to explain to others their understanding and perhaps be a learning buddy to others